Is there some special light or some special type of device that would allow me to grow without worry?
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Is there some special light or some special type of device that would allow me to grow without worry?
well, they say you can line your ceiling/roof with insulating foils, like 'Luminix', but I sincerely doubt, if that would stop you from 'worrying' :wtf:
Very simple actually, you can literally be 100% invisible from IR.
Grow tent like the new Growlab with walls made of IR blocking 99% reflective material.
A high quality LED light like the Procyon 100 (each equal to about 250 watts HID but not very good for flowering) or the Lumigrow ES 330 watt (equal to 500 - 600 watts HID and great for flowering due to the right red & far red light spectrum as well as blue & white emitters)
Small room air conditioner (optional) to keep the room the exact same temp as the rest of the house and keep it sealed, no exhaust to the outside.
LED lights produce minimal light compared to an HID bulb that can raise a room by 10 - 15 degrees F per bulb in the higher wattages in a sealed set-up.
The LED lights each raise the room temp by maybe 3 - 5 degrees in a sealed grow.
All light produces radiant heat no matter what due to the energy contained in it but that easily dissipates and it absorbed in a cool room with a/c.
This is undetectable by FLIR on helicopters and IR guns, 100% certain.
Mylar is the 99% IR proof material, AKA space blankets, all mylar is is a very thin sheet of aluminum and the only reason that would help you is if your grow room was very hot, which you would be venting to somewhere that can cool itself off, so unless u want to mylar your house house, that wouldn't help, but if you put a copper mesh it will interrupt any digital signal meaning telephone, wifi, and all other forms of forward looking image devices. If you research the FLIR, they cant see into your house just the heat that is coming out of it, so just vet throughout your house and your whole home will be just slightly warmer. My aunt is an agent over in AZ and she said the only busts that they get drawn to without any notification is large warehouse grows with tons of electricity. Having lights, even a 1k light isnt that much, most microwaves are around 1100watts, and even though that isnt on all the time, if you just wisely cut back things (even just turning off lights and not watching TV as much will help) theres nothing really they can see.
If you live in the US they decided it was unconstitutional to fly over residencies and use thermal imaging. Not sure what they need to do it exactly a warrant or probable cause, but they still do it over state parks and non residential areas. Biggest issue would be with your electric company notify authorities of large power consumptions, i wouldn't worry if your under 1k watts in lighting.
anti-detection film is what I have heard of, never tried or seen before other than onlineQuote:
Originally Posted by sourdewey
two words....induction lights these produce very little heat so there is no heat trace. These are cheaper than LED last twice as long and works better
Wow a 1K HPS is going to be that easily detectable by my power company? I am not so worried, I am a med patient. This irritates me though, I don't want them to know.
Edit: Found the answer to my own question within seconds.
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