DAKUSHMAN 49
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how do you water all of those beautiful plants?? whats your method?
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patrickkawi37
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haha hand water homie
thanks i dont really know anything about that but my room was supposed to be wired up to code. and in my house a normal outlet can handle 600watts pretty chill so i figured maybe the same? i am going to bummed if it doesnt work. my dehumidifier is about 600watts and i have that plugged into a normal outlet in there. how would i find out if its going to be able to work? theres like 8 un used plugs in my box so should i just try them all until one doesnt pop? haha my old electrician moved so i dont know what the hell i am doing.
ScoobyDoobyDoo
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what up patrick? plants are looking great man.
sounds like your lights now are on a control box so you have the outlets in the room free. if your house is wired to code then you most likely have all of the outlets in that room on a single 15-20amp breaker. running 1200w on that breaker is no problem but i don't know what else you have plugged into those outlets or any other outlets on that breaker. basically you wanna test the breaker for those outlets and check and see what else is on that breaker. you might have some outlets in other rooms or some overhead lights. then pop the faceplate off the breaker panel and check the size of the wire that is coming out of that breaker. it will say on the wiring something like "#12" or "10 awg". that will tell you the wire size and therefore load capacity. lot of electricians will use larger wire gauge than the breaker is rated for but sometimes you get cheap fucks trying to make pennies who use undersized wire. just helps to be sure by checking it out first. if you don't have anything else on the outlets in that room or on that breaker then you should be fine plugging the 600's intot he wall. even if you have a few small things like an overhead light or some meters and timers. just no a/c units, dehumidifiers, or motor loads basically. let me know if you need anything.
sounds like your lights now are on a control box so you have the outlets in the room free. if your house is wired to code then you most likely have all of the outlets in that room on a single 15-20amp breaker. running 1200w on that breaker is no problem but i don't know what else you have plugged into those outlets or any other outlets on that breaker. basically you wanna test the breaker for those outlets and check and see what else is on that breaker. you might have some outlets in other rooms or some overhead lights. then pop the faceplate off the breaker panel and check the size of the wire that is coming out of that breaker. it will say on the wiring something like "#12" or "10 awg". that will tell you the wire size and therefore load capacity. lot of electricians will use larger wire gauge than the breaker is rated for but sometimes you get cheap fucks trying to make pennies who use undersized wire. just helps to be sure by checking it out first. if you don't have anything else on the outlets in that room or on that breaker then you should be fine plugging the 600's intot he wall. even if you have a few small things like an overhead light or some meters and timers. just no a/c units, dehumidifiers, or motor loads basically. let me know if you need anything.
patrickkawi37
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thankyou very much guys. most of that was french but i kinda understand.. so all i have going in the room that is pulling alot of power is the dehumidifier, everything else, can filter,inline fan all that is 300watts or less. the electrician spread the plugs throughout the room so i have a few on each wall.. now if they are in different locations in the room,is there a chance that some of them are still going back to the same thingie on the electrical panel? i remember paying for the wire and he wasnt cheap, so i imagine its the good stuff? its yellow 220 wire or some french shit.
so if the plugs do go back to the same electrical thinigie then would i be ok by just trying a few different ones until something doesnt pop? i just dont want to be at risk of a fire or something sketchy, but i only gota ghetto rig this to work for 1 run. how would i go about finding what goes to what breaker.
thanks for patients guys
patrickkawi37
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its not too hot in there because the lights are on at night. problem is i grow in a garage that isnt attached to my house so i have a panel in my garage, and i think everything is ran off that panel, to another panel for my hps lights & ac. and i think everything inside the growbox is ran off the first panel. nothing is ran off the panel from my house cause i didnt want wires and shit going that far. confusing stuff for me i hope that makes sense
patrickkawi37
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i havent updated this in awhile. these pics were taken a few days ago ill post some fresh ones when the lights come on in a couple hours. i added two 600watt mh. i ended up getting quantom ballasts and some ghetto wing hood things with some digilux bulbs. curious to see how the MH compares, if it doesnt, they are getting switched for hps next run. i believe there are 8 northern lights in here, mostly smaller plants, the rest are bubblegum from what i can tell. 5200 watts shooting for ten packs.
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ScoobyDoobyDoo
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the plants and the room look great bro. i'd try and rotate the plants as much as you could. you want them to ideally get hps light and a little mh consistently. that mixed spectrum is what is really gonna benefit your plants. just having some under mh light i think you are gonna see thet they don't give you the same yield.
also, next run get yourself some more mh bulbs and run them under those mh bulbs for the first 2 weeks of 12/12. you will get less of a stretch and therefore tighter bud sites and bigger colas. after the first 2 weeks just swap the bulbs out for hps ones.
patrickkawi37
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daamn. rotating them is a huge bitch but ill do what i can thanks Phil! thanks again for electric help too!
ScoobyDoobyDoo
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my pleasure man.
yea, ideally you want them getting light from both but that's kind of a pain. so maybe next time try running a few less plants or keeping them a little smaller. soil grow on a nice concrete floor? this is your best friend buddy...you can find cheaper ones; even more sturdy. but these things are the best for a bunch of soil plants. lay the saucer right on top.
yea, ideally you want them getting light from both but that's kind of a pain. so maybe next time try running a few less plants or keeping them a little smaller. soil grow on a nice concrete floor? this is your best friend buddy...you can find cheaper ones; even more sturdy. but these things are the best for a bunch of soil plants. lay the saucer right on top.
patrickkawi37
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those things are so badass. definitely an idea for when i expand. it would be alot easier to move shit around if the plants were bigger and i had less of them. its almost like putting together a puzzle though cause the canopy is so full, ill take some more pics in a couple hours. definitely going to try to move them around at least once a week though. i only have a 32 gallon res and im feeding about 45 gallons every 2 days so i gota mix 2 res. takes me like 5 hours to mix nutes and hand water these ho's . hopefully it pays off like the last one.
ScoobyDoobyDoo
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you've got good "problems" on your hands. LOL.
patrickkawi37
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not too happy with how they look for 27 days in but not much i can do at this point. they are drinking about every 2 days, sometimes every third day. still got fungus gnats so im not trying to push the watering, i think this is going to fuck my yield.
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ScoobyDoobyDoo
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they look great man. got some monsters around the outside. those girls are huge. i can't really tell the scale of them but the buds look really nice for 27 days. plants look really green and healthy too.
everything work out alright with the new lights and the electrical?
everything work out alright with the new lights and the electrical?
patrickkawi37
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thanks dude, i kinda let some of them get TOO big, i have some that are about 4 feet from the top of the bucket. im hoping i dont got too much plant for my bucket, but they arent drinking everyday like they should be, has me worried maybe the roots arent what they should be. the fuckers drink gold they get roots excell and voodoo juice and great white all the way up to day 30 the roots should be gnarly. the electrical is handling shit well from what i know, i havent had anything trip. hopefully shit works out, i cant expect to hit a grandslam everytime i guess. :\
patrickkawi37
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12x14 . 12x10 of canopy