Halp. Lighting/Timer Issue = me freaking out.

So i gave the girl an extra long night before switching my timer. so i could have the lights on at night for cooling issues.

seemed perfect.

well today at 9:3o am lights were supposed to go off. -i've been in bed with sun poisoning from yesterday's boat outing... called in sick to work etc.. not a good start.

about 10 minutes ago we check the room and the lights are still on!!!!! the timer i have may be busted, who knows. not the issue.

what do i do about the girls?? they had like 16 hours of day

what do i do?

give them an extra long night? will it matter? do i plug them back in at 9:30 tonight like i planned?

and timer was HOT - no house fire, that's a plus.

Had a similar thing happen. I didn't have any issues because, like you, I found it in a day and they need 12 hours+ darkness they don't give a shit about hours of light jsut how many hours are dark so I think you can jsut do like I did and give them a really long "night" to catch them on to the schedule you want. no male pieces when I did this. I did however completely melt the timer and almost start a house fire......the plastic smell is the only thing that alerted me to the issue. good thing I was home or else!

if yr just going into flo it could delay the beginning a day, but one off day the plants are waay more forgiving... watch new timer settings and avoid any light leakage from other sources... and it's all good I'd say.

watch runnin to much amps-

on the timers. i can teach you how to build a contactor.

no sweat on the lights.

contactor?

what is it? -i won't even google it first, i'm all ears.

just go back to the schedule you want. If you were on 12/12, just setup for your normal cycle. one or two days shouldnt make a big issue really...

just a switch-

exactly the same as the one that runs your well pump. when you take the little gray box off it looks like a giant set of points.

they make them commercially. its a green and white box, that can run 4 or 6 lamps, off one timer. the contactor handles the load, not the timer. build one from parts at the supply house for 35 bucks.

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220V lamps run off 110v walmart timer.

Murfy said:

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220V lamps run off 110v walmart timer.

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are you a sorcerer? uh i mean.. electrician??

looks very clean and efficient i'm sure

na-

i work for the man upstairs.

https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/426288-my-substitute-reality.html


i am a millwright farmer. few things are out of my grasp, or beyond my ability. "there aren't any boxes even fucking close to me"

Murfy said:

watch runnin to much amps-

on the timers. i can teach you how to build a contactor.

no sweat on the lights.

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I just put this up a little while ago showing one way to do it:
https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/533592-definate-purpose-contactor-small-timer.html

all you guys-

should check out marty's link. i think he might be on to somethin.

the old guy that taught me could grow a pound a plant out of a milkjug. he built EVERYTHING himself.


You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to FatMarty again.

Wow Murfy - Thanks for the flowers man.
Look who's talking too. Shit - you know wtf you're doing!

learnin anyway-

if we could ever-

get a buncha guy's actin right id bet wed talk about alotta gardening.

Murfy said:

if we could ever-

get a buncha guy's actin right id bet wed talk about alotta gardening.

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Well... then i pose a question..

have you guys ever tried Air Layering??

i'm setting aside my Aerocloner for a couple weeks to try it out. i'll hopefully get pics going as well..

lemme know what you think. (sidenote--> one day i'm determined to try tissue culture)

if u use a large side branch, you can have a giant rooted starter the day you cut it off the mother plant.
never tried mmj, but had easy success w ficus.. scrape it all the way around, add rooting hormone + medium, wrap in Saran and foil. keep moist.

abe supercro said:

if u use a large side branch, you can have a giant rooted starter the day you cut it off the mother plant.
never tried mmj, but had easy success w ficus.. scrape it all the way around, add rooting hormone + medium, wrap in Saran and foil. keep moist.

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well if i can constantly do this with success, not only can i stay in my numbers but it'll speed up rotation.. love it. gotta do it.

now i was thinking. rock wool soaked in hormone wrapped around with the saran wrap.

a guy i know-

uses rapid rooters.