Good Grow Room? (Pictures and Updates)

DankyKush1

DankyKush1

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Im just wondering...
My grow room is in my office in my closet
In my grow room I have a 400watt HPS and a 340 CFM Inline fan
That must be taking at lease 4 amps prob 5 to 6 amps
In my office I have a computer that runs at about 1200watts
Isnt that like 12 amps?

I went outside and looked at my circuit breaker and I THINK it says I have 10 amp circuits.

I have a few questions...
If that's a total of 16 - 18amps on a 10amp circuit wouldn't I blow the circuit?
Also if a computer uses 1200watts is that 12amps or is it less?

Also I heard for the bugs to get sand?

Thanks guys
 
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mihjaro

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The power supply for the computer may well be 1200 watts, but it's unlikely that the computer actually needs all of that power. So, the power supply is probably only really using 3 or 400 watts, top.
 
dynamitejack

dynamitejack

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DankyKush1 said:
Im just wondering...
My grow room is in my office in my closet
In my grow room I have a 400watt HPS and a 340 CFM Inline fan
That must be taking at lease 4 amps prob 5 to 6 amps
In my office I have a computer that runs at about 1200watts
Isnt that like 12 amps?

I went outside and looked at my circuit breaker and I THINK it says I have 10 amp circuits.

I have a few questions...
If that's a total of 16 - 18amps on a 10amp circuit wouldn't I blow the circuit?
Also if a computer uses 1200watts is that 12amps or is it less?

Also I heard for the bugs to get sand?

Thanks guys
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The purpose of a breaker is to interrupt the power if the amperage is exceeded. If your braker is not flipping you have problems, you might just need to get a new breaker.

You should have an electrician wire your grow space separate from your office.
 
DankyKush1

DankyKush1

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I used an online calculator and put in all the specs on my computer and it said I was using 1244watts of my power supply :/
I have a good feeling that the room and the office might already be on different circuits but idk how to tell
I think if they were on the same circuit it would have blown by now
 
DankyKush1

DankyKush1

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UPDATE 5/9/11

Its normal for fan leafs to yellow and die off in the flowering stage right?
I have a few fan leafs yellowing off on both plants, the pics below are of plant 1





 
fretfanticno1

fretfanticno1

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Been following this thread. Those plants are unstoppable dude. Congrats on overcoming the bug and mould issue. Yellowing leaves should be fine towards the end of flowering. How much longer you gonna flower for?
 
DankyKush1

DankyKush1

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Temp is staying around 65 - 75
Humidity is about 40 - 45%

Plant 1 Flowering Day 40




Normal?


Plant 2 Flowering Day 40




Grow Room
 
P

Produkt

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cazador said:
I'm with Nocturn3 on this. Leave fan on just not directly on the plant to hard enough to keep air moving in the room. Without air movment the plant has a hard time breathing. There is always air moving outside and it is a bit larger outside too.

The biggest thing that concerns me with your setup is the "fan blowing into the attic". I see this as problematic. This is what I see is going to happen in your attic very soon. I am assuming that your attic is colder than your grow room this time of year. You are exhusting warm humid air into a colder room, the most air will start to condense in the attic causing an extremly humid enviroment even raining down on things up there. Mold will start to grow and house rot will follow.

This might sound a bit extreem but I sugest you going up there and checking on things if you have been running your room this way for awhile. Let me know.

lastly your plants are getting a bit tall for CFLs if you haven't flipped 12/12 yet. They will stretch quite a bit for the first two weeks.
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Into the attic and into the bathroom ventilation system are two different things right? Sorry I'm a noob
 
DankyKush1

DankyKush1

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BUD P0RN!!! 5/22/11

Ive read that in the last 2 weeks of flowering that it increases the potency if you add the other spectrum?
I can add my 100watt MH for the last 2 weeks to add some more side light and wider spectrum.
Also ive read about people shutting the lights off for 1 - 3 days before harvest, should I do this?

The only thing I wish I would have done a lollipop on plant 2 and removed the lower branches.

Thanks guys you've been life savers


Plant 1








Plant 2


Grow Room
 
dynamitejack

dynamitejack

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You should be using the metal halide anyway, more light = better. The 72 hours of darkness is an old school trick, try it out you're not going to hurt anything.
 
DankyKush1

DankyKush1

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I added the 100watt MH last night

Its giving light to the lower buds and I read it helps the potency to add a MH the last few weeks.

 
DankyKush1

DankyKush1

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Its day 49 of flowering :) (miscounted to 40 lol :p)

I have watered plant 1 a total of 8 times now, should I only water with water till harvest now?

Plant 2 had a horrible clay pot with only 1 hole so it needed water a lot less (I drilled 4 more holes a few days ago). But its only been watered 6 times while in flowering. Should I only water with water on this plant too?

They should only have like a week or 2 left :D

Also I got a new pH meter but im not sure if I calibrated it the best way. I made a pH of 7ish with my pH tester kit them adjusted it to 7.0 on the pH meter. Its hard with the damn tester to make it exact. Anyone know a secret to adjusting them?

Any suggestions?

Thanks for all the help guys
 
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