NanoGadget
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Well you've obviously done some homework if you know enough to know how under educated many hydro store employees are. Kudos to you!I've been at it less than a year and I constantly overhear them giving bad information
Help please! Images attached
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sf_frankie
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I pretty much didn’t have a life outside of learning about cannabis cultivation. One of the beauties of the long covid lockdown. Even after I went back to work, it was dead so I had plenty of free time to fill my noggin. Ended up with a dope grow room that will continue to repay my time investment for many years to come!
Doug Dawson
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No problem, do yourself a favor and buy a Killawatt to plug your light into. They are cheap and will show you exactly how much power your light is using. Its impossible to be accurate with that dial.
groovymannnn
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Is there a chart or something to refer to, to know how many killawatts you should be putting out at any given time? Thanks again
Doug Dawson
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You should be at 50% at. 30" for veg and. 24" full power for flower. Adjust the light up slowly the 2nd week of 12/12 until you reach full power over 5 days or so. So 50% is 300 watts at 30" for your current stage.
sf_frankie
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Pro tip: most smart plugs have energy monitoring built in so they function as a killawat meter in addition to other smart functions like timers, remote switching, etc. You can get them in packs of 2 for less than $15 on Amazon.
Doug Dawson
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I have smart plugs but they rely on internet, Killawatt has it's own display. It's the better way to go IMO. My light runs off a smart plug but a $20 Killawatt is better for purpose we are speaking of.
sf_frankie
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Yeah. Depends on what you’re after I suppose. I run smart plugs flashed with custom firmware which are controlled via a raspberry pi. It’s not tied to the cloud so I can still access everything in the event of a Comcast outage. I do tend to over complicate things. I’ve got a killawat on hand in case shit ever hits the fan.