Electricity issue during flowering

Bodz420

Member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #1

What would happen if you're in flowering and you get a problem with Electricity? For example the plant is getting 14 hours of darkness instead of 12?

 

rkymtnman

Well-Known Member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #2

that's a timer problem, not electricity

 

Bodz420

Member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #3

rkymtnman said:

that's a timer problem, not electricity

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I live in a place where there is something called load shedding, which is they cut the electricity for 2 hours daily, different times than the previous day. What would you do?

 

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spek9

Well-Known Member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #4

Bodz420 said:

I live in a place where there is something called load shedding, which is they cut the electricity for 2 hours daily, different times than the previous day. What would you do?

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There's not much you can do but let the two hours eat into the lights on period whenever it overlaps. That's a lot better than shifting your light schedule manually every day.

 

Bodz420

Member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #5

spek9 said:

There's not much you can do but let the two hours eat into the lights on period whenever it overlaps. That's a lot better than shifting your light schedule manually every day.

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Will that effect them?

 

TreeFarmerCharlie

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• Apr 19, 2020

• #6

Bodz420 said:

Will that effect them?

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They'll be getting about 20% less light each day, so what do you think? Yes, they will grow slower, because they will receive less light.

 

xtsho

Well-Known Member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #7

Better 14 hours of darkness 10/14 than 14 hours of light 14/10 during flower

 

rkymtnman

Well-Known Member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #8

Bodz420 said:

What would you do?

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2 things:

buy a battery backup power source (IPS) and run your lights off that for those 2 hours

switch over to autoflowers that won't be affected by weird light cycles. run them 22/0 a day.

 

SPLFreak808

Well-Known Member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #9

Buy a generator or build you a battery pack + ips.

I spent 1800$ last year on just parts alone to build me a 500AH lithium backup supply with inverter, it holds 1000w for about 4/5 hours and has already saved my ass during thunderstorms/windstorms ect.

Cheapest way is probably stacking SLA/FLA batteries in parallel on an IPS. 400w for 2 hours would need a 160ah lead acid, just don't use lead acid in enclosed areas.