ALEXA TURNED ON MY LIGHTS :Accidental light during flowering dark period

VincenzioVonHook

VincenzioVonHook

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Gro-n-again said:
What kinda power are you pulling from them though? Like I said I never had trouble until I went from 400w to 1,000. Even then I had intermatics heaviest wall timer, 20A. They seemed like the trippers just barely switched them and sometimes they wouldn't switch. I got fed up and bought dedicated mechanical timers and I'm much happier. But initially I guess I didn't have the tripper square on the wheel when I tightened it down.... that timer twisted that tripper into a pretzel shape.
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Nowhere near enough to put a considerable load on them. Usually 200-400w.
 
speedwell68

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VincenzioVonHook said:
I've amazingly had good luck with $5 timers. It's exactly 9:09 every time the lights switch off, and 3:08 every time it turns on. Im pretty sure the one I'm using now is like 10 years old as well.

Watch. It'll fuck out on me tonight now.
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I have had timers fail over and over again. The amount of times I have had issues with a smart switch can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
 
Psyphish

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I've been using the same mechanical timer for years, but the most wattage I've ever put through it is about 800. The only smart thing I have in my home is my TV and I absolutely hate that piece of shit, and it wasn't even cheap.
 
speedwell68

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Psyphish said:
I've been using the same mechanical timer for years, but the most wattage I've ever put through it is about 800. The only smart thing I have in my home is my TV and I absolutely hate that piece of shit, and it wasn't even cheap.
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My TV is voice controlled, I love it.
 
Horselover fat

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Gro-n-again said:
But analog timers aren't without fault. I've bought more of the plug-in ones than I can remember and wasn't fond of any of them.
Wasn't a big issue until I switched to 1k's, those things ate wall timers.
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Using HID and analog timers you should really use a contactor. It only costs a few euros and no worries about the timer crapping out.
 
speedwell68

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VincenzioVonHook said:
Your probably growing on a bigger scale, and loading them up far more than I am. They live a pretty cruisy life here.
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Not at all. The biggest lights I have ever run was 2x400 HPS, which isn't even a 4 amp load. Currently I am only pulling 600w through 4x150 QBs. I use a mixture of Sonoff, Smart Life and TP Link switches, it is wise not to put all your eggs in one basket. They are all rated at 10 amps maximum, which is 2400 watts.

The only time I have had the lights fail to come on is when there was a global outage of the Sonoff (aka EwElink) network, but Sonoff have manual and LAN override, so it was no drama. I have a TP Link switch controlling the fans and that failed to operate once due to a bad configuration on my part. I control all of my stuff with Google Assistant as their routines are very reliable, I have at least one Google smart speaker or display in every room in the house.

If they fail to run I get a notification on my phone so I can quickly manually override from anywhere in the world, as long as I have a internet connection. The only caveat there is with running smart switches is you must have a reliable internet connection.
 
VincenzioVonHook

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speedwell68 said:
Not at all. The biggest lights I have ever run was 2x400 HPS, which isn't even a 4 amp load. Currently I am only pulling 600w through 4x150 QBs. I use a mixture of Sonoff, Smart Life and TP Link switches, it is wise not to put all your eggs in one basket. They are all rated at 10 amps maximum, which is 2400 watts.

The only time I have had the lights fail to come on is when there was a global outage of the Sonoff (aka EwElink) network, but Sonoff have manual and LAN override, so it was no drama. I have a TP Link switch controlling the fans and that failed to operate once due to a bad configuration on my part. I control all of my stuff with Google Assistant as their routines are very reliable, I have at least one Google smart speaker or display in every room in the house.

If they fail to run I get a notification on my phone so I can quickly manually override from anywhere in the world, as long as I have a internet connection. The only caveat there is with running smart switches is you must have a reliable internet connection.
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Our internet is a joke here. Usually three or four dropouts a day. We "upgraded" to NBN, and even with a premium package at $100 a month I'm struggling to pull 7 megabytes per second through steam, and if anyone else is using it, usually 3 megabytes per second with intermittent dropouts.

When I went to Japan I was mind blown. My hard drive was the limiting factor when it came to download speeds, not the network.
 
speedwell68

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VincenzioVonHook said:
Our internet is a joke here. Usually three or four dropouts a day. We "upgraded" to NBN, and even with a premium package at $100 a month I'm struggling to pull 7 megabytes per second through steam, and if anyone else is using it, usually 3 megabytes per second with intermittent dropouts.

When I went to Japan I was mind blown. My hard drive was the limiting factor when it came to download speeds, not the network.
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Is that the internet dropping out or the Wifi?

When I first moved into this house I had a nightmare with Wifi. 2.4Ghz Wifi is appallingly bad, it suffers from cross channel interference, so if you have your neighbour's networks crossing over on the same channel as yours, you are fucked. If you can run devices on the 5Ghz channels this isn't a problem.

In the end I invested in some decent Wifi routers and cabled them together to create zoned access points around the house. I also ran an ethernet cable into every room, so anything that can be hard wired is. I have well over 50 devices connected to my network and I only get the standard 76Mbps service, I can't get the new Gigabit here.
 
Jimdamick

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Raswarriorfari said:
I am 4 weeks into flower and everything was going great. Tonight Alexa heard the wrong command and turned on my greenhouse light. My dark period usually starts around 6:30pm. The light accidentally came on at 8:00pm and I noticed at 9:25. Should I worry about hermies? All help is appreciated.
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It takes 7 days to re-veg, which is what you would do if you kept the lights on for 16 hours+ You have no issues
You could keep them on for a day, no issue
 
VincenzioVonHook

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speedwell68 said:
Is that the internet dropping out or the Wifi?

When I first moved into this house I had a nightmare with Wifi. 2.4Ghz Wifi is appallingly bad, it suffers from cross channel interference, so if you have your neighbour's networks crossing over on the same channel as yours, you are fucked. If you can run devices on the 5Ghz channels this isn't a problem.

In the end I invested in some decent Wifi routers and cabled them together to create zoned access points around the house. I also ran an ethernet cable into every room, so anything that can be hard wired is. I have well over 50 devices connected to my network and I only get the standard 76Mbps service, I can't get the new Gigabit here.
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i've got a $500 router atm and a $150 network card, but its line issues most of the time as ethernet shows no service either. I don't know enough about networking though to verify any of this at the end of the day. Definitely running 5ghz.
 
speedwell68

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VincenzioVonHook said:
i've got a $500 router atm and a $150 network card, but its line issues most of the time as ethernet shows no service either. I don't know enough about networking though to verify any of this at the end of the day. Definitely running 5ghz.
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I'd be giving the ISP fuck then. What is the 4g/5g coverage like where you are? Lots of people are using it as a viable alternative to a land line these days. The mobile coverage where I live is fair, but not as fast as my landline. I was in the city the other day and the speeds on 4G were equal to my landline on download and double on the upload. I can get unlimited 4G/5G for £20 a month, my landline costs £32.50
 
VincenzioVonHook

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speedwell68 said:
I'd be giving the ISP fuck then. What is the 4g/5g coverage like where you are? Lots of people are using it as a viable alternative to a land line these days. The mobile coverage where I live is fair, but not as fast as my landline. I was in the city the other day and the speeds on 4G were equal to my landline on download and double on the upload. I can get unlimited 4G/5G for £20 a month, my landline costs £32.50
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That's pretty much what I've been looking into lately. Our hardwired nbn is 100mbps for $100 per month including phone. Have seen unlimited 5g plans at 250mbps for $75.
 
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