8,000 watt soilless, hurr we go

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[Ground Up]

Doing it big, I like it...I have a question about the ac exhaust.... Does the unit have enough fan to exhaust or is there an in line fan drawing/ pushing to attic?

 

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[Bonzo]

Goddang gitten er dun dude!

 

[Ground Up]

I am setting up the same thing,8" fan for the assist... I was going to enclose the whole thing because of the sound.. did you have the pan made for it?

 

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[nephrosis]

super legit! hooty hooo!!!

that AK looks sexy as a mofo

 

[SomeOldGuy]

...mind if i pull up a chair?
.............SOG

 

[dichterTyp]

the ak looks good

 

[whatthe215]

Day 34 12/12

Day 34 12/12

finished bud blood day 21, flushed day 25, added these two day 29.

some of the SFV OGs

OG

all bubbas

 

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[joe fresh]

Well my home has 100amp service at 240volt. If I chose to use 120 volt for everything in the entire house, I would effectively have 200 amps.

So if I run 50 amps @ 240volt, then I effectively have 100 potential amps if it was all converted to 120volt. I chose to run my ballasts on 240 volt which took 20 of my 50 amps. That leaves me with 30 amps @ 240 volt which I used to run 60 amps @ 120 volt for utilities.

All these numbers don't account for things like continuous load, voltage drops, etc.

When in doubt, hire an electrician. I didn't do this all myself, my homie is a journeyman and I contracted him to help out. I'm sure I'd be dead or severely injured if I tried all this myself, a couple Gs in the name of personal and property safety is never a waste in my book.

maybe your friend set you up right, but your logic on how amps and volts work is all wrong...


if your house main panel is 100 amps, then its 100 amps, no more...if its 200 amps then its 200 amps, but voltage will not change what the main service panel amps is hooked up for...


im sure RIVES would love to explain more to you but ill just get to the point, yes 50 amps is enough to run everything you have, but it doesnt mean that because you are running at 240v that your leftover amps are doubled...





on a side note, lovely plants

 

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[joe fresh]

I'm horrible with electric and my electrician sucks at putting it into words I can understand.
So let me get this straight.. 50 amp 240 subpanel. Im using 20amps 240 for ballasts so I'm left with only 30 amps 120?

correct. 50 amps minus 20 amps = 30 amps...


the difference in 120 and 240 is that the appliance its self will use half the amps of the same appliance on 120, so if you got a washer/dryer that uses 2000 watts, on 120v it will use about 18 amps, but on 240 it will use half the amps at about 9 amps, but it will still use the same 2000 watts...


si wheather running 120 or 240 its always the appliance that gets affected and not the subpanel/service line

 

[abellguy]

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[Bonzo]

lookin real good dude! no mistaken Bubba...what size pump are ya usin' for your water hose thingy? gonna set one up myself...