This is my setup. Over ambitions from the start.

From the start, the objective is to experiment with indoor farming with Hydroponics and growth lights, to learn as much about the technology.  If successful, will do the sums and explore making it my 2nd career as a Urban Farmer.

The idea came from various articles such as this and this.

I’ve this recess underneath my bed room. Providing a good shelter from the element and space for the experiment growth.

The setup consist of 2x 150W Solar Panels charging 10x 7.2AH batteries through a MPPT solar charge controller. I’ve west sun in this location with about 3 hours of direct sunlight.

The power harvested from the sun is use to power 5m of LED growth light, water pump for irrigation  and air-stone. Lights and water are controlled with timer.

The actual production area – Growth bed – is able to hold 2 x9 net-pots, with LED growth light over head. Height of growth light is adjustable. This setup is able to expand further to 4x 9 net-pots.