Lowryder Dwarf Mix HPS & CFL Grow

Fyfe

Fyfe

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glad you made it londoner, make yourself comfy!
i sent the missus for the munchies so fridge will be full soon.

i know i cant wait till there all growing and i can see the diffrences between them. some of the seeds had alot of diffrences in them. size & pattern.

dont know what to do with that swiss mix i got free. im never going to grow them.
 
Londoner

Londoner

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Right you see the black little arrow in the centre white circle, you turn the dial and set that so its pointing to the current time, then you set it for when you want the light to come on and off, on those its in 15min increments, push the little tabs down(towards the centre) for off, and up (towards the outside) for on.

They normally have a switch for timed or constant on or off, obviously you want it on timed(normally represented by a little pic of a clock).

Bear in mind those timers have no battery backup, so if you turn it off at the plug switch, or you have a powercut, or like me and forget to top up the lecky key :lol: then you need to reset the time.

And if you go any more than 250w with hps or cfl's then youl need to run it in conjunction with a contactor/relay, 250w and above hps's fry those timers and weld the timers contacts permenantly on!! Disaster if your in flower!!!
 
Fyfe

Fyfe

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ok well when i got it all teh little tabs are up. they can be pushed down twice. so the first click is to tell it how many hours i want it to stay on and the second click is to tell it how many to go off? am i right.

mate if you want them i'l send you them?
 
Dr.X

Dr.X

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just click a few of them down and then plug it in and turn it by hand, when the lights click off or on look at the dial to see which ones are up or down and then youll be able to tell which ones for on which for off.
 
mr west

mr west

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ive blown 3 timers with my lill 250w mh, i had to buy a more expensive one. Check the rating on the timer.
 
Londoner

Londoner

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Ive used timers rated at over 3100w but my old 250hps still used to fry them, its the high amps of the initial start up current of the HID's that kills them.

Grasslin timers are the best and will handle a 250 HID, still its advisable to use a contactor/relay just for peace of mind if nothing else.
 
Fyfe

Fyfe

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Morning >>>>>>>>>>>>> :joint: anyone?

i gave up before i even started trying to work it out and went and bought a didital one :-P

oh and the new ones 600w rated i think mate.

speaking of blowing things i plugged a liitle strip light in the 4xadapter last night and when i turned it on to try it it blew the fuse in the adapter and tripped all the sockets? safe to say its in the bin now :lol:

seeds still havent shown there pretty faces through the soil yet hopefully they will be through by the end of the weekend. so far im just sorting out the grow cab. put some light fitting in ready for the cfl's.
 
Fyfe

Fyfe

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Londoner said:
Ive used timers rated at over 3100w but my old 250hps still used to fry them, its the high amps of the initial start up current of the HID's that kills them.

Grasslin timers are the best and will handle a 250 HID, still its advisable to use a contactor/relay just for peace of mind if nothing else.
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i dont think i'l be too bad though mate as its only a 70w im working with and couple of little cfl's?

Fridge is restocked too people. :-P
 
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ganjalova

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Damn Thats Crazy.. FyFe im growing Lowryder Dwarf Mix Mix Too...they are 2 1/2 weeks old now.. will keep a eye on this one...good luck with your grow..
 
Fyfe

Fyfe

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ganjalova said:
Damn Thats Crazy.. FyFe im growing Lowryder Dwarf Mix Mix Too...they are 2 1/2 weeks old now.. will keep a eye on this one...good luck with your grow..
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I'l pop over and a have a read of your journal if you have one?
thanks man and good luck with yours to. :-P
 
Fyfe

Fyfe

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it is it makes my stomach turn :o

cracking day here though, some proper sunshine at last.

sunny in your area londoner?
 
Londoner

Londoner

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Yea it is quite bright out here, gonna go for a blast on the bike in a bit, jump some steps n walls n generally piss people off lol :lol:
 
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