House fire uncovers sophisticated pot-growing operation

[doco]

Just a reminder of what can happen when you try to take shortcuts - this fire apparently started where they tried to tap into the electric power coming into the house. Looks like he had a lot of nice bud drying too.

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[midlifecrisis]

That sucks.

[dusto2k3]

Doco, you saw that, ha that guy had 300, wow. Just down the street.

[deftdrummer]

sometimes I worry that this would be the ONLY way I would get caught, just because the house I live in is so hokey though not cause I'm trying to steal electricity.

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

sometimes I worry that this would be the ONLY way I would get caught, just because the house I live in is so hokey though not cause I'm trying to steal electricity.
Same here. The house I currently live in was built in 1957, cheapass military tract housing, I think they wired it with bread-bag twisties. Breakers trip on a daily basis, a good many of the outlets don't even work. I've had 3 system boards fried on my computers, and that's with good surge protectors. It's just a mess. I was terrified when I went out of town last week that the place would be a smoking heap when I got back. I'll be glad to move into my new house...built in 1913, but with all newly updated electrical.

[Land of Drought]

I'd Love to wipe the Smiles off those cops faces..Fires always a worry..
My place was built in the 50's too..Who said growing was easy Again??.....

Peace Out D

[deftdrummer]

more like who said it was risk free?

[dusto2k3]

yeah, after i saw that, i got me a fire extinguisher

[TheGreenFog]

Absolutely...fire extinguisher is a must!

But, unfortunately most fires would start when you are not there...therefore, you cannot do anything about it. Best reactive measure would be to set up a system that would alert your mobile if there was an increase in temperature above a certain degree.

Also, you can get a device to shut off your lights if your fan breaks and your temps go over a certain degree. That will prevent SOME fires.


BE SAFE, GUYS.


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[deftdrummer]

I would think the majority would just come from miswired ballasts and light setups. I have seen some really crappy wiring jobs in my day. Its amazing the things some people try to do

[TheGreenFog]

Yessir, deftdrummer...they have mostly been warned, but you can only lead them to the water...tinker with electricity at your own risk.

RastafarI.

The Fog :rastasmoke:

[bluntman 420]

my place was built in 1880. some parts of the house have the original cloth wiring. don't ever be lazy and always use electrical tape. if u dont know what ur doing with electricity then u dont need to be growing.

[Gatekeeper777]

Oceanside police are investigating and will confiscate the plants that were not destroyed by the fire.


The PIGS are goona be livin HIGH on the HOG tonight.

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

my place was built in 1880. some parts of the house have the original cloth wiring. don't ever be lazy and always use electrical tape. if u dont know what ur doing with electricity then u dont need to be growing.
Amen. I hate getting shocked, so I just don't monkey w/any of it. If an outlet doesn't work, I just move on to the next one that does.

[FreeVenice]

Same thing happened to my neighbor. that shit was sad, he had some premo stuff growing. It was kinda funny though, cause our manager called him and told him that they found his crops.

[bluntman 420]

lol damn man all that weed.......all that jail time to jeez. yah electricity aint no fuckin joke, especially if ur in england where they have 240. ouch! ive been shocked before by 110 and it fuckin hurts goddamnit. i hope u guys learn from this guys mistake :)

[madeline]

It's not very expensive to change your breakers over to 30amp and that will be more than enough to run up to 2 1kw's on that particular line. I called in an electrician to change a couple of mine and used the excuse I'm putting in an electric kiln. This was years ago and haven't had a single prob or a tripped breaker since. It's not so easy for renters so check before doing it.

[bluntman 420]

yes but in older houses u might need the whole box changed out and ur electrical re-wired which can cost thousands of dollars. adding new breakers is not the solution in every case, if ur allready pulling the max ampage from the breaker box and flipping breakers then its time for an upgrade.