Lighting and Ventilation
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g'day all weather's getting cooler and would like to get my Dpap 315w ceramic metal halide up and running again. it's been moved a lot and been rattled around a fair bit. think that there is a loose connection somewhere, as the light comes on and goes off when the light gets moved up/down or from side to side. there aren't that many pieces to the light, so hoping that's all it is. was just wondering who to see in this case ... would it be an electronic repair shop, electrician or someone else? any advice greatly appreciated. ps ... i'm not confident of fixing electrical gear and would like to go with someone who is certified to fix this kind of stuff.
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by Dhufish7- 25 replies
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Hey guys. First indoor grow with plenty of learning/mistakes done. Jumped the gun instead of doing some research first. Here is what I have. 1.5x1.5x2m tent 600w mh magnetic ballast Growlush 2 speed extraction fan. 2x 50L pots clayballs on pump 15 on 15 off 2x 20L dwc buckets. Plants started from seed. No idea on variety. I have been having trouble keeping correct temperature in the tent, so I have taken the glass off of the reflector and removed the extraction from the cool tube. When i run the thermo gun around the room now, the clay balls get up to around 30c, the plants themselves around 23-24c, but most of the room is around 18-20c. What is recommended here? Shou…
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Hi guys 1.2x1.2x2.0 growcell 4 x unknown Searles premium pm 75% Perlite 25% Using a mix of Seasol,Powerfeed. Havnt used nutes on em yet They are under 6 x 24 watts cfls 4 inch exhaust,fans,and heater atm I have made an enclosure 60x60 sq To drop over babies and keep all light in Is this a good idea or not DAY 10 of veg Any hints to improve grow Cheers guys Posted from the OZ Stoners mobile app
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Hey guys, Just curious - I live in SA and the air here is quite dry (not to mention very cold here) do you guys use a vaporiser or humidifier for your grow tent? I had a vaporiser sitting in my cupboard so I've been using that but it's a constant battle to get the water out of the bottom of the tent. Are humidifiers any better?
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Growlush grofan 1 2
by Xanode- 12 replies
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These cheaps fans that are in allot of online hydro stores are touting some seriously good specs(better than a can-fan max) for the price point. Has anyone heard these running in person to back up the stats? Grofan stats Vs Can-fan maxfan(double the price) 6inch growlush grofan: 52w, 375cfm, 37db!? $130 http://www.growlush.com/productcat/grofan/ 6inch Can-Fan Max Pro: 46w, 353cfm, cant seem to find a solid db rating for this fan but im reading different websites between 50 - 70db $242! http://www.hydroexperts.com.au/Can-Fan-Max-Pro-Fan-150MM-6-Inch-353CFM-2-Speed-Mixed-Flow Half the noise at half the price and comparible(on paper anyway) cfm, is this even possible…
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Hey guys. I’ve been growing in my house under a 200w cfl. Simple set up, bulb plugs right into Australian power socket. Today I bought a ballast and a 400w hps lamp, but one of the sockets on the ballast has different plug, looks like the earth is rounded instead of a normal slit. This I assume is what plugs into the back of the light where my cfl is attached to. My question is do I have to go and buy the reflector from the hydro shop just to be able to plug this straight in? Or can I just cut out this weird ass socket and replace it with a normal one from an extension wire? Sorry I’m hopeless with this
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howdy family, hope we are all going well, ill assume every one remembers how most of my past grows have gone. at best really well at worst growing for someone else but didnt know i was. so heres why im in this part of OS, ive just inherited a set up from a mate. (im taking everything ive been told with a grain of salt). main kit: jungle room tent 1x1x2 600w HPS with cool tube whisper silencer fan with carbon filter. so the main question ive got is how do you set up the cool tube? from what i can gather the carbon filter doesnt come off the fan (or its a bastard and stuck on well) and it sucks through the filter blows through the light then out through the ho…
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Order arrived directly from china for a cmh 315w, all up cost were AUD$226 shipped by express shipping, shipping took 4 or 5 days by TNT full tracked and it was only scanned by customs no inspecting the item or opening the box the quality of the unit is top notched for China quality only the lamp is a bit wobbly in the screw fixture/fitting, powered it up yesterday no noise from the ballast no hums etc... i got mine with a AU round earth pin so i could use it with Aussie reflectors, my batteries were flat so the remote control didn't work but its a nice little light for what i paid customer service was the best anything i wanted to change was changed within minutes, …
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So sitting here on lunch break and my phone goes mad with Alibaba. Looks like Alwen is trying to show a new product in LED lighting....will open messages soon and open a can of worms from the LED haters Posted from the OZ Stoners mobile app
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HPS or LED 1 2 3 4 23
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Ok ive decided to go indoors or my wife has decided to let me grow indoors much to my surprise. Now i know absolutely fuck all about lightning as ive only ever grown outside. Im going to buy a 1.2 x 2.4 tent. Question is what lighting should i use. Im not really bias either way. I like HPS for the colder months but i like LED for the warmer months. Ive been doin some reading about life span of each light and some say there LEDs last for up 50k hours now that sounds like total bullshit to me but i really dont know as others say like shitty mars that their lights loose 5% a year in efficiency not that i would buy one. Ive also read some HPS only have a life span of 1000 ho…
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Morning all. I thought this was a really simple thing to do, but for some reason I have managed to fuck it up. Any help or advice appreciated. So, I have this driver and two of these boards: I have wired up the source power by connecting the obvious colours together. Blue to Blue, Brown to Pinky/brown and Yellow/green to Yellow/green (surely this is correct?). The driver came from the states if that makes any difference (left of the photo). The power lead to plug to the wall was purchased in Australia. (right side of photo). I have then wired the two boards in series. The positive output from the driver to the Positive terminal on the first board. T…
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LED lights for home use have become very popular and many people are considering them for growing plants, especially for starting seedlings. It sounds like a great idea. LED lights use very little electricity so they save money, and they don’t produce a lot heat so they can be placed close to your plants. Sounds perfect and many people have started to use them with success. Unfortunately, others have found that they don’t work too well and one reason is that manufacturers don’t tell you the truth about their products. I know that is hard to believe – but it’s true, they go out of their way to confuse you. In this post I will have a close look at just one aspect of LED gro…
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Hey everyone, our good old trusty maybe 15 year old double batten T8 Fluoro's have finally died. went on Ebay to fin some new replacements.... What the hell happened to good old fluoros? And trying to find some with a plug fitted already seems non existant... So there are these.... http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1-10-20x-5W-9W-18W-24W-T5-T8-SMD-LED-Tube-Light-Fluorescent-Replacement-1ft-2ft-/401035681488?var=&hash=item5d5f96ded0:m:mqEE4aY72hUQ6hu4Bmrme0w Do they work? Anyone using them? Any other suggestions on where to get some with plugs fitted.. Cheers
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Just curious, on the gram per watt rating, do the led growers quote the Watts as what it actually draws? As in how nearly all leds blurples, mars, etc all actually pull way less than the rated. So I'm assuming to use the gr/W comparison led growers would use actual over the rated.
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Can anyone recommend a good electrical timer? Preferably digital? I’ve just gone through a HPM and Arlec digital ones over the weekend. HPM wouldn’t reliably switch on and the Arlec would just switch off by itself when it chose too. Completely useless. Checked two hydro shops and both have different brands with no reviews.. Any suggestions appreciated.
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