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sleepless_canuck

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cdgmoney250 said:
My new project that finally got finished up.
COBs plus "Enhancement"

Components
Vero 29 4000K (4x)
Vero 29 3500K (2x)
Cree XP-E Photo Red (12x)
Cree XP-E 730nm Far Red (4x)
2' Hortilux PowerVEG T5 (2x)
Meanwell HLG-320H-C1400B
Meanwell LPF-25D-42

Power Consumption: 411w

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I am running 4x 1825 and considering some reds.

Can you explain a bit more about your red led setup?

Thanks
 
cdgmoney250

cdgmoney250

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sleepless_canuck said:
I am running 4x 1825 and considering some reds.

Can you explain a bit more about your red led setup?

Thanks
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Sure thing.
The 16 Red LEDs are being driven at 600ma and powered by the Meanwell LPF-25D-42. They are all wired in series and dimmable. All together the Red LEDs consume about 24 watts.
I chose the 660nm and 730nm wavelengths in a 3:1 ratio to better fill in the 'Mccree Curve' and to hopefully elicit the 'Emerson Effect'.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_effect

Hope this helps.
 
sixstring2112

sixstring2112

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cdgmoney250 said:
My new project that finally got finished up.
COBs plus "Enhancement"

Components
Vero 29 4000K (4x)
Vero 29 3500K (2x)
Cree XP-E Photo Red (12x)
Cree XP-E 730nm Far Red (4x)
2' Hortilux PowerVEG T5 (2x)
Meanwell HLG-320H-C1400B
Meanwell LPF-25D-42

Power Consumption: 411w

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very nice build.did you get some tiny heatsinks for those red leds or just mount them on the aluminum rails with paste ?
 
randydj

randydj

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Well I went a little crazy with the control panel. It is automated by an Arduino Uno; so I came in at around $360.00 for 385 watts. that is just under 50 watts per cob. I want to thank all of the posters to Rollitup.org who have contributed their knowledge and skill that helped me pull this together including but not limited to @Growmau5 and @bggrass Thank you:clap:

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Happy growing everyone:weed:.
 
bassman999

bassman999

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I like it Randy! what cobs did you use?
randydj said:
Well I went a little crazy with the control panel. It is automated by an Arduino Uno; so I came in at around $360.00 for 385 watts. that is just under 50 watts per cob. I want to thank all of the posters to Rollitup.org who have contributed their knowledge and skill that helped me pull this together including but not limited to @Growmau5 and @bggrass Thank you:clap:

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PicklesRus

PicklesRus

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randydj said:
Here is the Arduino code to run my tent:


/* This program runs a cannabis grow tent.
* The tent is equipped with DIY COB LED lights,
* active heatsink cooling on the COBs
* 730nm SemiLeds for phytochrome manipulation
* CO2 from compressed cylinder injected based calculated flow rate per cubic foot
* exhaust fan to control heat and humidity
* It will determine the time point of the active 24 hour cycle and resume
* running at the real time point after a power failure.
* INPUT the hour for the lights to come on(LightsOnH),
* INPUT the minutes for the lights to come on(LightsOnM)
* INPUT Lights On run time (LORTime)
* It requires a DS3231 time clock
* The CO2 cycle is based on the observed heat load in the tent wihch allows a 40 minute cycle
*/
#include <DS3231.h> // real time clock library


int LightsOnH = 17; //Hour of day to turn the lights on (0 - 23)
int LightsOnM = 15; //Minute of hour to turn lights on (0 - 59)
//Seconds not set default = 0
int LORTime = 18; //Length of Lights On in hours (12 or 10.5)
int FarRedOn = 900; //Turn 730nm lights on for 15 minutes
int WakeUpDelay = 2400; //40 minute plant wakeup time in seconds before CO2
long UST; //Calc lightsOnTime as a unix in this 24 hour cycle
int myyear; //current year
int myday; //current day
int mymonth; //current month
long UTNow; //unix time now
long DarkTime; //Lights off time in seconds
long LOT; //hold calculated LORTime
long CGasOn;
long GasOn;
long GasOff = 2700;
// Init the DS3231 using the hardware interface

DS3231 rtc(SDA, SCL);

// Init a Time-data structure

Time t;

void setup() {

// Setup Serial connection
//Serial.begin(9600);
// Initialize the rtc object
rtc.begin();

digitalWrite(5, HIGH); // this relay is OFF on HIGH
digitalWrite(9, HIGH); // this relay is OFF on HIGH
pinMode(5, OUTPUT); //Cob Fans
pinMode(6, OUTPUT); // COB LIGHTS
pinMode(9, OUTPUT); //730nm lights
pinMode(10, OUTPUT); //CO2
pinMode(11, OUTPUT); //Exhaust Fan

