kgnome u almoast made me cry with that sweet sweet peom. (ps im high :()
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kgnome u almoast made me cry with that sweet sweet peom. (ps im high :()
If you can post the blueprint, that would be awsome. I'd like to take a look...I would have to be able to take it down quickly if I needed to.
Hey indicloset...
I was looking @ the pic you posted on #14.... question, the metal strap... it works as a ground strap and as a support strap... Ok, I see the green ground wire from the socket getting hooked-up to the strap... but what about the other side of the ground?
Is that the yellow wire coming in from the top? Is that wire connected to the strap? I mean, I see that it's all threaded into the strap and everything, but is it actually stripped (from its insulation) and connected (metal-to-metal) to the strap?
Maybe your bulb/ballast problem is the ground... ???
Well, the yellow wire is just to hang it...no insulation is stripped off of it. The other end of the green wire goes to the ballast (whatevers hooked up in there, the shop did) along with the black and white wires for the socket.
I guess I should have mentioned that the ballast issue seems to be straightened out...I clamped another peice of metal to the metal strap to help it ground better and its been working fine ever since...the shop said its supposed to run hot like I was describing...I didn't end up getting the new one they offered me since this one started working.
day 14 update...a couple of my plants are drooping a bit more, so I'm not going to water for a while...about the first 1/2" of soil has dried now since the last time I mentioned I watered and the leaves started to doop. One plant fell down (or maybe my cat got it somehow...the door was open a crack), so I propped it back up.
pics...
There is this little runt, whose seed was three times as big as the rest...it also took twice as long to germinate (48 hrs instead of 24) and about three times as long to sprout. It was planted in the soil one day after the rest. Anyways, it has to be propped up, the leaves look funny, thick and dark and the stem kinda goes in a spiral right when it gets close to the ground...thats the weak point...it wont stand up because of that, its so skinny down at the bottom.
That one plant where you see the spots...those have been there since day 12 (ever since the HPS light went out the first time and I possibly over-watered), they are yellow, but you cant really see in the pic.
Oh well..2 of 5 seem to have no flaws...so far...
I brought my answer to your question from my Thread!........
I believe this fan could help out your grow closet alot by reducing unwanted heat,I say it would reduce your temps considerably!...............just add 6 inch's or so of duct to both sides of the booster fan for better suction!....good luck or you could run some flex duct towards the bulb or even close to the bulb should suck the hot air away from the canaopy...
how do you like the gavita bulb? I have been looking at that and wondering how good it would work...
latewood...The guy at the hydro store said its awsome for all-round use, but I cant really tell you from experience, this is my first HPS so I have nothing to compare it to. He still recommended Hortilux over them cuz thats what he uses, but they were out of Hortilux.
Mellow man...Thanks...I hope I get a chance to get going on this soon.
Do the plants look alright? Are they streching? Anyone know what the yellow spots are?
indicloset.. Today I got a timer for my 600 watt and when I turned it on threw a powerbar i had near to test it I got the same blue glow light you described, but when I took it out and plugged it back into the timer/wall socket it worked fine ..was wondering if you were connected to a direct wall socket or not ..
From what I've noticed, I guess what happens is if the ballast has been on for a while and is hot, then for some unrelated reason it loses power for a second and turns off (ie..you unplugging it to plug in timer, lightning at my house, etc..), when you plug it back in (or when it regains power) it wont turn on right away because something is too hot in the ballast box or it has a delay or something. Basically, just let it sit for 4 mins with a fan on the vents in the box, then plug it back in and it should work.
I unplugged it just for a second today and this same thing happened with the blue glow...it just need to cool off...I had the fan on it for maybe a 2 or 3 mins and it worked fine after that, but you have a bigger lamp.
I dont know if all HPS do this, but the Gavita first starts with just a strong blue light, then fades to yellow then orange/red, etc..
And yes, its plugged directly into a wall outlet, but its going to be on an extension cord soon so I can put it back on the shelf.
I am moving in an apartment soon...its on the top floor (3rd) and in the corner, the way it is designed is so the front door goes outside instead of in a hallway, there are no hallways, the buildings are all open to the outside and neighbors doors aren't right next to each other.
Inside, I have a choice of a huge storage room almost the size of a bedroom with no windows and the door is in the middle of the apt. or there is a normal sized closet I can devote and its right next to the bedroom window. I am leaning towards the closet because I think it would be pretty hard to ventilate the storage room. Either way, I'm sure it will work out better than what I have now.
Anyways, until then, I have to make due...I tried to make that fan with the bag and the ducting, but I think my fan is too small for the lenght of ducting I need (16 feet to go from window to closet), so I put the fan back the way it was and left the ducting going from the room, straight out the window. I can feel a slight breeze at the other end of the ducting so they must get at least a little more air. I have to go get a better fan tomarrow.