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Here is a look at my latest project. Shitty phone pic but I'll get some good ones once she is all cleaned up!
Judging from your name, I don't doubt u know what you're doing. I'm sure you also did it for much less, but thought I'd share this as well.
http://www.hydrofarm.com/product.php?itemid=7877
Judging from your name, I don't doubt u know what you're doing. I'm sure you also did it for much less, but thought I'd share this as well.
http://www.hydrofarm.com/product.php?itemid=7877
what brand ballast you got?
Licensed electrician in the state of California here:
Great job bro, looks super clean. I work with a lot of electricians and I must say, 95% would not of done as good a job. Respect. Hard to tell if you have any kicks in the pipes with 90's, or if it just stands off the wall the same distance as the ply, but super clean.
Edit: Is that fire rated ply behind it? That would be my only recommendation. I actually work as s carpenter most days, but I do have an electrical licence.
I'm guessing you have a 200 amp service to your house? The way I see it you're drawing a 100a on 240v... crazy! Looks real clean, I like it.
No,no. The service is 200Amps of 3Phase 480Volt.
Impressive setup but have you considered using flipboxes which will if your 24 ballasts running at separate time the flipbox allows for the ballast to never turn off saving the electrical paths from surges as much as possible so with a little setup 12 ballasts can run 24 lights not at the same time but if you check them out you will see what I am talking about.Here is a look at my latest project. Shitty phone pic but I'll get some good ones once she is all cleaned up!
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Impressive setup but have you considered using flipboxes which will if your 24 ballasts running at separate time the flipbox allows for the ballast to never turn off saving the electrical paths from surges as much as possible so with a little setup 12 ballasts can run 24 lights not at the same time but if you check them out you will see what I am talking about.
A 24 and 30 ballast system custom built. The flip boxes and panels were linked to each of the PLCs in both. Smoke & fire detectors, high temp shutdown, intrusion, flood, etc are all going to be linked back to the panels to control the power as needed. Intrusion turns off all ballasts instantly, high temp is linked to ac power, if breaker trips for any of the ac units, ballasts will shut off, but unless all ACs fail, some lights stay on to keep veg/flower cycles going without interruption. Other features were programmed into the PLCs to control dampers, ac, co2 burners, etc.
All power for the aux 120V and 240 circuits was done with Teck cable, easier to work with and was passed 100% by electrical inspector.
I have some work on a bigger facility I will post some pics from later.