Oh shit... now I've pissed off the verties...He must work for the government, seems to know know what is best for you and your grow!
All I need to do now is fuck with a few Vegans and it's an orgy
Oh shit... now I've pissed off the verties...He must work for the government, seems to know know what is best for you and your grow!
There are plenty of frosty plants that aren't potent though. I've grown with CMH, LEDs and CMH + LEDs. The best results were with the latter.Please point me to a very potent plant without trichomes or stfu.
There are no potent plants that aren't frosty. In this thread you probably have close to 150+ years growing experience and you're gonna come out with "Not all frosty plants are good." I very much doubt that he would have put up a pic of a shitty plant that just happened to be frostier than anything you have ever grown. Why the fck people can't speak to others on a grow site that they are speaking to peers who know their shit is beyond me. Wait, combined lights and spectrums had the best results? WOW. You don't say? Throw in a MH and you'll see even better results.There are plenty of frosty plants that aren't potent though. I've grown with CMH, LEDs and CMH + LEDs. The best results were with the latter.
I own properties and manage thousands of units. I am continuously shocked to see the level of shoddy work performed by professional electricians and the down right dangerous work done by amateurs. Most recently I somebody put in their own chandelier and used tin-foil to wrap the wires together. You are correct, it's very easy, anybody can do it. Most manage to do a sloppy job. Besides, if you aren't broke, the warranty from a bought light is a nice thing to have.It's definitely not. And if you don't want to do it, you've got loads of cheap options for Led strips these days so it's no biggie. But don't be put off by scare stories by people like him above. It's the choice of any grown man whether he trusts himself to wire up a plug, or change a light bulb. If Rikky wants to call in Mr Miyagi cause his fuckin toast won't pop before it's the wrong side of brown, that's fair enough.
If, like him, you think you'll fry your dick attempting the high stakes gamble of putting a positive wire one end of a strip and a negative the other, or you don't trust your IQ to handle the task of putting the right colour wires in the right place in the plug whilst being personally guided through the entire process, then for sure steer the fuck clear of this space age shit. Or if you just don't have the time, buy a Kingbrite, they're cheap enough.
Whatever you do, go for it and let us know how you get on
You've got to keep what I said in the proper context and not let drama queens like @rkymtnman distort the actual message. It's what people do on message boards because they've got a lot of time for that sort of wasteful shit.I own properties and manage thousands of units. I am continuously shocked to see the level of shoddy work performed by professional electricians and the down right dangerous work done by amateurs. Most recently I somebody put in their own chandelier and used tin-foil to wrap the wires together. You are correct, it's very easy, anybody can do it. Most manage to do a sloppy job. Besides, if you aren't broke, the warranty from a bought light is a nice thing to have.
This should be the caption for the entire year of 2020.....There are lots of very stupid people out there.
That's not in our control. We give our advice on the basis people will follow it as it's laid out - listen, check twice then check again, follow, ask, and use the amazing tool that is the internet and a free one to one tutorial.There are people who will got out and get the proper tools. And there are those who will use scissors and duck tape. Personally I don't care, but I wouldn't give people more credit than what you see for yourself every day of your life. There are lots of very stupid people out there.
What about the old school electricians who rigged up radio towers way back during the Viet Nam war? Guys like them are super competent (albeit not necessarily to code), and also do super dangerous shit.A good electrician is the hardest thing to find in some places. I live in a rural area and there are 3 electricians to choose from and I'd classify two as dangerously incompetent, while the third just moved here and people consider him like a "gift from god" because the community has suffered so long having to deal with these total incompetents. The only problem is the guy is booked 6 mo out now because everyone needs their wiring fixed LOL.
Almost as hard as finding potent weed that isn't frosty.A good electrician is the hardest thing to find in some places. I live in a rural area and there are 3 electricians to choose from and I'd classify two as dangerously incompetent, while the third just moved here and people consider him like a "gift from god" because the community has suffered so long having to deal with these total incompetents. The only problem is the guy is booked 6 mo out now because everyone needs their wiring fixed LOL.
Really? Name 3.There are lots of very stupid people out there.
If you think electricians are bad you should see what really goes on with plumbers. I've had to pull more than one plumber from a job. One company sent 2 of their guys to fix a boiler with heat going off over the course of 2 weeks in an elderly property in the middle of winter. Finally I got pissed and demanded they pulled anybody under 50 off the job, told them I wanted their oldest knows everything guy. He found the problem within 30 minutes. The others had changed so many valves and sensors that had nothing to do with the problem. I didn't end up paying for it, which was in the thousands, but it still blows my mind that the majority of plumbers are just guessing. Change a part and it doesn't work, go on to the next part.A good electrician is the hardest thing to find in some places. I live in a rural area and there are 3 electricians to choose from and I'd classify two as dangerously incompetent, while the third just moved here and people consider him like a "gift from god" because the community has suffered so long having to deal with these total incompetents. The only problem is the guy is booked 6 mo out now because everyone needs their wiring fixed LOL.
Or a 315CMH that yields as much as a similarly priced LED, depending on your definition of similar obviously. And did I mention DIY?... that means doing it yourself... electrical work that is... hmm... not sure if it's been mentioned anywhere..Almost as hard as finding potent weed that isn't frosty.
That's so interesting, I've heard that from a few different people-about the transition lenses. Totally agree about the CMH, my cousin turned me on to them a few years ago. I was dubious at first but the quality of bud he produced in a 3x3 tent just amazed me. CMH bud seems the closest to outdoor bud. I'm not saying it's stronger, denser, whatever, than LED, it's just the whole package-terps, colors, everything is so nice. I haven't ever seen LED+UV supplemented bud in person, so maybe that's the sweet spot for LED.In my flower tent now Old 2015 Optic 120, 2014 A51 RW75, HLG 135 and 250 watt CMH Retrofit 4000k. Guess I’m no purist.
That CMH will turn “Transitions” lens near black in a few seconds, been using a year and trichs seem more “perfect”.
You're not supposed to dim CMH. I heard it changes the spectrum or something. I thought about getting dimmable ballasts too before I found that out.I've been running my LEDs along with a 400w old school mag ballast CMH lamp (Philips CDM Retro-White), but the newer 315w square wave lights are so much better, and I also really want th be able to dim my cmh when needed, so I pulled the trigger on a new 315 to supplement my LEDs with. Decided to get a new reflector too instead of the socket adapter for my E39 Mogul Base..
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Yeah, I know it changes the spectrum a bit, but I'm OK with that. Dimming any HID type light will change the spectrum. I've dimmed HPS lights in the past, and it hasn't drastically affected growth. I know that dimming HID lights will shift the spectrum towards more green, but my understanding is that this shift is less pronounced with CMH vs HPS or MH. Really, I just need to be able to scale back when it gets hot during summer. Also this will be run next to my OB96's which have a lot of red and blue, so I think even with a bit of s green shift on the CMH, I'll still be solid.You're not supposed to dim CMH. I heard it changes the spectrum or something. I thought about getting dimmable ballasts too before I found that out.