Help With Light Timer!!!!!!!!!!!!

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harvest time

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Hey guys whats up. My plant is almost 3 weeks into veg now. It started off stunted so I think im going for a 6 week veg. Just wondering, because I want to figure this out before hand... I have 1 light socket in my ceiling, with a splitter, and 2 CFL's. We have the plants on a rack and just lower the plants as they grow. The light is turned on and off by a normal light switch. Is there any way to hook a timer up to this? Or am I fucked for flowering? I'm in a secret backroom with 1 light, no outlets...just a light socket. Any ideas? Thanks.
-Harvest.
 
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harvest time

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Thanks...so if I were to go to Home Depot or Wal-Mart...is it a timer that you plug into an outlet, which then has a socket in it? Or is it like a light socket type thing with a timer on it.. Because my only source of power is the one light socket on the ceiling... No plugs.
-Harvest
 
psyclone

psyclone

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This is crude, but take the light fitting off, and wire a plug socket in its place and put a plug on your light socket note: most cheap timers will NOT switch CFL/Fluoro. The Graslinn GRASP24 will switch up to 60watts of either. Support the weight of any wiring hanging.
 
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Sentry

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Okay, before you take psyclones advice TURN THE POWER OFF! The way they wire a house light, is the power (active) comes from the switchboard to the light fitting, which is then looped to the switch and then to the light globe itself. Trust the electrician :P
 
psyclone

psyclone

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Sentry said:
Okay, before you take psyclones advice TURN THE POWER OFF! The way they wire a house light, is the power (active) comes from the switchboard to the light fitting, which is then looped to the switch and then to the light globe itself. Trust the electrician :P
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Jesus Christ yes! My mistake, Fuck yes turn the power off!:roll:
 
mal_crane

mal_crane

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Psyclone, I've got 3 very cheap timers and I've never had a problem with them switching my cfl's on and off, what are you talking about?
 
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harvest time

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Hey... Lol you guys should have read my post 2 weeks ago. It was about being able to replace my light socket with a wall outlet... hehe... I think I'm going to do that in roughly 2 weeks when I need to flower. Thanks!
 
psyclone

psyclone

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mal_crane said:
Psyclone, I've got 3 very cheap timers and I've never had a problem with them switching my cfl's on and off, what are you talking about?
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You got lucky. Most will not, and specificaly exclude cfl/fluoro on the packet. they go open circuit and get thrown out (I have a medium size box full of knackered ones).
 
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harvest time

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I'll make a new thread in 2 weeks when I start flower. Make a grow journal, I have alot of pics and stuff from like a couple times a week. I just wanna see if this timer works..i hope it does:!! really fucked up....my bad hahhahslekfja;sldkfj
 
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Rucker

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They make a plug that screws into a light socket... that would be the easiest. Just screw that into the light socket and leave the light swtich on. Run a power strip out of the outlet that is in the socket and plug your timer into the power stip. The outlets that screw into the light socket are only like $1 or two at Lowes and Home depot.
 
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harvest time

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I have 2 of those sitting in my basement, with only 2 prong wall-outlet plugs (will fit anything nicely) as well as my fathers fishtank flouro's...the tubes with the hood and all...its seems nice :)
 
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