How to prepare for power outage? Indoor grow

ddeck96

ddeck96

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The area I live in is about to get hit hard with snow and ice. I’m really worried about a power outage, maybe even one that could last 2-3 days. What should I do to prepare? Is there anything I need to know? I’m growing RDWC hydro, my plants just flipped to flower about 8 days ago. Should I be worried about the consequences of the light cycle possibly being interrupted by an outage? I’m also worried about my plants roots not having enough oxygenated water if the power goes out and my pumps die. I don’t have a generator, but I do have this small battery that’s capable of running 150 watts for an hour (It’s not much, I know.) Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
 
Hot Diggity Sog

Hot Diggity Sog

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ddeck96 said:
The area I live in is about to get hit hard with snow and ice. I’m really worried about a power outage, maybe even one that could last 2-3 days. What should I do to prepare? Is there anything I need to know? I’m growing RDWC hydro, my plants just flipped to flower about 8 days ago. Should I be worried about the consequences of the light cycle possibly being interrupted by an outage? I’m also worried about my plants roots not having enough oxygenated water if the power goes out and my pumps die. I don’t have a generator, but I do have this small battery that’s capable of running 150 watts for an hour (It’s not much, I know.) Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
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This is the worst. Are you able to spend a few hundred dollars? You can easily survive the light problem - just keep a few bulbs in the room to simulate lights on and keep your on/off schedule, manually. The RDWC part is the challenge. You've gotta keep this functioning. Let me know how much money you can spend.
 
ddeck96

ddeck96

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Hot Diggity Sog said:
This is the worst. Are you able to spend a few hundred dollars? You can easily survive the light problem - just keep a few bulbs in the room to simulate lights on and keep your on/off schedule, manually. The RDWC part is the challenge. You've gotta keep this functioning. Let me know how much money you can spend.
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sure I could spend some money. What do u recommend? I’ll fuckin do anything to save this grow lol.
 
Rurumo

Rurumo

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power banks and some very low wattage LED's will keep your photoperiod going. Heat is the main issue, can you heat your house without power?
 
Rurumo

Rurumo

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your plants will be totally fine without strong lights for a few days as long as you keep 12/12 going
 
ddeck96

ddeck96

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Rurumo said:
power banks and some very low wattage LED's will keep your photoperiod going. Heat is the main issue, can you heat your house without power?
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I mean I have a fireplace, but the house is fairly large and it probably wouldn’t make a difference in the grow room tbh.
 
Hot Diggity Sog

Hot Diggity Sog

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ddeck96 said:
I don’t have a generator unfortunately and the storm hits in a few hours. I don’t think I could get one between now and then.
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Ugh - Good luck brother. Just do the best you can. Can we see a pic of your setup? Maybe some manual things can be done.
 
Rurumo

Rurumo

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As long as you keep the plants warm enough, you can probably get by with hand watering frequently-they'll be fine even in the dark for a couple of days. Good luck!!
 
redi jedi

redi jedi

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Hot Diggity Sog said:
This is the worst. Are you able to spend a few hundred dollars? You can easily survive the light problem - just keep a few bulbs in the room to simulate lights on and keep your on/off schedule, manually. The RDWC part is the challenge. You've gotta keep this functioning. Let me know how much money you can spend.
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I would say the lack of light is a much bigger problem than no pumps. The water wont go stagnant the second the power goes out.
 
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