Just read the whole thread. Neat stuff. Since we're in the LED section, I'm curious how you think these are stacking vs LED?
Looks like you're on par with electrical savings. But you're still generating quite a bit of heat? AC running? Dehum? Any idea what PPFD you're hitting? At what cost?
Can't wait to see your g/pw.
Couple questions I can answer in your thread: myco dies fast vs chemical phosphorous exposure. You should prep good soil with myco powders. They will establish with the plants. By good soil I mean soil that will take plain water for most of its life and still feed the plant adequately. Works best in those scenarios.
For feed in your situation let me suggest Jacks. Cheap and efficient. Supplement with some cal-mag and done.
80 gallons every 3 days? wow. Thats like a 10x10 room? Dehumidifier going nuts? Are your girls trying to stay cool? I bet your transpiration would go down if you dropped temps a couple degrees. Pre-emptive check of your runoff ph might be in order with all the nutes you're using too? -Are you doing some plain water feeds in between regular feeds? Or not necessary?
Again, awesome thread! thanks for sharing!
ill try and answer the best i can.
never had chance to run LED, so nothing to contibute there.
My AC doest run that much anymore, have two 60pint dehueys, one on each end. i was having to empty the one twice a day the other is on a hose to a drain, but lately it been less since the rain left.
dont have any cool toys so ppfd, and such is a mystery to me.
the room stays around 78-81 when lights r in, 65-70 when lights off, do have an temp gun, canopy temp ranged around 74-79 when i just checked a little bit ago something i haven't right to do in awhile before ur post reminded to check.
i run plain r/o ever other, this week will be one of my larger waterings. wanna get around 1-1.5 gal of runoff this next watering, gonna take around 100 gallons to achieve.. the room is 12×15, using around 10×10 of it the lights are 3' off center of each other.
not sure how well i stated it but, i dont have Hillary's proofreading circle.... lol.
and now a few pics
tutankhamun,
umm not sure on the rest lol. will do them all seperatly one day.
ps. did them math im running around 6.5kwh with everything on, 4kw in lights 1kw in dehueys 1.2kw in ac , ans .5kw in fans, find out the bill in couple days.....
