40+ lbs with 12 Plants in 2 Rooms on a Flip

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Renfro

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Hey Ren - Really good work here. Have you considered using quantum boards for the side lighting?
I have some COB LED's that I am building to replace some of the 400's on the ends of the rows. In the aisles I will stick with HID because a two sided LED hanging there would be too bulky and thats where I move around to water plants. You can actually see one of the COB fixtures on the end of the middle row in room B.

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Maybe its environmental, power surges etc. I just don't know.
One thing I always put on my grows is an Intermatic Panel Guard. Installed on my sub panel it protects the whole grow from power surges.
 

Hot Diggity Sog

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I have some COB LED's that I am building to replace some of the 400's on the ends of the rows. In the aisles I will stick with HID because a two sided LED hanging there would be too bulky and thats where I move around to water plants. You can actually see one of the COB fixtures on the end of the middle row in room B.

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One thing I always put on my grows is an Intermatic Panel Guard. Installed on my sub panel it protects the whole grow from power surges.
I'll have to check that out as I installed a 100 amp sub panel for my future work.
 

Hot Diggity Sog

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This was what I was thinking...

I don't know if you ever saw any of my journals when I first starting experimenting with QB's. The 1st one I built 4 of these towers on wheels. I was thinking if you screwed two 2x4's to them horizontally, you could have boards facing the left and boards facing the right taking up only about a 1' footprint. And being on wheels, super easy to move around. You could turn one side off and roll it to that side giving you plenty of space to work.

Kind of like this...

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Sif1

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This was what I was thinking...

I don't know if you ever saw any of my journals when I first starting experimenting with QB's. The 1st one I built 4 of these towers on wheels. I was thinking if you screwed two 2x4's to them horizontally, you could have boards facing the left and boards facing the right taking up only about a 1' footprint. And being on wheels, super easy to move around. You could turn one side off and roll it to that side giving you plenty of space to work.

Kind of like this...

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You need to weed those pots man. Or are they there for some reason?
 

Sif1

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I have no clue how they will do for you, I just know that I personally won't be buying anymore Nanolux stuff. The list says Summit, but were those Nanolux?
Summit is the new range. perhaps the old range with a new name because of problems you mentioned with the old range.
 
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ttystikk

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For me the problems of having to swap out dead equipment outweighs the cost of buying stuff I think will be more reliable. If you just have 2 or 3 lights it's not so big a deal but the more you have, the more there is to fail and it ends up that you are messing with a dead ballast every couple weeks or so, thats gay lol. When I ran the nanolux DE's I was replacing the replacements under warranty and it was a PITA so I ended up phasing them out for Phantom and Sun System ballasts (they haven't had any failures yet).
Funny how things go sometimes; I've personally had nothing but problems with Phantom ballasts, as did other people I knew. In fact, it was so bad it convinced me to go with LED lighting back in the day when I upgraded from magnetic ballasts running Philips 860W CDM lamps.
 

Renfro

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I've personally had nothing but problems with Phantom ballasts, as did other people I knew.
The ONLY phantoms I have had luck with is their Commercial DE's. I wouldn't have bought them if it wasn't for a buddy has a 9 light grow I put together for him, built the whole room and put in his AC, electrical. He helped with manual labor and painting, stuff like that. He had bought the Phantom Commercial DE ballasts before I got involved, probably good for him because I woulda probably turned him on to the Nanolux as I had just picked mine up lol. But yeah after messing with the nanolux ballasts doing warranty exchanges over and over I asked him if his ballasts were still kicking and he mentioned he had zero issues with them, so I picked up 6 and converted one whole room to Phantoms (Room B) and I used the old Nanolux ballasts as replacements in room A, until they all ran out and then I started putting in the Phantoms and Sun Systems as replacements for dead nanolux's. I haven't had any failures yet from either. I picked up the sun system because it's what they had in stock that day and I didn't wanna wait. Had good luck with it and now have a few more. I think I have 3 nanolux ballasts still kicking lol.

Summit is the new range. perhaps the old range with a new name because of problems you mentioned with the old range.
Maybe thats the deal, let me know how they work out for you as the years progress. I hope they do good.
 

ttystikk

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The ONLY phantoms I have had luck with is their Commercial DE's. I wouldn't have bought them if it wasn't for a buddy has a 9 light grow I put together for him, built the whole room and put in his AC, electrical. He helped with manual labor and painting, stuff like that. He had bought the Phantom Commercial DE ballasts before I got involved, probably good for him because I woulda probably turned him on to the Nanolux as I had just picked mine up lol. But yeah after messing with the nanolux ballasts doing warranty exchanges over and over I asked him if his ballasts were still kicking and he mentioned he had zero issues with them, so I picked up 6 and converted one whole room to Phantoms (Room B) and I used the old Nanolux ballasts as replacements in room A, until they all ran out and then I started putting in the Phantoms and Sun Systems as replacements for dead nanolux's. I haven't had any failures yet from either. I picked up the sun system because it's what they had in stock that day and I didn't wanna wait. Had good luck with it and now have a few more. I think I have 3 nanolux ballasts still kicking lol.


Maybe thats the deal, let me know how they work out for you as the years progress. I hope they do good.
The Phantoms I had problems with were 400W and 600W units. I have never run a DE fixture.
 

eddy600

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I have no clue how they will do for you, I just know that I personally won't be buying anymore Nanolux stuff. The list says Summit, but were those Nanolux?
Do you feel the need to add extra heat during the dark cycle as you switch to LED? It's getting cooler and i hear that they need higher all around temps
 

Renfro

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So i was bored tonight, girl friend wasn't feeling well and left me and the doggos with nothing to do. In my boredom I found a little pile of mixed strain keif laying in the trim bin and decided to rosin press it since it wasn't full melt clear dome level stuff and here is the results:

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Sorry for the bad flash lighting, i was just bored and did not plan anything lol. A little over 3 grams of nearly shatter hardness at 73f, very strong dabs. i can definitely tell the mimosa dominates. Shes very unique and complex, smelling like some sorta dank cologne for super studly stoner dudes lol. I pressed it slow and low, 195F for 2.5 minutes gently easing up the pressure as the patty warmed up.

So now my girl will have a pleasant surprise when she gets up and the doggos and I are sitting here dabbed out and I thought I would share.
 

ttystikk

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So i was bored tonight, girl friend wasn't feeling well and left me and the doggos with nothing to do. In my boredom I found a little pile of mixed strain keif laying in the trim bin and decided to rosin press it since it wasn't full melt clear dome level stuff and here is the results:

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Sorry for the bad flash lighting, i was just bored and did not plan anything lol. A little over 3 grams of nearly shatter hardness at 73f, very strong dabs. i can definitely tell the mimosa dominates. Shes very unique and complex, smelling like some sorta dank cologne for super studly stoner dudes lol. I pressed it slow and low, 195F for 2.5 minutes gently easing up the pressure as the patty warmed up.

So now my girl will have a pleasant surprise when she gets up and the doggos and I are sitting here dabbed out and I thought I would share.
Very nice! Sounds tasty, for sure
 
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