He charged me $450USD to install two additional 20 amp breakers.
I can't sleep now because I'm excited to get back to work on this system I'm building first thing tomorrow morning.
Bubblelicious, New York Power Diesel, and Super Skunk in DWC
- Thread starter Bob Smith
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I can't sleep now because I'm excited to get back to work on this system I'm building first thing tomorrow morning.
Twils
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Not bad! I'd be having a hard time sleeping too there if I had some fun toys to play with!
I'm about to put up day 13 since 12/12 switch and my new clone station pictures!
Burn on!
Lol, I'm on it........just taking my time with setting up this new veg system because I only want to have to do it one time - tired of changing up systems every week, time to stick to something.
Also, with the ambient temps at about 61 in the garage right now, the temperature controller for the exhaust fans is working great - they come on about once every five or ten minutes for a minute and exhaust all the air, and I now have a little fan on in there 24/7.
Pics coming at some point today; I like the changes I've made to the setup so far.
Still got a ways to go.
Twils
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Rock on Bob! Get er bangin!
Sounds like things are getting dialed in!
Can't wait for them pics!
Burn on!
steelherman
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$450.... Well you payed for peace of mind right? Well cant wait till your done to see whats new. After my grow I will convert a walkin closet into my new grow room,,, Cant wait till then. keep us all inspired...
steelherman
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Just seen the rep...Thanks Bob. Ur the First,,,how sweet,,now that makes you special.
My pleasure dude, stay high.
And because I didn't want to die; but yeah, $450 (which took him four hours) vs. the day or two it would've taken me is way worth it.
I still can't believe how much time and money this DIY system has set me back - probably twice as much money and more time than I'd care to think about vs. just buying a system for a few hundred bucks.
Not even done setting it up yet and I already hate it.
Fuck me.
Although I do like how I setup some new stuff in the tent, so that's at least mitigating the pain from the last couple of days.
jsteezy1290
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dont worry bro doing stuff yourself is way better then just buying it all together because then you get the jist of how exactly it works
Yeah, not too worried about it, was just venting a bit.
Came in to make myself a super stiff drink and now it's time to head back to the garage and git er done.
Twils
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So, shockingly enough to me and my girl, I'm actually quite calm about the little setback I'm just experienced.
So, let me say a couple of words before I document my current failure - firstly, I like my new tent setup, so we'll start with the good first.
Firstly, clipped my little digi thermometer to the chain that the light's hanging from (my other thermometer wouldn't stay up with the duct tape and constantly fell down).
Also mounted my 4" intake fan to the ceiling as opposed to have it sitting on the floor outside of the tent - just a more professional and permanent setup, the other way was kinda ghetto with it sitting on s box. Yeah, I'm looking for small victories right now.
Hung a little 6" clip on fan from a bungee for constant airflow in the tent, even when the intake and exhaust fans aren't running.
So you can obviously see that the 4" fan is no longer there, and the wires are much more organized (trust me). The interior of the tent is also much more organized, and no wires are within the "spill zone" of the tent, which is obviously much safer.
Soooo, those are the little victories, now for my chronicles of ineptitude.
So, let me say a couple of words before I document my current failure - firstly, I like my new tent setup, so we'll start with the good first.
Firstly, clipped my little digi thermometer to the chain that the light's hanging from (my other thermometer wouldn't stay up with the duct tape and constantly fell down).
Also mounted my 4" intake fan to the ceiling as opposed to have it sitting on the floor outside of the tent - just a more professional and permanent setup, the other way was kinda ghetto with it sitting on s box. Yeah, I'm looking for small victories right now.
Hung a little 6" clip on fan from a bungee for constant airflow in the tent, even when the intake and exhaust fans aren't running.
So you can obviously see that the 4" fan is no longer there, and the wires are much more organized (trust me). The interior of the tent is also much more organized, and no wires are within the "spill zone" of the tent, which is obviously much safer.
Soooo, those are the little victories, now for my chronicles of ineptitude.
So, here's the bad stuff:
Honestly, I'm too disgusted to even do it on a pic by pic basis, so you can just look at them and notice the idiocy for yourself.
I will say that my idea about using a pond pump to constantly run water through the system will not work with the way I have the system setup - instead of an intake and an outtake hole, I'm just going to have one hole per bucket which will have a "T" fitting, kind of like a sidecar. This should ensure that I can always have the pond pump running and circulating water throughout the system.
Also, my lack of engineering and plumbing and whatever other skills that come into play happened to burn me - I used an 11/16" bit to drill the holes in the bucket, even though the guy's design who I used as a blueprint used a 7/8" bit - I figured if his was good, a smaller, tighter fit was better.
