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UPS came today and look what they dropped off. Hats off to HTG Supply for their quick shipping and value pricing. I knew the hood was a little flimsy but not as bad as I thought. It will do the job for now and if I want to upgrade in the future , the fixture will fit about 6-7 different ones.

Does not look like they will go under the 400 for a couple days. Had some new work come up and can't turn down the money. I am hoping by Monday for sure.

Oh ya, my PH pen showed up too so I gotta get some distilled water to calibrate it.

More pics,

Peace

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bigman4270 said:

UPS came today and look what they dropped off. Hats off to HTG Supply for their quick shipping and value pricing. I knew the hood was a little flimsy but not as bad as I thought. It will do the job for now and if I want to upgrade in the future , the fixture will fit about 6-7 different ones.

Does not look like they will go under the 400 for a couple days. Had some new work come up and can't turn down the money. I am hoping by Monday for sure.

Oh ya, my PH pen showed up too so I gotta get some distilled water to calibrate it.

More pics,

Peace

Big

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Love the look of that ballast and hood. Is exactly what I am ordering as well. Lemme know how that unit works at igniting the bulb.

What ph pen you have? I have a Martini which is licensed by Milwaukee dual connection auto temperature calibration dual point electronic calibration. Also have a HM ppm meter,and a light meter same as Riddle's. That light meter expelled alot of myths for me. Number one is the side of a cfl throws more ftc's than the end. Not so. The bottom actually reads a tad bit higher than the side, but so close as I say it is the same. The myth is that the side emits more ftc's because there is more exposed bulb there. I always doubted this as the inside of the spiral has even more surface area as well as a crosstube. Well the meter busted that myth. Also a 2700 lumens (42 watt) bulb emits 7000 ftc's at 6 inches away and only gains 200 more lumens at 1 inch!!

Namaste'
"A state licensed personal medical grow...Thank you"

Illumination said:

Love the look of that ballast and hood. Is exactly what I am ordering as well. Lemme know how that unit works at igniting the bulb.

What Ph pen you have? I have a Martini which is licensed by Milwaukee dual connection auto temperature calibration dual point electronic calibration. Also have a HM ppm meter,and a light meter same as Riddle's. That light meter expelled allot of myths for me. Number one is the side of a cfl throws more ftc's than the end. Not so. The bottom actually reads a tad bit higher than the side, but so close as I say it is the same. The myth is that the side emits more ftc's because there is more exposed bulb there. I always doubted this as the inside of the spiral has even more surface area as well as a cross tube. Well the meter busted that myth. Also a 2700 lumen's (42 watt) bulb emits 7000 ftc's at 6 inches away and only gains 200 more lumen's at 1 inch!!

Namaste'
"A state licensed personal medical grow...Thank you"

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The hood could use a little work but not that bad. You have to put the end caps on if ya want them but it is easy to do because it uses wing nuts to connect the light fixture to the hood. I then sealed the gaps with foil tape because the ends do not fit snuggly. I am not complaining because for $150.00( thats with three day select shipping) give or take , you get a complete 400w set-up with either HPS or MH. If you want to upgrade the hood later on, the light fixture will fit in like 6 or 7 different styles they sell.

My CMH has not showed up yet but I fired up the HPS to make sure it worked and it lit up nice and quite, no loud humming or anything. I am sure the rubber feet help with that. The fan works really well also. A little noisy but I am sure it will quite down with the filter attached and some ducting.

The PH pen is this one:http://www.suntekstore.com/Digital-pH-Meter-Tester---2-Pouches-of-Calibration-.html

I know its not the greatest but I have seen no complaints on it and it will get me to were I want to be with my PH. Says a +/_ .1 so pretty accurate for what I need. Still working on the light meter. Thats gonna have to wait for a little while.

I hope to get started installing the new equipment Monday morning. Gonna need the whole day to rearrange things the way I want them to be.

Peace

Big

hell yeah big that what I'm talking about man. get that shit going dude.

So my plates cleared for tomorrow and looks like all is a go for the new set-up. This will be the last post of pics showing the ladies under the CFL's. My next update will detail the new area and equipment installed. The CMH should be here tomorrow too, but if not then they will spend some more time under the cfls'. I could put them under the HPS bulb that came with it? What do ya think? Would it then cause a problem when I switch to the CMH?

Day 33 for pic 3 & 8, Day 40 for pic 1, pic 7 is the 12/12 from seed?, The toddlers are 25 days and the babies 12 days. Pic 2 is a group pic under the CFL's.

