The High Intensity Discharge ( HID ) Thread

Professor Puff.n.Tuff

Professor Puff.n.Tuff

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Oh, thats good about the gas line, my bad, lol.

fyi. debris - dont know what they were thinking sometimes with the english language.

That sounds good, just didnt know how the climate was. Basements in my area (i have seen a lot as an electrician) are soggy, with critters n bugs. not fun.

jumboSWISHER said:
hehe when i said i turned it off, i ment i turned off the line tht puts the tiny bit of gas to the pilot light. so no gas was escaping, but without that tiny source of co2 they would die. and yes i have done 2 full harvests down there, the basement was built by kind of a jackass, im guessing 40-50 years ago. 1/4th of the basement is completely walled off from the rest of the basement. the 1/4th is finished, with cement floor, and brick walls. but the other 3/4ths is just an open pit, with all kinds of construction debree(dunno how to spell that?) that is really old. theres a few small crawl spaces going to this area. but theres tons of spaces along the ceiling going into this area from the grow spot, one side of the room a draft blowns in, the other side of the room the draft blows out. free ventalation haha and it comes straight from outside so its got quite a bit of co2 i would imagine. just gets a bit nippy at night. but yea damn, i didnt think of having the furnace there taking the propane bottle away. thats pretty niffty haha
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jumboSWISHER

jumboSWISHER

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yea my basement stays surprisingly dry and warm.(constantly refilling the 5 gal bucket to add RH) i get a few spiders here and there, but no more then 5 or 6 throughout the summer. not to bad IMO lol
 
jumboSWISHER

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yep, its been 70-75 the past week or so and with lights on it stays under 80. never have had to turn the fan on past low haha =]
 
WeSmkDro

WeSmkDro

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Professor Puff.n.Tuff said:
I am using 1k HPS's. Air cooled - couple of the typical type of hoods and one cool hood.

The cool hood does not disperse the light like the others but it sure stays cool.

I vent my room through my lights into a carbon filter. I have an a/c forcing air in all the time to make up for the air out.

Pics of my current grow and my first grow thread;

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/325134-first-pics-my-purple-kush.html

Here are some top secret pics - not really - not anymore as I am posting them now.
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Nice setup! Ive heard a lotta weird stuff about cool tubes. More than anything that they are meant for tiny spaces or else they will waste a lot of light. Sexy ass setup! That Co2 will knock it up a few knotches eh. lol.
 
WeSmkDro

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jumboSWISHER said:
yep, its been 70-75 the past week or so and with lights on it stays under 80. never have had to turn the fan on past low haha =]
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Yeah ... my room is constantly battling 78-83 ... but im in a southern state where its very hot right now. sucks ... I cant wait till winter. I think heat is the ONLY bad part about HID bulbs and even that can be a pro in the winter when it can be used to heat up the house : )
 
jumboSWISHER

jumboSWISHER

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haha yea, i live in northwest. its still pretty cold, just had a week or so of good weather =]
but i got chill under my light alllllllll day when its snowing or anything hahaha and i deffinatly would of had to put a heater in there if i didnt have the 1000w. in the winter it get about 25-30 degrees. i come down there to a solid sheet of ice covering the floor lol
 
WeSmkDro

WeSmkDro

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jumboSWISHER said:
haha yea, i live in northwest. its still pretty cold, just had a week or so of good weather =]
but i got chill under my light alllllllll day when its snowing or anything hahaha and i deffinatly would of had to put a heater in there if i didnt have the 1000w. in the winter it get about 25-30 degrees. i come down there to a solid sheet of ice covering the floor lol
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i need to move up north. better indoor conditions. heat is just difficult to deal with.
 
WeSmkDro

WeSmkDro

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How much are they? Arent they like top notch fans though? i bet they would go nice with a phresh filter through a 1000watt cooled hood. : O
 
WeSmkDro

WeSmkDro

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oh pshhh thats not a lot , i though that would be like 400 bucks. with vortex i think your paying a bit for the name ... but the name is only so important because they are so quality : ) . built well , i think they have some ridiculous warranty. i bet they run perfect and quite as hell. and i know they run way more efficiently. money for quaility.
 
newport78

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Valueline runs at 0.96 Amps. Vortex runs at .80 with more CFMs. I wish I could get the DBa on the valueline. Hang on and il just copy there specs over.
 
newport78

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Vortex:
Specifications: 449 CFM - 2600 RPM - 0.80 Amps - 100 watts
dBa: 49

Valueline:
Specifications: 435 CFM - 0.97 Amps
 
newport78

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Yea its a tough call on my part because the $70 diffirence could easily cover the cost of an air diffuser (venting into an occupied rooms closet so i have to think about sound also) But at the same time sound and power savings could out weigh that.
 
jumboSWISHER

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well i harvest this lady last night cuz i realized im outta smoke haha
2nd plant i ever started tho, pretty stoked :-P
 
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