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Dezracer

Dezracer

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There isn't anyone in here that happens to have any extra 600W equipment is there? I know we're not supposed to sell anything on here and I'm not asking for someone to sell it to me. Wondering if anyone has stuff...that's all.
 
Dezracer

Dezracer

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I'd like to have spare parts, you know? An extra ballast and stuff like that in case of failure. Wondering if anyone else does that. I have extra bulbs only at the moment.

Those are nice looking moms Medhead
 
Dezracer

Dezracer

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Have I ever told you that my wife is the best? Well she is...

It's looking like I may just be putting together another setup pretty soon, per her suggestion. Thinking I'll do a horizontal/conventional grow with it in a E&F system with either a 2x4 or 3x3 tray. It may end up being two 600s so maybe a couple trays ;-).

I'm just wondering if I'd be better off doing one big tray under the lights or two smaller ones considering I already have the vert room going. I could do one big tray (3x6 or so) under two lights to keep it simple and then offset the harvest time so it's between the vert harvests.

Was also wondering about the whole flip flop grow s I've been hearing about. How do you hook up two different lights to one ballast and have a timer switch from one to the other every 12 hours? This is what they've said they're doing but never said how.
 
DST

DST

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Always the canny shopper Jigfresh, that's a really nice pic as well!!!!!!!

Las Fingerez, thank you for your response. Well I slept on it last night and the y splitter is being removed. I am just not happy with the suction, too many things I am not happy with the set up so change is a foot.

Hey Medhead, they are looking good. 2 weeks you say? Where those clones I take it?

Dez, I suppose re the trays it would depend on if you want to run different strains. I am guessing in hydro that different strains are better of run on seperate units due to different eating and drinking habits.

Have a good day people.

DST
 
Heads Up

Heads Up

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DST, I too did not respond because I have no clue, I also don't respond to hydro questions since I know nothing of hydro, sorry guys. Nice medhead, good looking plants.

Well here are a few pics of my garden. I have plants in three different stages of flower. Almost eight weeks for some, five weeks for others and two weeks for the clones. The bud shot is my dog.
 

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DST

DST

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No worries HeadsUp, frosty freakin DOG man....super nice
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DST, I too did not respond because I have no clue, I also don't respond to hydro questions since I know nothing of hydro, sorry guys. Nice medhead, good looking plants.

Well here are a few pics of my garden. I have plants in three different stages of flower. Almost eight weeks for some, five weeks for others and two weeks for the clones. The bud shot is my dog.
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OB 1

OB 1

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DST said:
I think I have mentioned a couple of time re-circulating the heat from my lights and using it to heat my house. Does anyone think this is a good idea?
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I've done it, and my carbon filter was not good enough to eliminate the smell entirely, so I had to route the exhaust back outside.

If I were to try again, I'd use two carbon filters and two fans - one inside the grow room just acting as a "scrubber" recirculating the air through the filter, and then another on the exhaust from the room.
 
Dezracer

Dezracer

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OB 1 said:
I've done it, and my carbon filter was not good enough to eliminate the smell entirely, so I had to route the exhaust back outside.

If I were to try again, I'd use two carbon filters and two fans - one inside the grow room just acting as a "scrubber" recirculating the air through the filter, and then another on the exhaust from the room.
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I may have to do this on the other setup since we can still smell the plants a little in the house as it is. It would be easier to take extra measures with the new op than with the vert since it's already running.
 
wally nutter

wally nutter

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so i got my order yesterday and spent the whole day setting it up. my hardware store didnt have flexible ducting with a 6" diameter so i had to compromise for the more rigid aluminum crap. never again. new ducting is en route.

now the reflector. it uses six wingnuts to secure the glass panel. one was broken when i opened the package. okkk, one's no biggie. when i went to put my bulb in i discovered every nut was excessively cranked down. i broke two just trying to loosen them...

nothing some alumnimum duct tape cant fix.. so anyway its hanging and its pretty nice but im loosing coverage width wise.. lol um yeah. overall this refletor isnt bad its just got weak wingnuts slash henchmen assemblers.

so im trying to cop this jawn piece

http://www.greners.com/cool-tube.html

i've seen many a cooltube in this club, thought id try one out!
 
ghb

ghb

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i dont use the reflector on my cooltube because i'm trying to cover 20+ plants. i also found that they aren't too user friendly unless you have used them before. i was about to hang mine and thought, these hooks which i'm gonna attach the easi rolls to are a bit loose, so i tightened them to what i thought was a reasonable amount and the bloody glass cracked. i have managed to tape it up and it is abouve the bulb so it should be ok.
 
Dezracer

Dezracer

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I wanted to elaborate a bit on my post from last night if you don't mind.

