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Coconutz

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T8's are better for veg you reckon? I have some old 4ft T8 fittings that I was gonna use for a veg setup, but thought they weren't as efficient as the T5s. What wattage are you tubes Coconutz? I'm gonna need to expand my veg setup soon, if I can make use of these T8's I'd be wrapped. otherwise I got two 2ft 4tube PL 55w (220w) fittings - using one at half at the moment with good results.

32w
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lithonia...ty-Fluorescent-Shoplight-1284GRD-RE/202968125
comes with its own scrog
 

Coconutz

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sumbitch!
I was watering with my hose and some water leaked onto my extension cord and tripped the gfci on the circuit with my light timer trigger!
That was the lamest thing thats happened in a long time!
 

HHULKK

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My veg is currently under hid light in my flower room under 4x600 watt for an 18/6 photoperiod. I do think that since going into the room they have been pushing harder with a good possibility of needing more food. I would say the plants don't actually get dry unless they went without water for like 2 days so I wouldn't think they are getting dry enough to have a problem from that. I'll run 2 feeds/day for a couple days and see how things improve. These are the smallest pots I've had these size plants in so it's good reason to see them want more as compared to when I had more medium per plant. Thanks again fellas!
 

stoned40yrs

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Glad I don't need AC where I live. I can pull 40-50F air from my garage even in summer to cool the 1000w and 400w and push it back outside. In winter I can just recirculate the heat into the house.
 

RamCTD1027

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LG 5k btu window ac sucks my dick!
I guess its best to slightly oversize your drying room AC so it doesnt suck all the moisture out of the air?
During the day this thing just keeps running!

What's up cnutz?

What's your drying regimen? I have to build a drying room here soon so I'm looking for ideas. What temp and humidity are you shooting for in your drying room?
 

Coconutz

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70F and about 60%Rh would be perfect, but kinda expensive...
Just keeping it below 75F and above 50%Rh would be nice!
 

RamCTD1027

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Thanks for the quick reply.

I have a few more questions for you but I don't want to clog up your thread so I'll shoot you a pm later tonight.

Thanks again.
 

Coconutz

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Nice. Lucky people with your Home Depot! Not as easy to get cheap gear like that. But looks like it'd be much the same as with my fittings. Shibby! Might start dicking around with what sort of expansion I can accommodate.


And damn dude! Hope you didn't short the whole joint out. Shits cool?
:ying:

The gfci tripped on the one circuit. It only cut power to the pump and the timer thats used as a trigger for the light controller.
I just waited 15 mins and turned everything back on and it was all good.
Just some afternoon shade as far as the plants are concerned.
People tried to tell me I wouldnt need any gfci's... I replaced all the normal outlets with them anyway.
All my 110V outlets are gfci. The 220V are barebacking it though.
Id actually like to have one on the main breaker feeding my subpanel, or at least on the lighting controller.
I think Im supposed to have a surge protector breaker for the ac at least.
 

xxxstr8edgexxx

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lost an entire veg room once when water sprayed up and tripped my exhaust fan. oops. live and learn. went with a non gfc on that outlet after that and hard wired a high temp shut off the turn off my lights if it goes over 105.
 

theother

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The gfci tripped on the one circuit. It only cut power to the pump and the timer thats used as a trigger for the light controller.
I just waited 15 mins and turned everything back on and it was all good.
Just some afternoon shade as far as the plants are concerned.
People tried to tell me I wouldnt need any gfci's... I replaced all the normal outlets with them anyway.
All my 110V outlets are gfci. The 220V are barebacking it though.
Id actually like to have one on the main breaker feeding my subpanel, or at least on the lighting controller.
I think Im supposed to have a surge protector breaker for the ac at least.
The ac should be on a fused disconnect (which it probably is) check I bet it has little 25 amp rolled fuses in there by the outdoor unit.
I'm with you in the gfi everywhere. I did the same thing and tperiodically. It would be good to run gfci's between the 30 amp breaker and Each individual outlet.
 

Coconutz

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It should be on a disconnect, but its not...
Guess Ill get on that sooner or later
Home depot only had a 30amp, but my ac is 20
 

Coconutz

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I need to start harvesting more plants at a time.
Having more plants in there should also help keep the rh up.
I dont want to run my dry room full time.
 

xxxstr8edgexxx

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i agree with gfci in general but that plug is 2 feet over my head and theres a lot of water to splatter about.all the acs i have must have a surge protector so the mother board doesnt get fried in an event. the dedicated fusebox is code and must have an outlet within 25 feet on a seperate circuit as the ac. this is so the serviceperson can use electricity to plug in tools to service thge outdoor unit while being able to turn off power to the unit for safety reasons.
 

theother

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It should be on a disconnect, but its not...
Guess Ill get on that sooner or later
Home depot only had a 30amp, but my ac is 20
Check the manual on your ac, or just check the plate by the electrical connection. A lot of these Japanese and Chinese units want 25 amps, which is super weird in the us.

I need to start harvesting more plants at a time.
Having more plants in there should also help keep the rh up.
I dont want to run my dry room full time.

That is he'll on earth having a drying going all the time. Nothing worse because it needs constant fucking with.
 

Coconutz

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i agree with gfci in general but that plug is 2 feet over my head and theres a lot of water to splatter about.all the acs i have must have a surge protector so the mother board doesnt get fried in an event. the dedicated fusebox is code and must have an outlet within 25 feet on a seperate circuit as the ac. this is so the serviceperson can use electricity to plug in tools to service thge outdoor unit while being able to turn off power to the unit for safety reasons.

Technically... Im the service person...
My buddy installed the fucking thing with a defective fan motor.
SOB couldnt figure the shit out and I had to call in someone else to test everything.
Then I had to have the other guy call the shop and have them order a replacement that I put in myself.
Anyhow, I think I know more about this unit than the guy who installed it.
I should have just had him order a new one, but I had plants going when it died...
Luckily, I used to do grunt work for an AC company out in OC, so I know just enough to never hire that dude again
 

Coconutz

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Check the manual on your ac, or just check the plate by the electrical connection. A lot of these Japanese and Chinese units want 25 amps, which is super weird in the us.



That is he'll on earth having a drying going all the time. Nothing worse because it needs constant fucking with.

I just let them hang and then bag them before it all goes into the jar.
Now that I have ac its even easier because its a constant environment and doesnt have to be adjusted.
I just dont want to have to run the ac 365
 

cannacultural

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Hmm, I think I might be getting a cal deficiency on a couple of mine. Some of the older fan leaves are yellowing with necrotic spotting. It's weird, it's not wide spread, and not on all the plants (same cut). Added a smidge of calmag to my base tap water, quarter strength. Not too worried, but it's been progressing for the past couple of days. Any ideas? Can't see an absolute match on the diagnostic thread, Ca is my thought
 

cannacultural

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Colours aren't great, but this was the worst leaf I could find. The others aren't this bad.
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