ttystikk
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Oh, God-not another Light Spinner! Those fucking things were dangerous!I may try this on a very small scale. I need to see how to pass current to the light while its rotating. would prefer a brush-less setup.
Oh, God-not another Light Spinner! Those fucking things were dangerous!I may try this on a very small scale. I need to see how to pass current to the light while its rotating. would prefer a brush-less setup.
Oh, God-not another Light Spinner! Those fucking things were dangerous!
No rotator. Just hang the whole thing on a cord, then have an oscillating fan hit it. If you can get it to twist back and forth 45° or more then you're there. You need the fan anyway...Yaa, it does sound rather Rube Goldberg...although I was thinking of slow rotation.........
Thats what i was thinking. I have also been contemplating leaving the top half of screen in the room attached to the ceiling. Then have the bottom half attached to my pots. That way i dont have to try and move a 6x4 screen through 2 doorways. just have a 4x3 screen in veg, once filled move to bloom and flip. I cant seem to find anything but 2x4 inch welded wire fencing. got a source for 4x4?Nothing makes the old prof happier than to see someone who's actually eager to learn something! So, thanks.
CDM vs HPS comparo is tough to do straight across because bulb wattage doesn't match up. I think it's pretty close to 85%, not counting ballast losses. I'm plugging one into a Kill-A-Watt today to see what it pulls from the wall all up. Plusses start with spectrum and plant vigor. Maybe it's just our eyes liking the lighting better. Don't look for THIS lamp to set the growing world on fire, unless they can come up with a digital square wave ballast that won't trash the bulb. I hear there's a company hand building ballasts for them in small quantities. Call Growers House and ask them...
Inside the cage WAY better. Use bigger holes, too. Two inches is too small.
If you wanna run vert, that sounds like a good plan.
It's not in veg but I do move the plants around on their trellis. All the vine clips and soft ties we use to train the plant do a great job of holding it in place. My trellis is made of fencing do it has done rigidity. Using soft ties to tie it to hooks in the ceiling keeps it in place along with clipping it to its neighbors.
It's a pain to find, usually animal fencing. Mine was for sheep n goats, which strikes me as strangely appropriate for the zoo here we call RIU...Thats what i was thinking. I have also been contemplating leaving the top half of screen in the room attached to the ceiling. Then have the bottom half attached to my pots. That way i dont have to try and move a 6x4 screen through 2 doorways. just have a 4x3 screen in veg, once filled move to bloom and flip. I cant seem to find anything but 2x4 inch welded wire fencing. got a source for 4x4?
I'm trying to wrap my head around what you're describing, but I'm not quite there year?Well i think my super silo may not be the best way to go for my space. Got to doing some measuring and from the top of my pots to the ceiling is only 64 inches. Thats not much head room now that I'm measuring it. I may be better suited to do 2 single bulb with 2 plants per bulb and each screen being 5x6 half circle screens. Giving me 120 ft2 vs 85 ft2 that i would get with just one silo being each screen of 5'4x4'. the 2 sets of would have a 20 inch distance from the bulb vs the 24" of the single silo. The loss would be the crossing of 2 light sources on the plants vs single point of light. What do you think Tty? With 54" head room would you stack or separate?
Can't got them all in one row, so you'll need to do two columns and stagger.4 x 600 Watt
Thanks for the kind words! I'm paying it forward, with interest.well 3kw is outside what my electric circuit/budget can handle.
Sounds like i may be better doing a 3.5x5 screen. Drops me to 65ft² (double a flat grow) but brings me up to 30W/ft². giving me a 14ft circumference and 4.4 ft diameter. plants with be 2.2 ft from bulb. that seems far. I suppose they will close that gap some growing to the light. Also, i can up the plant count to 5. I have the soil for 2 more pots to run 5 in a cycle.
Also, Thank you Ttystikk. I'm a big planner. Ill analyze something for months before i spend money. Having someone that's already doing something similar and whose been though the trial and error helps a bunch. You are a invaluable resource to those wanting to grow big with smaller plant count vertically. Gratitude.
You weren't overthinking it, you were right on the same path I was. I just give newcomer a flashlight!Im following you. Sounds like i was over thinking it. Got some 60in x50 ft welded wire in the cart. Cant seem to find the 4x4 locally. and online i can only find 100 ft of it. May have to take some wire cutters to the fence where i need too. This all should be taking off in the next 2 weeks. I ll actually do a grow journal on this.
For that quantity you might see if concrete reinforcement wire panels might work out better?40 feet. 5 ft per panel. its not that much. i can get the 2x4 and cut out half of it with a cut off wheel. I dont have anywhere to store 290 feet of field fencing. lol