I was wrong.
The size of the hole and the grommet trying to fit into it put unnecessary stress on the plastic and made it so that one or two of the buckets leaked, so I'm going to use a larger drill bit for my newer buckets.
Lesson learned.
I also realized that putting only eight buckets in that tent was not a very efficient use of space, and I think that I could fit 10 buckets in there without much of a problem.
So, heading back to Home Depot tomorrow to get some more buckets, and heading to the hydro store to get some "T" fittings and grommets to make my newest system.
As an aside, does anyone know what paints/primers are the best for light-proofing those buckets? Because that was by far the most labor-intensive part of the process, and if I could do that a little quicker, building this new system won't be much of a problem at all.
Anyways, pics are below of the failure that took me almost two full days - if anyone's got any questions about any of them just let me know.
Honestly, I'm too disgusted to even do it on a pic by pic basis, so you can just look at them and notice the idiocy for yourself.
I will say that my idea about using a pond pump to constantly run water through the system will not work with the way I have the system setup - instead of an intake and an outtake hole, I'm just going to have one hole per bucket which will have a "T" fitting, kind of like a sidecar. This should ensure that I can always have the pond pump running and circulating water throughout the system.
Also, my lack of engineering and plumbing and whatever other skills that come into play happened to burn me - I used an 11/16" bit to drill the holes in the bucket, even though the guy's design who I used as a blueprint used a 7/8" bit - I figured if his was good, a smaller, tighter fit was better.
I was wrong.
The size of the hole and the grommet trying to fit into it put unnecessary stress on the plastic and made it so that one or two of the buckets leaked, so I'm going to use a larger drill bit for my newer buckets.
Lesson learned.
I also realized that putting only eight buckets in that tent was not a very efficient use of space, and I think that I could fit 10 buckets in there without much of a problem.
So, heading back to Home Depot tomorrow to get some more buckets, and heading to the hydro store to get some "T" fittings and grommets to make my newest system.
As an aside, does anyone know what paints/primers are the best for light-proofing those buckets? Because that was by far the most labor-intensive part of the process, and if I could do that a little quicker, building this new system won't be much of a problem at all.
Anyways, pics are below of the failure that took me almost two full days - if anyone's got any questions about any of them just let me know.
steelherman
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Try Krylon flat black or Rustolium Flat black.Is this set up going to have a main Res or is it going to recirculate bucket to bucket?
It's going to have a rez, which you can see pictured above - it's the bucket with the tubes that are going through the tent's lining (last pic).
As far as the paint goes, I couldn't wait (I'm not a loser or a quitter, so went to Home Depot as my girl cooked enchiladas for dinner), so I picked up three spray cans of Kilz Original Primer-Sealer-Stainbloccker and three cans of Rust-Oleum Ultra Cover flat white spray paint.
I'm assuming and hoping that these will do the job, but would love anyone else's input who's tried this.
Integra21
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Krylon Fusion for plastic works the best you can do it in a gloss finish. Gloss just makes the paint more durable and scratch resistant. Recomend putting on a light first coat and then 2 fairly heavy coats. You can ususally do 2-3 buckets per can of paint. The cheap .99c a can flat also works fine, you just have to touch up more often.
Integra21
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you dont really have to prime. Works fine without it. Will save time and money not doing it. With the 3 step coats i said above, as long as its roughly room temp do 1st coat, wait about 30min, do second coat, wait an hour, do 3rd coat. If its in a cold garage 50-65 double those wait times minimum.
Twils
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Damn Bob that sucks man!
Great progress though on getting things, set in a way of being permanent so you don't have to fiddle fart around with it later on down the road!
I had been doing quite a bit of painting for a while on guns and other things I made like DWC Cloner and things like that. I've personally found a touch of love for the Krylon Camouflage Ultra-Flat spray paint, with Fusion (for plastic) technology. This stuff is great! After priming and 2 coats of black she's light proof, VERY Chip resistant (I camo my guns for the seasons or where I'm hunting, and beating them up in the woods looks about the same as the day I painted them) It bonds to plastic without sanding or priming (although I personally prime everything)
With the Krylon Ultra-Flat Primer spray paint with Fusion technology, and the Krylon Camouflage Ultra-Flat spray paint you would be looking good its not very expensive either, about .50 more I think than normal enamel spray paints.
For your T fittings and stuff light that for plumbing grab it all at home depot, while your getting more buckets.
The T Fittings and grommits should be near the lawn care section, where their sprinkler systems and stuff are. All that stuff seems to be the exact same (I bet they get it at depot and jack the price up at the hydro store (at least the one I go to lol))Rather get all them set backs out of the way, so in the long run can gogogo!
Burn on!