The UK Growers Thread!

RobbieP

RobbieP

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ae86 grower said:
the braun close shave has a docking station for cleaning this has a refil cartridge thats filled with ethinol, there cheap enough to buy,
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thats not Isopropyl Alcohol though is it?? i know maplins sell it but its something like £10 for 400ml !
 
supersillybilly

supersillybilly

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Its on 12/12 m8. Intake kicks in at 10pm when light come on(trying to keep temps down) Naw, no cool hoods. Theres only 4 weeks or so to go and cool hoods are bout £60 a whip and ducting and shit would cost about £270 delivered. Got a used aircon with carbon filter for £100 off ebay. It made sense. Its also lower the humd levels. Everyones a winner.

Going to be a 32 wilma dripper system 4x600 and 3mx1.5m tent going cheap in about 1.5 months time is anybody is interested
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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ebay is a sure thing for ISO Robbie, i picked up 5L for £20, thought that would last me many harvests, already half way through, partly because it doubles up as a fantastic cleaning product, although i'd buy some gloves, makes ya skin feel funny :D I was tempted just to walk over the maplin but as you say, the stuff they had in stock was £14 for a liter, silly prices.
 
del66666

del66666

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tip top toker said:
ebay is a sure thing for ISO Robbie, i picked up 5L for £20, thought that would last me many harvests, already half way through, partly because it doubles up as a fantastic cleaning product, although i'd buy some gloves, makes ya skin feel funny :D I was tempted just to walk over the maplin but as you say, the stuff they had in stock was £14 for a liter, silly prices.
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is that like surgical spirits?
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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Similar in that it'll dry ya skin out and make it feel funny, but getting ph down on your hands will also cause similar discomfort. While surgical spirit can be either isopropyl alcohol or ethanol, i think in the UK it's a mixture of the two, i've a bottle of each and they certainly have very very different smells to them. Maybe you'll be able to find ISO surgical spirit but i'd have thought it might be due to legislation or such.
 
WOWgrow

WOWgrow

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supersillybilly said:
Had to purchase an air con unit. DO NOT run 4x600w's with a 10" Rhino exhaust fan and a 10" Rhino intake, it is not enough. Temps were reaching 37. Not good. Fucking heat. Im defo going large LED's next grow - http://grownorthern.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=15
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lol come on billy, dont waste your money on them. like you said, 4 air cooled hoods and another outtake would cost you less than just one of those lights, for cost effectivness that makes absolutely no sense. You should be able to pull a huge yield with 2.4k watts and 32 plants
 
Airwave

Airwave

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supersillybilly said:
Its on 12/12 m8. Intake kicks in at 10pm when light come on(trying to keep temps down) Naw, no cool hoods. Theres only 4 weeks or so to go and cool hoods are bout £60 a whip and ducting and shit would cost about £270 delivered. Got a used aircon with carbon filter for £100 off ebay. It made sense. Its also lower the humd levels. Everyones a winner.

Going to be a 32 wilma dripper system 4x600 and 3mx1.5m tent going cheap in about 1.5 months time is anybody is interested
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The cost of hoods and ducting is peanuts compared to how much money you will have once you harvest this crop. Two 10" fans will cool all 4 hoods.

Also, for now, I suggest you use both fans for exhaust.
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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What's the power rating like on that aircon unit? Even the small units could cost you like £60 a month on electricity.

I agree with Airwave, open up the intakes, make a bigger one if it' possible, and use both those fans for exhaust, when you blow air out, air will find it's way in.
 
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jimmygreenfingers

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I just ordered 3 of these, after talking with the bloke on the blower and finding out a few things they sound pretty good, better than the shitty coolstars ive got now. Would have liked the supersuns but my pocket aint that deep. Aircooled hoods are the way too go if heat is a problem.
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jimmygreenfingers

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RobbieP said:
is there a difference between air cooled hood and cool tube?
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Same thing really. Cooltubes are good in that they are air tight but the light spread is pretty poor. Air cooled reflectors offer better light spread but some are not air tight, for cabs or small spaces cooltubes are great, ive got 2 in my cabs for tents id go for air cooled reflectors.
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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No difference really. An air cooled hood is a hood cooled by the movement of air, and cool tube is a tube cooled by the same movement of air. I wonder what kind of patents there are on the cooltube.

Was indeed rather hot, spent 6 hours in the kitchen, fun fun fun.
 
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