I've been working with Quantum Boards for the last year or so. What wattage were you running each 550 at? Or did you vary? They look really far away from the plants in the picture but your plants are unbelievably stunning.
These HLG 550 V2's are 1000w equivalent, with a true 485w draw. I have them set per HLG's recommendations and using a PAR meter to double check. Seems to be working pretty good for us.
Thanks man I appreciate the info in this thread....I'm in Oklahoma as well and will be caring for the plants if and when my friend and his partner get the money squared away and get setup. We're also looking to do a small boutique setup, something two men can take care of full time. The commercial HVAC stuff is my main area of ignorance. I don't mean to be too vague but if theres any more info or pictures you have on this setup I'd love to see it
No prob. We have a 2 ton Carrier mini split for this room. Also pictured are the dehumidifiers...
Thank you! What kind of square footage was that room? No heat or humidity issues with that setup? Would a 4 ton minisplit be overkill?
20x30 is 600 sq ft. In the winter, if we do a fresh run, we do have to mist down the floor a couple of times a day to keep the humidity up. And summer is a bit tricky with heat. It’s been very hot lately, and we are delaying the next run for a couple weeks till it cools down a bit. A 4 ton might be a little too much. The drain line will freeze in the winter. Yes, the AC will kick on when it’s in the mid 20’s.
Have a journal for these grows?
Yes, we do it all on an Excel spreadsheet for inventory management, and daily operations are recorded in a manual journal.
My drain lines are indoors to a floor drain, 4 ton units. Do yours run outside or something? With my HPS lights my AC runs if it's 5 degrees outside.
Yes.. during the build out, it never occurred to me that the ac would kick in when it was that cold outside. I just plug in a heat tape strip on the drain line when it gets below freezing. Lesson learned for the next building.
It was about 8800 grams the first dry run, just going from memory here, which would be a little over 19 lbs.
Do you use a bar code scanner system? If so, which one?
Yes, it's though Brother. But we have not figured out how to link it to the Excel program. The State only requires us to use a digital seed to sale program for now. They are working on a State mandated system, but supposedly it won't go into affect until late 2020.
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