My wife overheard a conversation between me and the owner of the dispensary I'm hoping to get a job at. After hearing what he pays his growers per pound she suggested I put together another setup to use as a cash crop to help pay for my current grow and give us some extra money since I won't be making what I used to anymore. I figured since there's soo much going on with the vert grow still, it would be best to run an E&F system so I won't have to spend quite as time keep it up as the vert since the vert is still soil and seems to require a lot of attention and time.

I confirmed that he'd want my crop and now I'm going to put something together for it. I'm just going to grow whatever I know I can get good yields from since it's not going to be for me. He's going to get me cards from some patients of the club to keep things as legal as possible after he contacts them to get permission.

I know there's some growers on RIU that get upwards of a pound per light with 600s and would love to be able to hit those numbers but I don't think I have the experience yet to make it so I may run a single 1000w over a 4x4 to have a better chance. I know two 600s will cover more area but it'll cost considerably more to buy two of them and the cooling for two lights than a single 1000W light.

I can't find the thread where I saw that someone was using one ballast to run two bulbs at different times to ask how it's done but wish I could. I think it would be awesome to have two separate grows running from one ballast. I would then just use a 600W ballast and two hood/bulb setups.
 
MuntantLizzard

MuntantLizzard

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wally nutter said:
so i got my order yesterday and spent the whole day setting it up. my hardware store didnt have flexible ducting with a 6" diameter so i had to compromise for the more rigid aluminum crap. never again. new ducting is en route.

now the reflector. it uses six wingnuts to secure the glass panel. one was broken when i opened the package. okkk, one's no biggie. when i went to put my bulb in i discovered every nut was excessively cranked down. i broke two just trying to loosen them...

nothing some alumnimum duct tape cant fix.. so anyway its hanging and its pretty nice but im loosing coverage width wise.. lol um yeah. overall this refletor isnt bad its just got weak wingnuts slash henchmen assemblers.

so im trying to cop this jawn piece

http://www.greners.com/cool-tube.html

i've seen many a cooltube in this club, thought id try one out!
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Nice avatar! its the ~Lizzard
 
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MedHeadGRWR

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Dezracer said:
I wanted to elaborate a bit on my post from last night if you don't mind.

My wife overheard a conversation between me and the owner of the dispensary I'm hoping to get a job at. After hearing what he pays his growers per pound she suggested I put together another setup to use as a cash crop to help pay for my current grow and give us some extra money since I won't be making what I used to anymore. I figured since there's soo much going on with the vert grow still, it would be best to run an E&F system so I won't have to spend quite as time keep it up as the vert since the vert is still soil and seems to require a lot of attention and time.

I confirmed that he'd want my crop and now I'm going to put something together for it. I'm just going to grow whatever I know I can get good yields from since it's not going to be for me. He's going to get me cards from some patients of the club to keep things as legal as possible after he contacts them to get permission.

I know there's some growers on RIU that get upwards of a pound per light with 600s and would love to be able to hit those numbers but I don't think I have the experience yet to make it so I may run a single 1000w over a 4x4 to have a better chance. I know two 600s will cover more area but it'll cost considerably more to buy two of them and the cooling for two lights than a single 1000W light.

I can't find the thread where I saw that someone was using one ballast to run two bulbs at different times to ask how it's done but wish I could. I think it would be awesome to have two separate grows running from one ballast. I would then just use a 600W ballast and two hood/bulb setups.
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I know Lumatek makes a ballast just for this type of application. http://www.planetnatural.com/site/dual-ballast.html Probably can find it cheaper this was just the first one when I googled it.

EDIT: Here is one for $310 shipped (240V though) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260687251826&rvr_id=181539488080&crlp=1_263602_304642&UA=WVF?&GUID=acdbc4b212b0a02652e63c76fef2fd24&itemid=260687251826&ff4=263602_304642
 
Outdoorindica

Outdoorindica

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ghb said:
i dont use the reflector on my cooltube because i'm trying to cover 20+ plants. i also found that they aren't too user friendly unless you have used them before. i was about to hang mine and thought, these hooks which i'm gonna attach the easi rolls to are a bit loose, so i tightened them to what i thought was a reasonable amount and the bloody glass cracked. i have managed to tape it up and it is abouve the bulb so it should be ok.
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I cracked my cool tube the same way, but it still works just fine. I still want to replace it with a reflector but like others have discovered alot of the air cooled reflectors dont have much of a spread on them, thats why Im looking at something like the xxxl magnum hood, in the future that is, its a bit pricey for a hood, and weighs a bit much too, I would have to reframe my tent, take out the stock shit metal rods and replace them with some kind of wood, 1x1s or 2x2s something small but strong.
 
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