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    How do you run two rooms from one ballast?

    I am sorry my math was frigged up on my trays. I have 96plants in a 24 ft are=4 plants/ft2, my whole tray is 8x4 but I don't use the last foot on either end. Still the point I was getting at is yield is really all about watts. I could grow-1, 10 or 100 plants under a 1000w lamp and get a...
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    Plants growing too slow??

    Ya NewGrowth is right.... 3-2-1 is generally a veg proportion feeding. Flower is 1-2-3 as a general rule. and I have heard some strains can take it but 2800 ppm is proper jet fuel.....I might ease off the tds a bit and try the flower proportions (1-2-3)on nutes. Good Luck
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    What uses more electricity?

    Oh no....that is one of the first things you do, if not thefirst......hopefully with a good explanation as to why you need 6-240v outlets in a room or two. Can't argue with that....but there are advantages.
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    4000W Grow Room Set-up

    Yes, and i appreciate it....but Genius, come on..... Yep but I (the newbie that I am) after seeing how my trial runs were coming along made some adjustments. Now I only use 6x4 of the 8x4 tray in order to maintain 40w/ft2. You can best see this in the wide shot where the newest plants are...
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    Old in the Way-First Grow Journal

    I send members there for the cloning process.....not the medium. The Cut The Dip The Insert into Medium The Dark Period The Environmental Info, Temps, RH, etc. Al's thread should be called "A Batch of Clones in Medium of Your Choice" Just replace the word rockwool with rapid-rooter...
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    Stupid question...can't find nozzle for drain on plastic tub

    Readily available at your local hydro shop is more like it.....if you are comfortable with plumbing and irrigation components then you can fraken-drain something from the box stores -the barbed compression fittings are available as irrigation parts or brass "pex" pipe fittings. Either choice...
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    Old in the Way-First Grow Journal

    Some more pics.....in honor of a new post in my thread.....again I am really sorry these pics aren't rotated--i figured you did it here on the site......friggin old-timers i tell ya. These should be good ones...
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    Old in the Way-First Grow Journal

    Please don't say such things, I am a humble observer of the Masters nothing more. Just come from a hort background...which does'nt hurt. But our nursery never could sell clones....wish we could've You really can just call me Old...not sir...but my clone set-up. Heatmat Tstat is set...
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    What uses more electricity?

    Lol, no offense of course. The term is used more to describe the naivety/ignorance of some members posts. Just as I hope my kids are still naive when it comes to growing. Mine aren't really kids any more ya know.-I was a kid when I had kids.......so I am never referring to d.o.b.--age is...
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    What uses more electricity?

    YOu are also correct, NoDrama. However if you have 15 or 20 amp breakers/fuses-going 240 means you could safely run 3000w on a 15 amp breaker if you stagger their start-up a minute or two. Sometimes this is easier than devoting 30 amps to run 3000w on 120v wiring. I have always liked the...
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    What uses more electricity?

    Ya...sometimes I try to think about how I would explain it to MY kids--then the kids on here get it:-o -OitW
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    Fire Hazard??

    Whoa......I wouldn't run a 1000w lamp on that device. When the 1kw lamps fire up I would think it will fry that thing.....It was designed for servers and switches right.....on a 120v circuit it will pull 1100+watts at start up (1100/120=9.+amps) Thats alot of juice. Give me a minute and I...
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    How do you run two rooms from one ballast?

    You are on it when it comes to electrics....based on a couple posts. But your crazy cubic math on yields.....whoa....if your above statement is true what is my yield with this little flower room-3kw and 96 square feet (approx 3 plants per square) All on light rails too:mrgreen:
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    What uses more electricity?

    For me running 4000watts of HID on 240v means I sleep better in knowing I will never return home to find the Fire Brigade calling the Cops. :blsmoke:
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    What uses more electricity?

    What the Dankness is not saying-which may be why you guys don't believe him is........ A 1000w bulb when tested is pulling MORE than 1000w at the mains and with 120v this can be 10%more......the lamp can only burn 1000w the rest is a 100w space heater. Lower the resistance to 240 and the 1kw...
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    And So It Begins.

    Very nice to see so much devoted to air movement/handling.....we look forward to pics:mrgreen:
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    SOG growers wanted !!!

    Well TY, I started a journal in my sig if you want to check it out.
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    hydro tray. big boy

    Try to find The VictorVicious grow--you can look him up and find it in his sig....from what I remember in his pics he used 2x6 framing to make the box and lined it with a pond liner or self-healing waterproof membrane of some kind---I would check with a pro irrigation supply house for rolls of...
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    what do you think about the "plant lights"?

    For clones or very young seedlings the cheap HD floros are fine. If you want to Veg with floros. A High-Output T5 floro is your best bet. This is the 8 bulb unit I use for vegging clones 4-7 days before flowering
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    Just me or is RIU having probs??

    Reply, Quote and Posting pics in Design and Set-up Section and Hydro have been chunking out pretty hard. Thx for checking it out. :mrgreen: -OitW
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