Kitty's Commercial Grow Op-Bigger & Better Every Day!

researchkitty

researchkitty

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OregonMeds said:
Maybe I'm missing something kitty, but the chiller I was looking into a while ago has these specs:

EcoPlus 1 HP Chiller Includes:
* Fittings: 1”
* Dimensions: 16.5” W x 20.25” D x 19” H
* Weight: 88 lbs.
* Voltage: 120V/60Hz
* Wattage: 1080
* Amps: 9
* BTU: 12,000
* Capable of Chilling: -1000 gallons - 10° F -500 gallons - 30° F
* Pump Size: -Minimum 1584 GPH -Maximum 2200 G

That's a long way from 21gph and this little thing is only enough for a couple kw of lights.

Do you have a better way or have you underestimated water flow you would need from that lake? A chiller is just a heat exchanger hooked to an a/c unit so I would expect you'd need similar water flow for just a heat exchanger in a lake to draw the same btu's.

No?
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I'd need four of those chillers, which is the same as 4000 watts of lights running. The chillers just chill a small reservoir of hot water to cold. They move so much water because they HAVE to because their water SOURCE is HOT water. :) MY water SOURCE from the stream is freezing ass cold all year round.

I believe my method is the smart way to do it. A chiller is a fix for someone who doesnt have a constant cold source. :) :)

Instead of 4000 watts of power, which costs me $160/month, I can let a 2 amp pump do the job instead for a fraction of the cost. Plus, I save $1200 x 4 from chiller startup costs.
 
researchkitty

researchkitty

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Time for a photo update...............


#4 - Flower Room B - 8000 watts and 128 buckets later.............



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#7 - Probably the most poorly built reflector I've ever owned. Extremely weak brackets that hold the glass in. Half of them the glass had already come out and needed putting back in. Flimsy.



#8 - More for reserves.......... That's the big CAN filter if anyone wanted to get a better idea of its height....



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#10 - Each light is held on by a single rope. Each rope attaches via a D clamp (not sure the name of them) and then to the ceiling and then back to the clamp. That way the light can be raised and lowered. When they are all hooked up to the ventilation connectors they will all take a permanant shape instead of being able to twirl around freely. :)



#11 - Reservoir room got a few more barrels...........



#12 - and in flower room A temps are just dandy.....



#13 - The shorter two lights worth of plants.....



#14 - The taller two lights worth of plants.........



#15 - They all just started week 3, by the way, this is Day 16.



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#17



#18 - A quick Hydroton washing machine. Dump in bags of Hydroton and hose it down. Took a few minutes to make and worked great!



#19 - 100 Grapefruit Diesel seeds............



#20 - More clones and sprouts.......... This table moved out to the second room in instead of the big veg room.



#21 - Finally the veg room. Now has a 4x8' flood tray with a single 1000w lamp. I'll probably add another 1000w lamp to it since I dont really like the coverage. Still have to add Mylar just been so f'n busy......



#22 - They are growing every day..........



#23 - The digital ballast for veg hasnt caused meter problems from the nutradip trimeter thankfully, likely since its so far away from that area...........



#24 - The same hooks for veg too!



#25 - This explains how I use a flood tray without using a reservoir underneat it. Hell f'n no will I ever pay $150 for a square reservoir! Blue barrels $15. Pump $6. Profit!



#26 - The ballasts that arent currently on are sitting here waiting to be fired up for the new room. The others are still in Flower Room A on the floor. :)



#27 - Tons of tubing waiting to be plumbed up....... I'm going to do most of it with PVC from the controller to the buckets, and try to allow simple switching of which control bucket each block of 16 plants work from...



#28 - I hate lugging this shit around


That's all for now! Thanks everyone.............

Kitty
 

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brick20

brick20

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HOLY MOTHER OF SHIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am in a world of disbelief and aroused at the same time......

SHIT
 
arik maso

arik maso

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that's a cool setup. i thought i spent a lot of time on my stuff, but wow... your grow must be numerous hours of labor daily. it all looks good to me
 
Grow it Organic

Grow it Organic

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arik maso said:
that's a cool setup. i thought i spent a lot of time on my stuff, but wow... your grow must be numerous hours of labor daily. it all looks good to me
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labor im sure none of us would have ANY trouble doing :)

Kitty thanks for being so detailed in your posts including the photos :)
 
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cmt1984

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good lord this is goin far passed my expectations. you and your husband are doin a great job.

by the way, those "D clamps" are called carabiners.
 
aggreenvln

aggreenvln

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Bonzi Lighthouse said:
Kitty - You hiring? That's Quickly turning into mutipal Kitty FTE's.
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Seriously, best job ever. Heartbeat kind of job. This is looking really phenomenal; if I had enough room for just one of those 1kW lights I'd be a happy guy! Kitty, if you don't mind me asking, how did you get your hands on such a space? Is it just industrial/warehouse space you're renting, or did you straight up buy the property? What kinds of factors went into the decision to go for "that" property? I don't mean to pry, I'm just curious of the procedure for these types of operations (I have a half-plan to start something similar if on a smaller scale as soon as I have the resources). Thanks, and please feel free to neglect any questions you don't feel comfortable answering.
 
researchkitty

researchkitty

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aggreenvln said:
Seriously, best job ever. Heartbeat kind of job. This is looking really phenomenal; if I had enough room for just one of those 1kW lights I'd be a happy guy! Kitty, if you don't mind me asking, how did you get your hands on such a space? Is it just industrial/warehouse space you're renting, or did you straight up buy the property? What kinds of factors went into the decision to go for "that" property? I don't mean to pry, I'm just curious of the procedure for these types of operations (I have a half-plan to start something similar if on a smaller scale as soon as I have the resources). Thanks, and please feel free to neglect any questions you don't feel comfortable answering.
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Easy! I started growing smaller, my last grow was 6 lights. Over about a year of them being working I saved and now have many more. :) When these ones bring in some bacon, then the next expansion etc etc.... :)
 
OregonMeds

OregonMeds

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Just for the record 8kw over 144 pots won't yield any more, in fact less, than if you were running merely 8 big plants like I showed, and the more plants you stuff in under less light the more popcorn bud you get to trim.

You are doing at a minimun 10x the work you need to, and federal plant counts (at least here in the US), for absolutely nothing. Making life hard on yourself over there...


Just saying...
 
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mikeq

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Stop being a hater Oregon. Have you even looked at kittys other grows? She knows what the fuck is up.
Very nice setup Kitty, This new space is looking epic already. Cant wait to see it in a couple months.
 
CultivationArt

CultivationArt

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Nice set up kitty, def subed in.
got sum questions, Im about to get into growing commercial growing as well.
Own a large barn like shed. Well this end of feb or march, ill be insulating and getting it ready
well trying to run 6 600 watt mh and 10 1000 nwatt sodiums.
+ 2 4 ft 8 tube t5 panels. 4 nice areo cool ac units. And some fans here and there,

now my question is what kind of genarater are you using or what would you rec.
Im still gonna ground most of it to my house(im a legal med patient/vendor so im only trying to ruduse the electricity
bill, not to worried about the law or anything) like the t5s the ac units and the MHs will ground to my house.
just not the sodiums.
 
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