Nearly burnt the house down :(

[swampy_nz]

DISASTER
Woke up this morning to check on the girls and found this.
the light had fallen down,and burnt 4 of the 6 plants,burnt a hole through the plywood floor,through the carpet and scortched the concrete under it.im so fukin gutted.Its just lucky the house didnt burn down with us in it.I had secured the lamp cable to a hook with duct tape but it must have come undone.

 

[edgey]

lucky escape , best to use something stronger than duct tape in the future imo

edgey

 

[jd4083]

Gee, I can't imagine how this could have happened.

I'm sorry, I know it sucks, but good lord brotha...I'm from the south so duct tape and wd40 warriors abound....but it doesn't ACTUALLY work on everything like some would lead you to believe.

 

[Green lung]

scary....eeee...What size light was that from?


I had a similar scare a couple weeks ago, I smelled some burning plastic and investigated and found the plug into my ballast was sparking and melting the plastic around it.

 

[rocket high]

lucky boy ..indeed .i had a shade fall on top of my bud and burnt it to bits ...smelt like burnt sugar ...it stank. so i spent some cash on new gear .

 

[YoungBud]

I think You need to Step up your Game haha..

 

[swampy_nz]

Yeah,it was a temporary thing so i probably got lazzy.lesson learnt.the hard way.
its was a 600 hung vertical.

 

[Cookie monster]

Duct tape to hang a light

Your gf/wife/house mate should kick your ass

Seriously tho, glad nobody was hurt and next time use some screw in hooks and get a smoke alarm!!

 

[mdk ktm]

HAHAHAHAHAHA WOW. you used duct tape to hold a light up? I don't even use the shit for attaching ducting to my hoods or anything. Attach a 2x4 to a stud in the ceiling with screws. And then attach your light hangers to an I hook or whatever they are called. Using duct tape for something that heavy and important is just silly. At least the plants were small, you only lost a couple weeks of time. You need to learn a little more about construction and maybe think things through and do them the right way. good luck

If i lived with you I would be so damn pissed.


And build a nice pvc grow tent. For like 50 dollars you can have a nice tent that will easily hold your light..... As long as you use proper building methods..

 

[CFL_Grow]

Duct tape and HID's don't mix. Now you know.

 

[Kubarkid]

No doubt, step it up a knotch. The last pic looks like some sort of makeshift outhouse with the toilet paper roll rig.

 

[kannubis]

two words

baling wire

 

[Cookie monster]

No doubt, step it up a knotch. The last pic looks like some sort of makeshift outhouse with the toilet paper roll rig.

It even has the hole in the floor for the shit to fall through

 

[CFL_Grow]

You guys crack me up

 

[cheesey]

how long was the duct take used to hold the light for ?

 

[designer]

Scary

 

[swampy_nz]

lol,i was expecting a bollocking and I got one which is all good.I think if you guys look through my previous grows you will see that I normally do things the right way.It was just a temporary thing untill we moved them into the new home in a day or two.yes,the wife is none too pleased.at least its my olds house so no landlords to worry about.

 

[cheesey]

No doubt, step it up a knotch. The last pic looks like some sort of makeshift outhouse with the toilet paper roll rig.

hahahaha

was this your old growroom ?



you was very very lucky . if things went bad you wouldnt be posting all this on ic mag . a good growroom is a SAFE growroom .

 

[swampy_nz]

how long was the duct take used to hold the light for ?

about 8 hrs.was fairly well wraped around the cord and hook.I think the heat must have softed the stickyness.

 

[cheesey]

about 8 hrs.was fairly well wraped around the cord and hook.I think the heat must have softed the stickyness.

yep . i used to have duct tape around my old growroom door . it allway used to come un stuck due to heat . ..