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Dailedin
07-23-2013, 05:52 PM
10 days in to the flowering cycle and I decided to go public with this grow.

Four 300watt units totaling 1200watts of induction light.
18 plants in 3 gallon root pouches.
3 strains C-Coma, P-Coma, and sour diesel. The Comas are my personal strains.

Here we go day 10 12/12:293209293210293211293212

Shovelhandle
07-23-2013, 06:16 PM
I'm sure many here will find your grow interesting.

Dailedin
07-23-2013, 06:24 PM
Thanks for stopping in, we will see what induction can do.:thumbsup:

Dailedin
07-23-2013, 07:49 PM
These shots are from my first induction grow.
P-Coma at 55 days 5 1/2 0zs per plant.
2 300 watt inductions used.
Plants grown in waterfarm.293215293217293216
2 plants

Dailedin
07-26-2013, 02:56 AM
Day 12 of flower cycle:293268293269293269

Dailedin
07-26-2013, 03:08 AM
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2 x 50 watt led units. 1 watt diodes.

Dailedin
07-26-2013, 03:23 AM
C-Coma Day 12293271

Shovelhandle
07-26-2013, 12:17 PM
so it's induction lighting and LED now?

Esteban1
07-26-2013, 12:36 PM
Sweet grow bro. Enjoy!


:thumbsup:

Dailedin
07-26-2013, 03:20 PM
Yeah added the 9 extra girls and had no more induction lights to increase the coverage area. Had two 50 watt panels that were sitting so I put them to use. I don't think they will contaminate the grow, only 100watts.

Dailedin
07-26-2013, 03:36 PM
About the units:

I purchased 8 300 watt induction lights from a vendor on aliexpress. 4 of the ballast went bust from the start


I purchased 8 maximizer reflectors 35 bucks a piece they come with nice heavy gauge cords..

8 female 3 prong plug.s from home depot.

Dutch Pimp
07-26-2013, 05:21 PM
Dailedin About the units:

I purchased 8 300 watt induction lights from a vendor on aliexpress. 4 of the ballast went bust from the start

....:wtf:

low_rdr
07-26-2013, 05:58 PM
Are you using plasma or magnetic? If your using magnetic are you using external or internal? I can't actually see your lights or ballasts. Are you using ceramic or quartz bulbs, or do you know? What temp are the bulbs? The pics look like your using a 5k neutral, but its often hard to tell in pictures.

Induction lighting is a very, very, very good source of lighting, but there are a few issues, the first of which is heat, not from the bulbs themselves but from the magnetic drivers, although in theory this would be an excellent candidate for a true water cooled heatsink. Albeit an extra added expense, the benefit of the 100k hour bulbs far outweighs the setup costs.

Now, my final question is, what frequency are you operating on? I would be very upset if my microwave or other similar appliances that interfere with RF would flicker my lights. I've always been a HUGE fan of tesla, and this is one of the reasons why. Unfortunately, we could be SOOO much further along with induction if it weren't for fucking edison.....

Anyway - If you could please answer the above questions to the best of your ability, I would TRULY appreciate it

Dailedin
07-26-2013, 06:55 PM
The Ballast are magnetic they operate at 50-60 hz. They do produce heat but tge hotter they get the better they run +10% so 300 runs at 330. I am using 3 2700k Which run great, and one 5000k. I would not recommend the 5000k, the 2700k reads much higher on my light meters

low_rdr
07-26-2013, 07:25 PM
Okay, so your not using the true wireless setup? Induction lights were actually created to be cordless, the ballasts are the transmitters which typically operate anywhere above 1.2ghz and the magnetic drivers are the receivers - The heat issue I was talking about is much like your phone heating up when your on a long conversation, the receivers are notorious for discharging excess energy into heat... I'm an engineer, but Tesla was a born genius.

Anyway, what kind of temps do they put off?

Dailedin
07-26-2013, 07:36 PM
They are rather warm, you can touch them but you can't keep your hand on the bulb.293276

Btw, when a magnetic ballast goes bust how can I fix it Lowrdr?

Dailedin
07-26-2013, 10:45 PM
Sweet grow bro. Enjoy!


:thumbsup:

Thanks Esteban

low_rdr
07-27-2013, 04:06 PM
There are magnetic ballast repair kits that are about $60, just swap out your bad parts for the good parts, or if you know exactly what is blown, you can just order that part from a electronics supplier and swap it out. There isn't much that can go bad in a ballast, you've got your supply, a few capacitors, and not much else, did they pop or fizzle? usually this is a capacitor, sometimes also followed by a puff of smoke, now and then you can get alot of smoke from the power plant going out, and some of the power plants will have a small inline fuse attached to them, check that fuse too. (Sometimes these fuses are on the side of the ballast where you can unscrew it and pull them out)

Dailedin
07-27-2013, 09:47 PM
Thanks low rdr

Dailedin
08-01-2013, 02:22 AM
Day 18293438293439293440293441293442

Shovelhandle
08-01-2013, 11:22 AM
that is looking gorgeous, Dailedin

Dailedin
08-01-2013, 03:50 PM
Thanks Shovelhandle

Mighty D Young
08-01-2013, 11:50 PM
that is looking gorgeous, Dailedin

Hey shovelhandle can you give me some tips?

Dailedin
08-03-2013, 10:15 PM
Day 21293504293506293507293509293508293510

Dailedin
08-06-2013, 08:28 PM
Day 24 sour diesel I.B.L (refined)293610293611

Dailedin
08-06-2013, 08:31 PM
Day 24 C-Coma aka 3-C-I293612293613

Dailedin
08-06-2013, 08:35 PM
Day 24 p-coma aka 16-c-i,s293614

Dailedin
08-16-2013, 01:26 AM
Yesterday pics, day 32293839293840293841293842

growdemon
09-29-2013, 09:21 AM
very nice!!
looks like what a day 32 is suppose to look like

growdemon
11-02-2013, 01:16 AM
no update>?? did you harvest

yao847zi
12-08-2013, 03:09 PM
They are cool, here are some pic of my growing under Riant Grow Light
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