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MidnightSun72

MidnightSun72

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2com said:
I like that the photobio comes with two cord types, and lengths, and that one of them is that curly type, so that it doesn't droop.
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Ya it has the pig tail cord which is kind of short for the selfie stick. I'll probably figure out a way to tuck the straight cord onto the selfie stick some way with a cute bracket or something.
 
MidnightSun72

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Nothing outside yet. I have some moms to throw outside this weekend. The weather has been shit until this week. I'll put 4 out. Some ethos cut an alien Og and I'll see what else. Grows been on hold for a bit. Been working out of town and even back in town 15+h days. Hard to do any more than water the plants once a day.
 
MidnightSun72

MidnightSun72

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2com said:
How's your garden?

I can't find the posts where you shared your relay box wiring pictures.
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It's in the room build thread. I killed off everything I had a few months ago things were getting hectic with work. I grabbed some clones off a buddy though. Just growing them into moms and will start back soon.

ACMPR Grow Room Build Log

Wow nice build. One run with the c02 and AC and the venting will only be used for backup. I ran for years venting, I am still air cooling one of my flower rooms now, but as soon as I can afford it I'm adding ac and C02. I doubted the difference C02 makes before I tried it, but it way more than...
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2com

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MidnightSun72 said:
It's in the room build thread. I killed off everything I had a few months ago things were getting hectic with work. I grabbed some clones off a buddy though. Just growing them into moms and will start back soon.

ACMPR Grow Room Build Log

Wow nice build. One run with the c02 and AC and the venting will only be used for backup. I ran for years venting, I am still air cooling one of my flower rooms now, but as soon as I can afford it I'm adding ac and C02. I doubted the difference C02 makes before I tried it, but it way more than...
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Ok, I found one or two. Thanks.
Good to hear you're able to start up again soon, man.
 
MidnightSun72

MidnightSun72

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Also as a note. Pick a huge relay since LEDs have a big inrush current. Some driver draw 80-100X their operating current when first starting. Each one of my lights draws 3.2a roughly. So I put 3 lights on one circuit and 3 lights on the other to help split up the loads. And some drivers have a delayed start or ramp up feature. which can help with this. Sometimes the contacts can get welded on your relay if it's not heavy duty enough. So I used 2X 80Amp relays to deal with this. But ideally I should add an inrush current limiter.
 
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2com

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MidnightSun72 said:
Also as a note. Pick a huge relay since LEDs have a big inrush current. Some driver draw 80-100X their operating current when first starting. Each one of my lights draws 3.2a roughly. So I put 3 lights on one circuit and 3 lights on the other to help split up the loads. And some drivers have a delayed start or ramp up feature. which can help with this. Sometimes the contacts can get welded on your relay if it's not heavy duty enough. So I used 2X 80Amp relays to deal with this. But ideally I should add an inrush current limiter.
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One relay I already had, I think it's a 30amp if I remember right, I showed you before, the Siemens one. The other one I got is the same 80A relay you showed me. Was just playing with it and realized I don't have any 'fork terminals'.

Oh that reminds me, do they make a 'kill-a-watt' meter for 240v? You'd think there'd be one for the UK or something? Anyway, I wanted to check the amperage on the three drivers I was running the other day, but now they're on 240v and, well...I guess I can get one of those power meters with the clip on measuring coil for current/amperage.
 
MidnightSun72

MidnightSun72

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2com said:
One relay I already had, I think it's a 30amp if I remember right, I showed you before, the Siemens one. The other one I got is the same 80A relay you showed me. Was just playing with it and realized I don't have any 'fork terminals'.

Oh that reminds me, do they make a 'kill-a-watt' meter for 240v? You'd think there'd be one for the UK or something? Anyway, I wanted to check the amperage on the three drivers I was running the other day, but now they're on 240v and, well...I guess I can get one of those power meters with the clip on measuring coil for current/amperage.
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Sonoff makes power meters you can feed with 110 or 220 I believe. And you can see the power usage on your phone.
 
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