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01-10-2014, 08:28 PM #9Senior Member
DWC-Bucket-System-Grow my equipment and questions
"Thanks again for your time I really appreciate it - I think I found my master hahaha."
You are welcome and thanks for the compliment.
However, if it's a master grower you seek, I'm afraid your quest has just begun.
I am, in no way a master.
We're just a bunch of students here, sharing what we learn.
Most of the master growers were banned and/or moved on.
As did I.
But, I owe Cannabis dot com for getting me off to a good start.
So I come back here to share what I learn from real growers and true visionaries.
On topic:
An advantage of LEDs is that they do not radiate much heat as IR "light" but they do produce heat, none the less.
The amount of heat gain from a UFO varies quite a bit as not all UFOs are created equally.
Fer instance, I use a" Kill a Watt" meter that measures actual power consumption.
The knock off UFOs measure from 56 - 68 actual watts, and some of that powers the fans.
Even for the "good ones" that actually are 90 Watts, the electrical efficiency determines what is light, and what is waste heat.
I had to use flexible duct on my 180W. lamp to keep it's heat out of the cabinet.
So, I'd fire it up and do some measuring.
If it gets too hot, tape some ducting over the fan holes and run that through your filter.
If it stays too cool, (doubt it), you can always cut a recirc. port in the duct and/or add a small incandescent or halogen light to warm it up, yah?
You have an advantage of starting out with coco.
People who learned to grow in soil often have problems with coco because they "Know what they are doing".
It is NOT soil.
If you follow directions and never let it get bone dry, it's a lazy grower's dream.
Errors are very easy to correct.
Can't say that for soil.
Soil buffers everything, but that give it inertia and repairs become problems.
When you are ready for a master grower, I'll introduce you to a few.
Aloha,
Weeze
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