Don't screw your eyes up growing vertical

HotShot7414 said:

I don't even have to look at the light directly,but when im done tending my plants everything is darker elsewhere,could be the cause of this headache I've
had for like 2 weeks.

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i doubt it start wih mold(in other words get fresh air) caffine, lack of sleep, nicotine, and hydration.

i also want to point this out an exposed HPS bulb(meaning no outer glass) would only transmit 5% of its enery to UV light. because ot the outer glass it transmits NO UV! so no danger there. the only danger to working with HPS is if your eyes are very close(12 inches) within the bulb because basically all the IR is making the molecules dance in your eyeball. staying away, not looking, or covering your eyes with any solid surface should suffice as protection.

no Metal Halide, it basically the same thing except they do rpoduce some UVA which is not bad for your eye, they DO NOT PRODUE ANY UVB OR UVC unless of course the outer envolope is broken. 30% of the energy generated from metal halide is in the for of UV, but once again because of the outer glass envelope all of the dangerous UV has been blocked and there is even less IR from the metal halide than HPS thus making it even less of a danger.

now its not a bad idea to have sunglasses on deck, but they are not necessary, you should also be checking your bulb pretty often for crack (when its off of course) and holes.

as far as the intensity and dialating pupils, well you shouldnt be walking in and out of darkplace constantly im sure this could affect your vision, short term. same thing with blue light. if you look at intese blue light for a short time it will be very difficult to see in the dark.

and thats all you guys are overthinking the light thing, so long as there ar no cracks or holes on the outer glass envolope you should be good.

oh and the constant dilation of your pupils could be causing the headaches.

all i know is my 400w hps makes me feel like everywhere else is damn near dark.. im gonna start wearin some shades in my room... its the light

micksmedz said:

Heed this warning! I worked under a 1000 w my for 6 hours once and learned a very valuable lesson. You cannot really feel your eyes being damaged. I awoke a few hours after completing my work, to the most intense pain. it felt like someone put a cigarette out in my eyes. I thought I was having a stroke or something because I didn't correlate being under the light with this haha. so long story short I went to the hospital and was blind for 4 days, with full vision returning in two weeks. White no joke!

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Damn that's some scary shit...

I had a tri stacked 400w vert, plants about 6-8in away from the bulbs.. I had to wear shades or i would see spots for hours and get migraines being that close you cant help but get 1200w in your vision. So from than on i have shades in my grow room hanging on the door nob. I dont let anyone go in without shades that intense of light really screws with your vision and gives you some nasty headaches.

Picked up a pair of the lumi glasses. They work great! You still can't stare at a bare 1k HPS but hey..

Does anyone rocking large vertical watts wear welding glasses or the like? I just started on a 16k vertical
Room and the thought of all that light...uggh

Just bust the gucci shades up in that bitch

I always use my Oakley Oil Rig shades and a brimmed hat when working near the light. I use only a 250W CHM, but the light is bright like a MH and I have to be close to it. I didnt like the feeling when my eyes got blasted from the light.. so now its a habit, even though I look like Estaban of the growroom.

I always have sunglasses on when Im in the growtent....that and a hat to keep the light out of my eyes (otherwise I get a massive headache)...I'll probably invest in those growroom glasses the op was talking about when I start doing more indoor grows...at the moment I veg and start flowering in a greenhouse, then finish under a 400watt HPS indoors. Wish I could afford to flower indoors all the way from the start...or even grow indoors from seed to harvest...I used to do that, and had better results, but can't afford that anymore...

legallyflying said:

Picked up a pair of the lumi glasses. They work great! You still can't stare at a bare 1k HPS but hey..

Does anyone rocking large vertical watts wear welding glasses or the like? I just started on a 16k vertical
Room and the thought of all that light...uggh

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Yes, people do wear welding goggles. There's a thread about protecting your eyes on ICmag. Really, all gardeners using HPS/MH's should be wearing sunglasses at the very least, vertical or not. Just my opinion as it's pretty easy to turn your head and get an eyefull. I pretty much pull my plants out individually and don't look at the light while wearing blue blocker style wraparound shades. I've considered investing in welding goggles but they might be a bit difficult to work with.

Yes, this is VERY important.
I have Keratoconus in both my eyes, it's made my left eye as good as blind, my right eye isn't very good either.
Take it from me, you do not want to have bad eye sight, it sucks balls.

Hey Domed, you think it would be ok to rub one out while staring at your avatar?

legallyflying said:

Hey Domed, you think it would be ok to rub one out while staring at your avatar?

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Haha yeah man no problem, I do it all the time...

You inspired me to change my avatar

Nothing hotter than a hot stoner chick

I already have shitty eyesight, probably because of genetics, and staring at the sexy genetics (wink wink)

Trousers said:

I read on another forum about someone that permanently screwed their eyesight up growing bare bulb vertical.
You can get Lumii glasses foe $15.43 with free shipping.

http://www.hydrogalaxy.com/miscellaneous/lumii-growroom-glasses/

My regular sunglasses cost more.

Your eyesight is precious, don't screw it up by looking at your bulbs.

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