Peace

Big

Damn! I hope my plant looks like pics 3 or 8 on day 33....Nice bro

pinxpointxpupil said:

Damn! I hope my plant looks like pics 3 or 8 on day 33....Nice bro

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Thanks Pin, Those two girls had an extra week in the veg cab so I think thats why you are seeing a little better yield than the girl in pic 1. They are starting to bulk up now, I hope they explode when I get em under the 400w'er. Can't wait till my bulb gets here. Got the conformation today and it should be here by the 22nd. Not to happy with time it took to process the order(7 day's) but they took my money the next day.

Anyway, gonna get started on the move today.

Thanks for stopping in.

Peace

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bigman4270 said:

Thanks Pin, Those two girls had an extra week in the veg cab so I think thats why you are seeing a little better yield than the girl in pic 1. They are starting to bulk up now, I hope they explode when I get em under the 400w'er. Can't wait till my bulb gets here. Got the conformation today and it should be here by the 22nd. Not to happy with time it took to process the order(7 day's) but they took my money the next day.

Anyway, gonna get started on the move today.

Thanks for stopping in.

Peace

Big

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yeah no kidding? I don't understand what is up with some businesses these days. Its almost like customer service is something you have to pay extra for now.

You do on airplanes!! Don't let retail business find out!!

svchop889 said:

yeah no kidding? I don't understand what is up with some businesses these days. Its almost like customer service is something you have to pay extra for now.

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gumball said:

You do on airplanes!! Don't let retail business find out!!

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I am with ya there fella's. And to top today off, I got the light hung, and the filter up and pluged em in, no HPS. Wtf!!!!! Man it has been a Monday for sure. Customer called to complain about a job I did for her. Got that straightened out. Called HTG just now, new bulb in the mail, 3 day select so have it Thursday. Well my CMH is not showing up til then to. WTF!!!!!! So its gonna be another three days for the CFL's, glad I didnt tear the cab apart! I am loosing valuable CMH time to get those trich's a boomin.

Peace

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bigman4270 said:

I am with ya there fella's. And to top today off, I got the light hung, and the filter up and pluged em in, no HPS. Wtf!!!!! Man it has been a Monday for sure. Customer called to complain about a job I did for her. Got that straightened out. Called HTG just now, new bulb in the mail, 3 day select so have it Thursday. Well my CMH is not showing up til then to. WTF!!!!!! So its gonna be another three days for the CFL's, glad I didnt tear the cab apart! I am loosing valuable CMH time to get those trich's a boomin.

Peace


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Cfls are good for trichs as well...They do emit alot of uv...Especially when CLOSE

Namaste'

"A state licensed personal medical grow...Thank you"

Illumination said:

Cfls are good for trichs as well...They do emit alot of uv...Especially when CLOSE

Namaste'

"A state licensed personal medical grow...Thank you"

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Yep, gonna be using them for suplimental lighting.

bigman4270 said:

Yep, gonna be using them for supplemental lighting.

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So here it is, the new set-up. Man I can't wait till the bulb gets here.

What ya think?

No problems with run off. Got the sump pump to take care of that. I tryed to keep everything so it can be broken down and put away if need be. That door in pic 4 is an old coal room completly sealed off. I figure about 1/2 hour to break it down and stuff it in there.

lookjing real good

riddleme said:

lookjing real good

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Thanks buddy. I tryed to design it with a big old K.I.S.S. in mind. Whats realy nice is I was able to keep the cost down to a minimum. I think I got the biggest bang for my buck so I feel good with this set-up. Can't wait to tear down the old cab so I can get my work bench back. Gonna rework the veg cab to but not sure how yet.

Looks real good bigman, can't wait to see you kick off this HID shit, its gonna get crazy in your basement!!

bigman4270 said:

Thanks buddy. I tryed to design it with a big old K.I.S.S. in mind. Whats realy nice is I was able to keep the cost down to a minimum. I think I got the biggest bang for my buck so I feel good with this set-up. Can't wait to tear down the old cab so I can get my work bench back. Gonna rework the veg cab to but not sure how yet.

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Great job Big!! +rep

Namaste'

"A state licensed personal medical grow...Thank you"eace

Just read your thread, nice looking buds.

Thought you might like how this guy set his grow room up. He has the same style of basement as you.

[video=youtube;YuOTnI34vCc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuOTnI34vCc[/video]

gumball said:

Looks real good bigman, can't wait to see you kick off this HID shit, its gonna get crazy in your basement!!

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Illumination said:

Great job Big!! +rep

Namaste'

"A state licensed personal medical grow...Thank you"eace

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Thanks fella's, I am hoping that shit does blow up. Just checked the fedex tracking and the bulb is on schedule for Thursday delivery.

Peace

Big

hey big new set-ups looking spot on, sorry to hear the bulb still hasn't arrived yet

i would love a basement like that, what are the temps like down there?