Help on this one!

stumpjumper

stumpjumper

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I have my room in my basement. It's locked up down there.

But, we have a heat wave today and I'm running about 85-88 as it right now. I'm afraid she's gonna hit 90 down there today.


Here's the deal though. The wife and I are going away for the day so since nobody is in my house, can I leave that door down there open as long as the rest of my house is locked up, it would still be in a locked enclosed facility right??

If I do that my temps will stay below 85 and I wont have to worry..
 
Murfy

Murfy

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yes-

i think a low court has even ruled, your property, is an enclosed locked facility.
 
stumpjumper

stumpjumper

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Thats good. I think while people are in my house though I have to have it locked up down there which is no problem. I just dont want to fry them..

I need to get a duct fan pretty quick.. a carbon filter too ;)
 
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poorjunkie

Member
if you had a dimmable ballast you may dim the setting down during heat waves so save on electric and also decrease heat.

i recommend SolisTek digital ballast because they have ignition control features. i run 6 of these in my grow, best ballast i have used hands down. and no i am no rep for them. just educating about whats good shit. BLAH
 
stumpjumper

stumpjumper

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I have a 600w dimmable but youre not supposed to dim a 600w MH, I guess they recommend putting in a 400w bulb...
 
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tomcatjones

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stumpjumper said:
I have a 600w dimmable but youre not supposed to dim a 600w MH, I guess they recommend putting in a 400w bulb...
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show me some proof sir. in fact i was under the impression that putting in an incorrect wattage would be MORE harmful, rather than save you from any detrimental factors.

Edit: I have a Quantum ballast 600w dimmable, i kept my temps around 78-80 at 75 percent power for the last couple days.
 
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tomcatjones

Active Member
your manual for your ballast? ...why then would they even add such a feature? see my confusion in your logic - but beyond that i know my ballast manual says never ever to put the wrong size light in it. this makes sense to me.
 
lapperll

lapperll

Member
your lamp acts like a resistor. A 400 watt lamp will only pull 400 watts from the ballast. Just my 2 cents.
 
ismokealotofpot

ismokealotofpot

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if you run 24 7 just get some cheap fluorescent lights t 8 i got some at menards for like 17 bucks 6 bucks for some skylight bulbs. they dont get hot or use a lot of power and you can put them rite on top of the plant.
 
grizlbr

grizlbr

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ismokealotofpot said:
if you run 24 7 just get some cheap fluorescent lights t 8 i got some at menards for like 17 bucks 6 bucks for some skylight bulbs. they dont get hot or use a lot of power and you can put them rite on top of the plant.
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Worked for me sprouting this year. Only warm place was the top of my ballast. Plants grew up into reflector.
 
stumpjumper

stumpjumper

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yeah flouros work, I was using cfl's but switched up to the mh. I think hid's grow them a little faster..
 
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