Electricity cut off?

[masterg]

Hi, i have to pay my electricity by the key, so i dont have a electricity bill, wich means if i havnt got enough money in the box my electric will cut off,

1; will this affect the plant if its for a few hours?

2; if so is there any type of timers i can buy where they give back up power so the light will carry on going?

3; any thing to save the plants would be a gift.

cheers

masterg Reviewed by masterg on 04-22-2005. Electricity cut off? Hi, i have to pay my electricity by the key, so i dont have a electricity bill, wich means if i havnt got enough money in the box my electric will cut off, 1; will this affect the plant if its for a few hours? 2; if so is there any type of timers i can buy where they give back up power so the light will carry on going? 3; any thing to save the plants would be a gift. cheers :) Rating: 5

[mellow mood]

u mean ur plants wont have lights for a couple of hours? it could damage yer plant but only on time i dunno, anyway too drunk

[Garden Knowm]

It is important to give your plant consistant light and consistant dark periods. erradic lighting can cause your plants to become hermies...

You definitley need to provide 12 hours of pure darkness during flowering.

This should not discourage you to grow... give it a whirl and let us know what happens

: )

[Zandor]

If it's not to long they will recover just fine. It takes more then 24 hours of light cycle for anything to trigger in the plants at the chemical level. Heat will affect the plants more then the light's being off. Just don't let them get hot and you should be fine.

[masterg]

Does that mean if the lights cut off then come back on in an hour say, it wont affect them, cheers again for lookin and especially answerin.

[Zandor]

that is correct. just don't let the temperature get to hot. Maybe open the door or something to keep the air flowing. Don't foregt to reset your timmers....hehe

[Beeblebrox.420]

As for backup power, it's gonna cost you out the wazoo. Assuming you're running no more than 600 W of lighting, ventilation and other electrical loads, and you expect about 2 hours or more of power loss at any given time, you're looking in the neighborhood of US$1,500.00 and up for a suitable battery-backup UPS. I wouldn't worry too much though. As stated, plants adapt fine to a slightly erratic lighting schedule. After all, outdoors, clouds cause very erratic lighting, often with whole days being nearly dark yet plants have done fine under those conditions for hundreds of millions of years. It may not be ideal, but they should do fine, nevertheless.

As for timers, there are several digital models available with battery backup, so there's no need to reset them. They'll recover on their own following an outage and contue the timing cycle just as if the power had never been lost.

[masterg]

Cheerz for all your help,

Zandor
Beeblebrox
Garden knowm
& mellow mood

You have put my mind to rest on this subject, Cheerz.