Hey there guys,I'm Mike, starting up in the forums and just had a few questions for ya. I've been searching all over the place and I can't seem to get any conclusive answers. Right now I'm starting up a Medical grow tent in my basement and just got everything finished up last night as far as prep work (Minus electrical work, which may or may not be done by me depending on the complexity.)
Ran some tests and had a temp problem in the dark period, which is common in basements I hear, but was easily adjusted with a 1500w space heater on a digital thermostat. Which leads me to my first question.
My basement currently runs two 120v circuits; one for lights, and the other for the receptacles. Lighting is minimal and probably wouldn't run more than 150 watts at a time. So would it be reasonable to put my 1000W ballast on the lighting circuit, and have it controlled by a lightswitch?
Also, what would be the safest way to connect JUST ONE 1000W to the circuit (e.g, a surge protector, straight to the outlet, any recommendations are nice, I plan to switch to two 600W in the next grow for better coverage and will end up using a high power relay, though I don't know much about them.
Now, running a 1500W heater is definitely too much power when you take into consideration pumps and aerators and lighting, so I assume I'll have to put in a new circuit for the basement to hold the wattage, even though the heater should remain in standby when temperatures are above the programmed temp?? I don't know any advice would be greatly appreciated guys.
Also, another question, ahah, I'm full of em.
I bought a Solis-Tek Steel Box Magnetic Ballast, (Which I can't even find online, uh oh, should have done research)
Which is powering a Hortilux MH bulb inside a Lumii 8" reflector. -----When I plug everything in, no matter what circuit I run it on, with everything else shut off, the bulb will flicker a couple times and eventually come on. Well last night I plugged my ballast in, and it wouldn't ignite. Does this sound like the bulb? the ballast? Idk. Im alittle weary on the ballast here.. Later I went back to it and tried it again, and it fired up. Anybody have some advice?
Can't wait to be apart of the forum! Thanks - Mike xLtdEspVx
Ran some tests and had a temp problem in the dark period, which is common in basements I hear, but was easily adjusted with a 1500w space heater on a digital thermostat. Which leads me to my first question.
My basement currently runs two 120v circuits; one for lights, and the other for the receptacles. Lighting is minimal and probably wouldn't run more than 150 watts at a time. So would it be reasonable to put my 1000W ballast on the lighting circuit, and have it controlled by a lightswitch?
Also, what would be the safest way to connect JUST ONE 1000W to the circuit (e.g, a surge protector, straight to the outlet, any recommendations are nice, I plan to switch to two 600W in the next grow for better coverage and will end up using a high power relay, though I don't know much about them.
Now, running a 1500W heater is definitely too much power when you take into consideration pumps and aerators and lighting, so I assume I'll have to put in a new circuit for the basement to hold the wattage, even though the heater should remain in standby when temperatures are above the programmed temp?? I don't know any advice would be greatly appreciated guys.
Also, another question, ahah, I'm full of em.
I bought a Solis-Tek Steel Box Magnetic Ballast, (Which I can't even find online, uh oh, should have done research)
Which is powering a Hortilux MH bulb inside a Lumii 8" reflector. -----When I plug everything in, no matter what circuit I run it on, with everything else shut off, the bulb will flicker a couple times and eventually come on. Well last night I plugged my ballast in, and it wouldn't ignite. Does this sound like the bulb? the ballast? Idk. Im alittle weary on the ballast here.. Later I went back to it and tried it again, and it fired up. Anybody have some advice?
Can't wait to be apart of the forum! Thanks - Mike xLtdEspVx
