OGEvilgenius
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http://www.canadiantire.ca/search/search_results.jsp?bmForm=form_endeca_search&bmFormID=1321406583038&bmUID=1321406583038&bmIsForm=true&bmPrevTemplate=%2Fsearch%2Fsearch_results.jsp&bmHidden=OMNITURE_FROM&OMNITURE_FROM=Search&bmHidden=event26&event26=true&bmText=quick_search_term&quick_search_term=multimeter&bmSubmit=quick_search&quick_search=Search&bmHidden=FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474396672077 If anyone would do me the honor of informing me which of these fine products will be best suited to testing my outlets to see what kind of current is being drawn from what and where. 
I'm going to guess just about any of them would work, but I honestly don't have a clue and am going to have to figure this part out as I go. 15amp circuits in my house (unfortunately, but this is also pretty common). Hoping I get lucky and the room I am using (it has 3 outlets) is on more than one circuit, but I doubt it. I 'm not too clear on which breaker in my box goes to which room as they really aren't well labeled (any help beyond shutting them down and testing out sockets in figuring this out or am I gonna have to go the old fashioned way).
Also I was curious, more than likely to run some 20 amp sockets would be pretty messy unless I wanted to put it behind a wall, no? This is no basement operation. I own a condo and plan on running 2x600w and another 300w of CFL for veg, have a spare bathroom for veg. Going for a closed room design. Looking to grow a couple of trees and see what happens. Considering a 3rd 600w lamp to alternate on and off, easy to setup with conventional timers/ballast? I'm going to guess yes, I know the book material but my hands on is limited.
My hope is this room (which has a fairly large window although it has those blinds that fit inside the window and will be covered, but not insulated) will be able to run without AC. I plan on picking up a few of those CO2 bags and giving them a try to get some cheap CO2. The room itself has its own thermo and an electric heater. If I turn off the heat (currently off) the room goes down to around ambient temperature (which is usually no cooler than 5 degrees celcius but usually warmer, thank goodness for the vancouver area weather ). Will the electric heater be on the same circuit as the plugs? I'm guessing probably not, but I don't know.
I suspect that I will have to run a dehumidifier in this room as well and if I go the 3 light route I will have 3x tree Heath Robinson style hydro setups with oxygen stones and pumps. Of course a circulating fan or two. All in all it sounds like a lot of draw for one rooms circuit to me. My hope is I can avoid venting the room if I get adequate CO2 going. I will have this running even if the bags don't work out as good as I hope. Less is more for me, but I am not going to cut corners either. I have done way too much research and I want this project to provide me with head stash (and I smoke a tonne of weed) and I also hope to get medically certified to provide to some of the clubs, but this may be a pipe dream.
If that doesn't happen I'll at least be able to provide head stash for myself and maybe one or two closest friends and that would be fine by me (hopefully with just one successful Heath style grow lol). Ambitious I know, but his system seems very simple and so much more efficient. Not going with a tonne of plants either, with new cannabis laws maybe on the books I can keep 1 or 2 mothers and have 3 plants in the main room and still be under mandatory minimum plant limit while getting decent yield. Just need to keep harvest in a dif location. Anyway, thoughts? Input?
I am planning on getting the first seeds (which I have, Herijuanax10 Killingfields F3x20 and Jackberry x OG Kushx5 freebies) sprouted before the end of the month. Any help is appreciated.
The room itself is fairly large (12x8 in one area 12x10 in another, going to wall off this section with a tarp wall, will this be enough to contain the smell? What would be a good seal? ). Of course I will also need a good carbon filter. Digital ballasts. I expect everything to cost me in the 2k neighbourhood when all is said and done, is this realistic?
Long post I know In summary:
1) Which multimeter will best suit my needs, I don't have much electrical experience. I am more experienced with woodworking/plumbing. Tend to avoid the dangerous stuff from first link?
2) 15amp circuit with 2x 600w digital ballast (1200/1500 watts) + dehumid (200w?) + pumps (100w?) estimated watts... trying to avoid running extension cord although it feels like I'm going to have to to run the extraneous stuff like circulating fans and the carbon filter/fan combo.
3) How easy is it to wire up 20amp sockets? I'm guessing not that simple (ie: the gauge wire existing wouldn't work most likely so you can't just swap out anything without also changing the wiring)?
4) Can you get a good odor seal just using a tarp wall + outer regular drywall and normal door into room ? I plan on using carbon filters of course. Maybe an ionizer too I don't want any odor. There is a large window in the room, will that be a problem? It has blinds already closed all the time anyway (that won't have changed as the room is mostly for storage, it is facing the street though).
