wman44
11-28-2007, 01:49 AM
well i've had a mishap with my first indoor cabinet scrog
the timer for the ventilation and the timer for the light got messed up a bit...stoopid mistake heres the story
so my baby is on it 3rd goin on 4th week of 12/12
i decided to try to take a decent pic with my phone camera and the 250w hps blinded it, so i figured id unplug it, take the pic, and plug it back it.
i proceeded to do so and thought nothing of it till the next day
i went into the spare room where my cabinet was and i heard the humm of the ballast!
the light had been on for 5 hrs past when it was supposed to shut off and the ventilation fans had shut off due do the timer.
the temp spiked up to 108 by the time i noticed.
i put the lighting timer back on its regular time cycle and every thing is ok so far.
the question is
will that 5 hrs of extra light and 5 hrs of less dark muck up my plant? go hermie? reduce yields?
what i've learned from this is to pay attention to your timers if your using the same dial type im using!
the next grow toy ill get will be a good digital timer
the timer for the ventilation and the timer for the light got messed up a bit...stoopid mistake heres the story
so my baby is on it 3rd goin on 4th week of 12/12
i decided to try to take a decent pic with my phone camera and the 250w hps blinded it, so i figured id unplug it, take the pic, and plug it back it.
i proceeded to do so and thought nothing of it till the next day
i went into the spare room where my cabinet was and i heard the humm of the ballast!
the light had been on for 5 hrs past when it was supposed to shut off and the ventilation fans had shut off due do the timer.
the temp spiked up to 108 by the time i noticed.
i put the lighting timer back on its regular time cycle and every thing is ok so far.
the question is
will that 5 hrs of extra light and 5 hrs of less dark muck up my plant? go hermie? reduce yields?
what i've learned from this is to pay attention to your timers if your using the same dial type im using!
the next grow toy ill get will be a good digital timer