I’m talking the bedside cupboard apart to use it’s components in the fridge. Saving some cash and improving my grow operation all in one. I already have most of the components and spares needed sofar.
Looking good! Make sure your drills or saws are sharp when you cut into it for ventilation - the fridge I modded was similar to yours, but with no 50/50 split, and behind the soft foam and plastic was a thick sheet of steel.
Hi Brother @devjyarn. Thanks for the heads up, this is luckily not my first fridge build. Some photo’s of my first fridge.
It had a 400W HPS flowering compartment and a Vegging CFL compartment.
Thanks @devjyarn
I will keep you guys and girls posted. Hopefully I take enough pictures sometimes my hands are faster then my brain, when it comes to fixing and doing things like this. But I do try and plan everything out mentally before doing or fitting things. I keep mental notes on ideas, it’s just easier to fix and change them during the build . I always measure twice and fit or cut once. Not everything I do makes sense at first, but it always works out somehow
Not the best shots, but it is being used for other projects right now that I cant mention here lol, so I cant get more pictures right now. Also it no longer has the coil or wires in the back.
Small Update.
I only had a short while to work on the fridge tonight after work. I can’t work in the flat past eight at night. I make noise and the boys have to sleep . So I got all the vent holes drilled. Wired and connected 5 CFL’S in the bottom compartment.
Still To Be Completed:
Fit top compartment LED grow light.
Fit ventilation and fans.
Fitting the heat mat in the bottom compartment.
Tidying things up and rounding off some things.
And then more Thinking and Implementing of improvements as they come up, till I’m maybe happy with what I’ve got going.
Update On The Progress.
I have installed the 50W LED Grow light from the bedside cupboard in the top compartment of the fridge. With the 5 CFL globes at the bottom compartment.
Well the fridge will take some time to get use to. I have switched off the LED top compartment for now. The plants don’t seem to like LED light as much as the CFL globes. So I placed them all in the bottom CFL compartment.
All the plant seemed to just stay alive under the LED but not really grow. I have also topped 2 branches on the Gorilla Breath to give me some more branches (grow tips).
I’m looking to clone the Gorilla Breath, once there are some nice clones to be cut from it. The Sherbet and Dog is still going to take awhile before I can clone from them and before any of them are going outside to the greenhouse.
Update
They have had a slight haircut and had some new growth. They have picked up PM from my outdoor plants when they visited the garden for some sunlight. But luckily it looks to be under control at the moment.
I also like to save money and use some tricks from improvised materials to make smth useful for my home. Well done, great job! So, I’m new to growing, so I’m still studying this issue. And to be honest, I would not have thought to use an old refrigerator for this, so I’m glad that I found this community and I want to say thank you for the idea! I just have an old refrigerator that I need to replace a long time ago. I’ll take it to the garage and use it for plants, and I’ll buy a new one for the house. I need a quality refrigerator and I found such a site ianboer.com.au, if you can help me choose one, I will appreciate it.
sometimes my hands are faster then my brain, when it comes to fixing and doing things like this. But I do try and plan everything out mentally before doing or fitting things. I keep mental notes on ideas, it’s just easier to fix and change them during the build 
. I always measure twice and fit or cut once. Not everything I do makes sense at first, but it always works out somehow 
and Implementing of improvements as they come up, till I’m maybe happy with what I’ve got going.