// The following lines can be uncommented to set the date and time in the DS3231
//rtc.setDOW(WEDNESDAY); // Set Day-of-Week to SUNDAY
//rtc.setTime(12, 0, 0); // Set the time to 12:00:00 (24hr format)
//rtc.setDate(1, 1, 2014); // Set the date to January 1st, 2014

t = rtc.getTime(); //Get time and date
myyear = t.year; //set to current year
myday = t.date; //set to current day
mymonth = t.mon; //set to current month
t.hour = LightsOnH; // determine the unix time for LightsOn time in this 24 hour cycle
t.min = LightsOnM;
t.sec = 0;
t.year = myyear;
t.mon = mymonth;
t.date = myday;
UST = (rtc.getUnixTime(t)); //LightsOn "UnixStartTime"
LOT = LORTime * 3600u; //Lights On length in seconds 64800
DarkTime = 86400u - LOT; //Calculate DarkTime 21600
DarkTime=DarkTime-FarRedOn; //Take FarRed out of DarkTime 20700
LOT = LOT + FarRedOn; //Add FarRedOn time 900+ 65700
LOT = LOT -WakeUpDelay; //Subtract WakeUpDelay 2400- 63300
LOT = LOT - GasOff; //Subtract GasOff EOD 3600- 59700

}


void loop() {
UTNow = (rtc.getUnixTime(rtc.getTime())); //get current unix time

// wait until lights on time
while(UTNow < UST){

UTNow = (rtc.getUnixTime(rtc.getTime()));
}
//Wake plants up

digitalWrite(10, LOW); //set CO2 off
digitalWrite(9, HIGH); //set 730nm lights off
digitalWrite(5, LOW); //turn cob fans on
digitalWrite(11, HIGH); //turn exhaust fan on
digitalWrite(6, HIGH); //turn cobs on


while(UTNow >= UST && UTNow <= UST + WakeUpDelay){

UTNow = (rtc.getUnixTime(rtc.getTime())); //get current unix time
}

/*Start CO2 cycle and set stop CO2 at 45 minutes before DarkTime minus run over
* each CO2 cycle is 40 minutes long
*/

while(UTNow >= UST + WakeUpDelay && UTNow <= UST + WakeUpDelay + LOT){

digitalWrite(6, HIGH); //Turn Cobs on needed in case of power outage
digitalWrite(5, LOW); //turn cob fans on needed in case of power outage
digitalWrite(11, LOW); //turn exhaust fan off
digitalWrite(10, HIGH); // turn gas on
delay (180000); // gas on for 3 minutes
digitalWrite(10, LOW); // turn gas Off
delay (420000); //wait 7 minutes
digitalWrite(10, HIGH); // turn gas on
delay (60000); // gas on for 1 minute
digitalWrite(10, LOW); // turn gas off
delay (540000); // wait 9 minutes
digitalWrite(10, HIGH); // turn gas on
delay (60000); // gas on for 1 minute
digitalWrite(10, LOW); // turn gas off
delay (540000); // wait 9 minutes
digitalWrite(11, HIGH); //turn fan on
delay (600000); // run exhast fan 10 minutes

UTNow = (rtc.getUnixTime(rtc.getTime())); // get the time
}

//Stop CO2 prior to lights out

digitalWrite(10, LOW); //turn CO2 off needed in case of power outage
digitalWrite(11, HIGH); //turn exhaust fan on needed in case of power outage
digitalWrite(5, LOW); //turn cob fans on needed in case of power outage
digitalWrite(6, HIGH); //Turn Cobs on needed in case of power outage
digitalWrite(9, HIGH); //turn 730nm off needed in case of power outage

//wait for lights out time
while(UTNow >= UST + WakeUpDelay + LOT && UTNow <= UST + WakeUpDelay + LOT + GasOff){
UTNow = (rtc.getUnixTime(rtc.getTime()));
}
// run 730nm lights for 15 minutes

digitalWrite(6, LOW); //turn cobs off
digitalWrite(9, LOW); //turn 730nm on
digitalWrite(10, LOW); //turn CO2 off needed in case of power outage
digitalWrite(11, HIGH); //turn exhaust fan on needed in case of power outage
digitalWrite(5, LOW); //turn cob fans on needed in case of power outage


while(UTNow >= UST + WakeUpDelay + LOT + GasOff && UTNow <= UST + WakeUpDelay + FarRedOn + LOT + GasOff){

UTNow = (rtc.getUnixTime(rtc.getTime()));
}

//start night

digitalWrite(6, LOW); //turn cobs off
digitalWrite(9, HIGH); //turn 730nm off
digitalWrite(10, LOW); //turn CO2 off needed in case of power outage
digitalWrite(11, HIGH); //turn exhaust fan on needed in case of power outage
digitalWrite(5, HIGH); //turn cob fans off needed in case of power outage


while(UTNow >= UST + WakeUpDelay + FarRedOn + LOT && UTNow <= UST + WakeUpDelay + FarRedOn + DarkTime + LOT + GasOff){

