Experienced Electrician! Here to Answer Any and All Growroom Electrical Questions

Xxtimaxx said:
Hello everyone, couple of questione about me wirering set up. Some one can exPlain me the wire set up, what kinde of panel,breaker,timer I will need. Relay... Will need this too and how I plug it?. I got 3 1000w hps, 1 vortex and the rest to grow! With all electric things I will have about 4000w. Big thx guys very appreciate for your help!:leaf::weed:
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N.America or Europe?
 
well mr experienced electrician how would i go about obtaining high output leds like they use in growlights how much would i cost to make my own led board of various colors purples reds blue a few whites
 
google high output leds to find them
I looked into building 1 when they first came out. did the research,priced them out & found that it would only save about $20 instead of buying a UFO from ebay. factor in a couple hours of time to solder all the connections........
 
Xxtimaxx said:
Some one can exPlain me the wire set up, what kinde of panel,breaker,timer I will need. Relay... Will need this too and how I plug it?. I got 3 1000w hps, 1 vortex and the rest to grow! With all electric things I will have about 4000w. Big thx guys very appreciate for your help!:leaf::weed:
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if you are asking this vague a question,I assume you have little or no experience w/ electric work so I would keep it simple.instead of a subpanel,you can run a couple dedicated lines. for 3000 watts of light,I would run a 20 amp, 220 line w/ a water heater type timer & a 20 amp 110 breaker for everything else. you will need a 20 amp 220 breaker and a 20 amp 110 breaker that fit your make of panel. enough 12/2 & 12/3 romex to reach from grow to panel.a hot water timer simular to this.http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
electric boxes & outlets, romex staples and a good book on the basics of home wiring
 
My 400w ballast took a shit on me any idea why? And also I plain on buying a new one how would I go about wireing it up? And besides the ballast what else do I need to buy...
 
a ballast is made of 3 parts, a transformer,capacitor, & ignitor. any of the 3 could have failed but the transformer itself is least likely. if its more than 5 yrs old,I would just buy the entire kit & be done w/ it. most kits I have seen are already wired & all you need to do is attach the leads for the light & power. a wiring diagram will be attached & you can follow the old wiring.
be careful of the cap,(metal box about the size of a pack of ciggeretes w/ 2 wires) it holds current even after being unplugged.you can short it out by touching the 2 terminals together w/ a screwdriver to get a spark & discharge it.
 
My friend had a 1000 watt metal halide lamp with like 10,000 hrs on it, blow up. Is that another reason you're supposed to relamp more often on the metal halide lamps. Or do you think he may have had some kind of voltage surge that caused this? It was a mess.
 
I was thinking of going from my magnetic to digital ballasts for 4 of my 1000watt HPS lamps. Do digital ballasts need any kind of surge suppression on the incoming power? I guess I'm asking if they're more or less susceptible to incoming voltage fluctuations?
 
nugluvr1 said:
My friend had a 1000 watt metal halide lamp with like 10,000 hrs on it, blow up. Is that another reason you're supposed to relamp more often on the metal halide lamps. Or do you think he may have had some kind of voltage surge that caused this? It was a mess.
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ive got well over 10,000 hours on a mh 1000 ..... they just get weaker an finally go out (sometimes they shut on an off when your not lookin)
but they should not explode ? that sounds like your buddy did something wrong ..... like mist the hot 1000? or bump into it too many times ..... which is why my 400 is flickering.




soil
 
nugluvr1 said:
I was thinking of going from my magnetic to digital ballasts for 4 of my 1000watt HPS lamps. Do digital ballasts need any kind of surge suppression on the incoming power? I guess I'm asking if they're more or less susceptible to incoming voltage fluctuations?
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i believe the digitals are more susceptible then the magnetic ones , but the magnetic ones last forever , i dont like digital ballast myself because of there lifespan but i also have no hands on experience with them either.





soil :mrgreen:
 
mrmadcow said:
if you are asking this vague a question,I assume you have little or no experience w/ electric work so I would keep it simple.instead of a subpanel,you can run a couple dedicated lines. for 3000 watts of light,I would run a 20 amp, 220 line w/ a water heater type timer & a 20 amp 110 breaker for everything else. you will need a 20 amp 220 breaker and a 20 amp 110 breaker that fit your make of panel. enough 12/2 & 12/3 romex to reach from grow to panel.a hot water timer simular to this.http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
electric boxes & outlets, romex staples and a good book on the basics of home wiring
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thank you man :)
 
Yo i'm totally f'd here. Where dem sparky's at????
This is above my pay grade.
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Just lost power to a 3000W bloom room. yeah... Please help.

Background: Room has 4 120v outlets, currently running 3 1000w lights and small duct fans, ac on different outlets. I know, I know... that COULD be the issue, but i thought if they ran without blowing a breaker they were fine???? Everything has been running fine for over a week, so I assumed no need for different outlets or any 240V wiring, but all of a sudden today the whole room just lost power! WTF?! Only that room too. Bathroom next to it works. Flipped breaker for room and nothing came back on. Is this a blown fuse? Can i fix it and try just two lights. Please help. i'm running 1 light from my kitchen right now. not cool.

And the room IS directly above my breaker box since i have a feeling that is where this could be going, so maybe I*(he) can run 240v line up from box through floor of room??? This is a last option though....

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So I am almost positive on the answer to this, but im just clarifying with ppl who pry know a little more than me. So I have a 250v 60A welding plug in my garage. I want to remove the plug and replace it with a quad 110v plug. Will I have any problems when doing this and running my 2 -600's and the fans for my grow tent? I am assuming no, but just checking. Thanks ahead of time!
 
LEGALGROWCO said:
Yo i'm totally f'd here. Where dem sparky's at????
This is above my pay grade.
dunce.gif


Just lost power to a 3000W bloom room. yeah... Please help.

Background: Room has 4 120v outlets, currently running 3 1000w lights and small duct fans, ac on different outlets. I know, I know... that COULD be the issue, but i thought if they ran without blowing a breaker they were fine???? Everything has been running fine for over a week, so I assumed no need for different outlets or any 240V wiring, but all of a sudden today the whole room just lost power! WTF?! Only that room too. Bathroom next to it works. Flipped breaker for room and nothing came back on. Is this a blown fuse? Can i fix it and try just two lights. Please help. i'm running 1 light from my kitchen right now. not cool.

And the room IS directly above my breaker box since i have a feeling that is where this could be going, so maybe I*(he) can run 240v line up from box through floor of room??? This is a last option though....

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half the plugs in that room (or all) are probably on the same circuit. you are gonna need to go through an see what is all on every circuit you need. (turn off breaker an see what all dont work , then turn back on an repeat with the next breaker.

un plug a light or 2 then go reset your breaker again , it should come back on........






soil
 
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