Thanks for your time, sorry for the long post you can skip most of it and go down to the questions.
Cheers
*EDIT SORRY ABOUT THE INITIAL FORMATTING! Noscript was doing something to screw with it.*
I'm going to guess just about any of them would work, but I honestly don't have a clue and am going to have to figure this part out as I go. 15amp circuits in my house (unfortunately, but this is also pretty common). Hoping I get lucky and the room I am using (it has 3 outlets) is on more than one circuit, but I doubt it. I 'm not too clear on which breaker in my box goes to which room as they really aren't well labeled (any help beyond shutting them down and testing out sockets in figuring this out or am I gonna have to go the old fashioned way). Also I was curious, more than likely to run some 20 amp sockets would be pretty messy unless I wanted to put it behind a wall, no? This is no basement operation. I own a condo and plan on running 2x600w and another 300w of CFL for veg, have a spare bathroom for veg. Going for a closed room design. Looking to grow a couple of trees and see what happens. Considering a 3rd 600w lamp to alternate on and off, easy to setup with conventional timers/ballast? I'm going to guess yes, I know the book material but my hands on is limited.
My hope is this room (which has a fairly large window although it has those blinds that fit inside the window and will be covered, but not insulated) will be able to run without AC. I plan on picking up a few of those CO2 bags and giving them a try to get some cheap CO2. The room itself has its own thermo and an electric heater. If I turn off the heat (currently off) the room goes down to around ambient temperature (which is usually no cooler than 5 degrees celcius but usually warmer, thank goodness for the vancouver area weather
). Will the electric heater be on the same circuit as the plugs? I'm guessing probably not, but I don't know. I suspect that I will have to run a dehumidifier in this room as well and if I go the 3 light route I will have 3x tree Heath Robinson style hydro setups with oxygen stones and pumps. Of course a circulating fan or two. All in all it sounds like a lot of draw for one rooms circuit to me. My hope is I can avoid venting the room if I get adequate CO2 going. I will have this running even if the bags don't work out as good as I hope. Less is more for me, but I am not going to cut corners either. I have done way too much research and I want this project to provide me with head stash (and I smoke a tonne of weed) and I also hope to get medically certified to provide to some of the clubs, but this may be a pipe dream.
If that doesn't happen I'll at least be able to provide head stash for myself and maybe one or two closest friends and that would be fine by me (hopefully with just one successful Heath style grow lol). Ambitious I know, but his system seems very simple and so much more efficient. Not going with a tonne of plants either, with new cannabis laws maybe on the books I can keep 1 or 2 mothers and have 3 plants in the main room and still be under mandatory minimum plant limit while getting decent yield. Just need to keep harvest in a dif location. Anyway, thoughts? Input?
I am planning on getting the first seeds (which I have, Herijuanax10 Killingfields F3x20 and Jackberry x OG Kushx5 freebies) sprouted before the end of the month. Any help is appreciated.
The room itself is fairly large (12x8 in one area 12x10 in another, going to wall off this section with a tarp wall, will this be enough to contain the smell? What would be a good seal? ). Of course I will also need a good carbon filter. Digital ballasts. I expect everything to cost me in the 2k neighbourhood when all is said and done, is this realistic?
Long post I know In summary:
1) Which multimeter will best suit my needs, I don't have much electrical experience. I am more experienced with woodworking/plumbing. Tend to avoid the dangerous stuff
from first link?2) 15amp circuit with 2x 600w digital ballast (1200/1500 watts) + dehumid (200w?) + pumps (100w?) estimated watts... trying to avoid running extension cord although it feels like I'm going to have to to run the extraneous stuff like circulating fans and the carbon filter/fan combo.
3) How easy is it to wire up 20amp sockets? I'm guessing not that simple (ie: the gauge wire existing wouldn't work most likely so you can't just swap out anything without also changing the wiring)?
4) Can you get a good odor seal just using a tarp wall + outer regular drywall and normal door into room ? I plan on using carbon filters of course. Maybe an ionizer too I don't want any odor. There is a large window in the room, will that be a problem? It has blinds already closed all the time anyway (that won't have changed as the room is mostly for storage, it is facing the street though).
Thanks for your time, sorry for the long post you can skip most of it and go down to the questions.
Cheers
*EDIT SORRY ABOUT THE INITIAL FORMATTING! Noscript was doing something to screw with it.*
I somehow doubt Wal mart carries those either lol. Also, do you think heat will be an issue if the room is currently outdoor temps? Outdoor temps won't be getting much above 15 degrees here for at least until March and lately it's been trending colder than warmer, we didn't have it go over 20 degrees until like June last year which is totally unusual.
