Lighting and Ventilation
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I'm trying to start growing my own crop (nothing too serious, no more than 10 plants) and I have everything sorted out and planned. But there is one thing that is quite honestly starting to annoying me no end. I can't seem to find any info on the net about buying lighting/lighting fixtures. I live in QLD so any info you guys could offer would be appreciated.
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Red/Blue LED Grow Lights, are they as good as fluorescent and metal vapour lights? Has anyone actually used them? Any tips?
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Hi all, Just looking for some advice on the use of fan's with a 'portable split' air con. The issue is, the exhaust fan ducts from a CF, through 2 cool tubes and then exhausts. Which is fine in most situations, until the A/C kicks in and most of the cooled air is lost through the exhaust, so the AC is almost always running to try an cool the ambient temp in the room. Any ideas? Should the exhaust fan be stopped (and a seperate circuit for the cool tubes installed) or just slowed right down using a speed controller?
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HPS Ignition 1 2
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Got my fridge sorta sorted out and turned on the light tonight....now I had the 400watt CoolTube running this arvo and once agaib I went to turn on and all it would do was glow & flicker and pop now and again? this went on for about 2 mins? fearing there was something with my wireing and the Gremlins had struck again as I tested my 130 CFL n 6 hrs later no start? I Totally Freaked!! Fearing it was my wireing I checked every connection After about 2 minuites I unpluged the underground lead (Twisted togeather and heavly taped at the join) and plugged another lead in , oy flickered a bit ang slowly glowed to life "YAY" Plugged the underground lead nack in and all was g…
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I replaced the old 1000 watt HPS ballest on both bulbs and you would not believe the amount of power it saved me. right at 50 us dollars.I was very pleased and girl was too ,so it was a plus plus both ways plus I am getting more light from them too it is easy to see.I got kits for 105 dollars each.FYI replace after a few yrs.
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hey guys, I've got this fan http://www.aussieponics.com/index.ph...&productId=489 I've bought the silencer, carbon filter *and* speed controller but the bloody thing still sounds like a jet engine!.. I need a *really* quiet fan that can fit a 400w cooltube.. my tent is quiet small so the heat is a problem.. Ideas? Cheers, Jon
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After hearing from experienced ozstoner growers about how leds and clfs don't cut it when it comes to flowering i went and tried both. SILLY SILLY FU--ING ME. to any new growers trying to find there feet don't just go by the bulls--t led adds just bite the power bill bullet get a good hps setup and enjoy growing. if only i could roll back time and money but i guess that go's 4 most things.
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Hi Guys and Girls, 'Making the switch from cupboard to tent. 1.2m x 1.2m x 2.0m. 'Using a 400w MH or HPS (as their girls require) and am considering a cooltube reflector. 'Using separate Growlush ballasts. Is there any compatibility issues that one should know about? Given that the MH is not a retro globe it is quite a bit larger than the HPS globe. After having measured it, one realises that it is under the 155mm diameter of the cooltube. Just making sure as this is unfamiliar territory. Cleftin.
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hey guys can any 1 tell me if having a cfl through the grow stage will help along side my 400hps duel spechb
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HID vs Cfl 1 2
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Hey guys I am looking for some advice I have just built a grow cupboard cause I am sick of paying $300+ for an ounce and I am torn as to which kind of lights would be best. The dimensions are approx 1800x1200x500 so its a decent size but its situated in a tin garage that gets up to 35 constantly so heat is a major issue (cant put it anywhere else though) I will be growing in coco and perlite to start with a view to getting a top fed DWC come winter time. Can anyone tell me how much heat a 400w HID would throw? I am considering Cfls as well as i have heard they are much cooler. Any advice would be greatly appreciated P.S the seeds I have got are critical mass by mr nic…
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I was wondering if it would be better to have a lot of small watt cfl's instead of 1 or 2 high watt cfl.
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Hi all, this is my first post here and I must say this is a great forum. I was wondering if anyone has used the 25000k light solely for flowering? I have been looking at the spectrum charts from grow-lush and the 25000k seems to have more light in the red spectrum than the 6400k, would this mean that there is more effective color for bud growth? I have a 125w 25000k CFL already and I will be getting another globe soon and I would like some help deciding on either a 2700k or 25000k. I also have a 125w 15000k CFL that I found really good for veg, I might still add a 6400k to the grow for comparison and extra light. Stay Stoned, Peace
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3rd time in the last year Ive had ballasts burn out and melt the wiring at the point the shades plug in causing toxic smoke that kills your plants and might start a full scale fire depending what your ballasts are near , these ballasts are under 2 yrs old and 600 watts in a nice airy postion , Ive read where makers are pumping more juice out of them trying to compete with digital , whatever the reason its not good so watch your ballasts guys they can cause a lot of grief .
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hey, i have a 130 watt grolite cfl for growth. i need to know if just one would be enough for 2 plants in a deep water culture system.
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Hey guys as most of ya know im in middle ( well pretty well finished ) my new 3600watt room and was just pulling out a 200mm intake inline fan and noticed about an inch of dust build up on the inside. all clean n lookin much better now but got me thinkin of if this happens with a centifugal fans. So guys worth pullin em down from the roof n ripin em apart to give a good clean after 2 years worth of growin or since there much more inclosed and have had filters on the other ends maybe they ok ????? cheers guys
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