UTNow = (rtc.getUnixTime(rtc.getTime()));
}

//Night over
t = rtc.getTime(); //Get time and date
myyear = t.year; //set to current year
myday = t.date; //set to current day
mymonth = t.mon; //set to current month
t.hour = LightsOnH; // get unix time for LightsOn in this 24
t.min = LightsOnM; //hour cycle.
t.sec = 0;
t.year = myyear;
t.mon = mymonth;
t.date = myday;
UST = (rtc.getUnixTime(t)); //unix lightsOn time

}
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Thank you Randy
 
PicklesRus

PicklesRus

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DesertHydro said:
i have no fucking clue what any of that is but i am still impressed none the less. cool looking setup.
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bassman999 said:
Same here, I wish I did.
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If you watch an Adruino how to video you can see everything in the code after the // are the comments he wrote to tell you what the command before it does.

So

Code arduino understand // explanation he put there for humans to be able to read it.
You just gotta watch a how to program arduino video.
 
PicklesRus

PicklesRus

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goofy81 said:
The arduino code is a lot simpler than anyone here thinks.
I'm no coding expert, but self taught and i can say it took me only 1-2 hours to do the code. The most difficult part was trying to make all the cables neat.
I can say though, that one of the best things I've done in my grow is the pot weight sensor. Last night for example, my pot was watered, weighed 17kg this morning 13kg! It'll definitely improve my feeding frequency and duration.

On the second graph, you can actually see/tell when the lights turn on vs the potweight.
It sort of shows that the plants almost instantaneously drinks as soon as lights come on.

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VERY nice. I like it a lot.
 
PicklesRus

PicklesRus

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randydj said:
Ok so I made some progress on the controller today but it all seemed up-hill. I went through 3 soldering irons today, a cheap one and two expensive ones.......... wow. Five trips to the hardware store. Then my back started hurting so I took some of my new chocolate Moby Dick CBD meds I made last night.
I'm just baked. I decided to halt work on the controller so I don't hurt myself or the controller and I need to cut my dosage in half next time.

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The dining room table looks a little better. I hope my wife notices the progress


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You're a genius. This is really nice.
 
Participant

Participant

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IMG_20161216_213214.jpg Here is my semi-DIY 400w Vero 29 g7 3000k, from TImber Grow Lights, which is replacing a junky roleandro 600. The drivers are remote because of heat.

The lady is a nirvana blackjack fem, 49 days from flip.
 

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Evil-Mobo

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Participant said:
Here is my semi-DIY 400w Vero 29 g7 3000k, from TImber Grow Lights, which is replacing a junky roleandro 600.

The lady is a nirvana blackjack fem, 49 days from flip.
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Build and setup looks great man. Just one question. With so much space left in there why not grow her bigger? I have some of the same seeds but haven't popped any yet have you grown this strain out before?

Thanks
 
MMJ Dreaming 99

MMJ Dreaming 99

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Participant said:
View attachment 3855632 Here is my semi-DIY 400w Vero 29 g7 3000k, from TImber Grow Lights, which is replacing a junky roleandro 600. The drivers are remote because of heat.

The lady is a nirvana blackjack fem, 49 days from flip.
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Did you do the frame yourself? May I ask where you got the L shaped metal? I saw some for a good price at Tractor Supply but it is heavy stuff. Nice job.

How does you new cool rig compare to the Roleandro 600? I think some guy said the Roleandro with Cobs can be salvagable by doing a Gromau5 and pulling the cheap Chinese combs and dropping in Vero29s but you throw away the cheap reflectors. The Chinese drivers are okay along with the case and fan.
 
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Participant

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MMJ Dreaming 99 said:
Did you do the frame yourself? May I ask where you got the L shaped metal? I saw some for a good price at Tractor Supply but it is heavy stuff. Nice job.

How does you new cool rig compare to the Roleandro 600? I think some guy said the Roleandro with Cobs can be salvagable by doing a Gromau5 and pulling the cheap Chinese combs and dropping in Vero29s but you throw away the cheap reflectors. The Chinese drivers are okay along with the case and fan.
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the frame came from Timber Grow Lights unassembled, to save $50 on shipping. Its 1x1 x 1/8", very strong. one hole didn't quite match up, so 1 heatsink only has 3 screws.

The heat is a bout the same as the roleandro 600, it was 79 when i put it in there and rose to my usual 86 degrees. However, its pulling 400w at the wall instead of 275w and its a fuck ton brighter. I have it at 18" above, versus 12" for the roleandro. I will be lowering a little until she freaks.
 
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Evil-Mobo said:
Build and setup looks great man. Just one question. With so much space left in there why not grow her bigger? I have some of the same seeds but haven't popped any yet have you grown this strain out before?

Thanks
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I will be putting more in there, I have a 2x4x5veg tent with a mars300, I only had this 3x3x6 and roleandro since august. That light is barely enough for 1 plant, imo.

I grow in 5 gal DWC, mainlined to 8 colas. I have a 2 week old Northern Lights vegging now, next is a white widow that i will plant early january
 
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