Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

[StinkBud]

Ok I know this has nothing to do with growing but what the hell I can't help myself.

You may have noticed that your photos come out looking yellow because of the HPS lights. This has to do with the white balance setting of your camera.

Many modern digital cameras have the option of setting a custom white balance or picking an existing white balance. So here is how you do it:

1) Follow the instructions for your camera and set the white balance to custom. Take a piece of white paper and put it in front of the lens.

2) Take a picture of the paper and use that to set the white balance. Some cameras like Canon will use the photo but others like Nikon will just use the paper for reference. Every model is different so you have to read the instructions.

3) Once you have a white balance reference you have to set your camera to use it. The setting for the custom white balance will stay the same until you over write it with a new one.

4) If you don't have the option of custom white balance try setting it to incandescent instead. There will usually be an icon of a light bulb, pick that. It wont be perfect but you should see some improvement in color.

This will help your photos look more natural and you may end up using this very important function all the time now. No more yellow xmas photos....

 

[repvip]

Ok I know this has nothing to do with growing but what the hell I can't help myself.

You may have noticed that your photos come out looking yellow because of the HPS lights. This has to do with the white balance setting of your camera.

Many modern digital cameras have the option of setting a custom white balance or picking an existing white balance. So here is how you do it:

1) Follow the instructions for your camera and set the white balance to custom. Take a piece of white paper and put it in front of the lens.

2) Take a picture of the paper and use that to set the white balance. Some cameras like Canon will use the photo but others like Nikon will just use the paper for reference. Every model is different so you have to read the instructions.

3) Once you have a white balance reference you have to set your camera to use it. The setting for the custom white balance will stay the same until you over write it with a new one.

4) If you don't have the option of custom white balance try setting it to incandescent instead. There will usually be an icon of a light bulb, pick that. It wont be perfect but you should see some improvement in color.

This will help your photos look more natural and you may end up using this very important function all the time now. No more yellow xmas photos....

Thanks Stink!!! I didn't think you were using MH to flower, but your pictures came out so nice I was wondering how you did it

 

[andyman]

Is there anyway you could post schematics for your timer? I would love to build a solution like this.

What kind of timer module is that? What was your cost? Any part #'s?

Thanks bro!!! You fucking rock!

I can post a schematic in a few days plus give all the cost and were to get it all. it was very easy to make and you can change out just the part that goes out then. Its kinda like adding high power lights to your car and putting a relay in to protect your wires from burning up.

 

[andyman]

Your system looks perfect bro! Great job!

It's nice to see people modify my design to fit there own needs. The most import thing I wanted to teach was the concept of my system.

Not everyone needs the same amount of medicine or have the same amount of space. But if you understand the concept of the desing you can create your own custom solution.

Keep us posted with your progress. And don't forget, I love seeing photos.

If any of you reading this thread have photos of your systems please post them. Every photo I see makes me feel like a proud father

hey stinkbud did you see the pic i posted of the cloner, that pic up close caught the water droplets mid air. just thought it looked cool. it even rooted some regular houseplants and vines I tried first. thanks for all the help

 

[pharlow]

stinkbud i was wondering what you think about using your veg room at 24 hours light i had a friend whom was boasting about his veg with 24 h light and it would give me way more room for flowerin if i consolidated my veg and clones into the same area

 

[chucktownskunk]

i do 24hrs light in my veg and clone room with a t5 light

 

[Jgoasnhja]

You may not want to be so quick with scrapping everything if you've got something purchased and set up. I can't speak for Stinkbud, but I assume he arrived at this set up after much trial and error and learning. You might like the DWC set up and if not most of the parts should be recyclable into any other hydro set up.

Sorry bout the misuse of words there. I shouldnt have said scrap, I dont plan to just throw the system out I am just not gonna use it for my main system. I was gonna just use them to gow some of my seeds out so I am able to pick the males out then was gonna take my cuttings off of them for stinks system and harvest them after I am done taking cuttings. I have been tryin to do a prepetual grow for a while and aslo was a big fan of the aeroponics system over hydro just because of the concept of how they work. Like you said its not that I hate the setup as it was the best system I could find to build untill I saw Stinkbuds. The God of all Systems. lol

Sorry bout my long post and for asking this question again but
do you guys think that 2 400 watt HPS and a 1000 Watt HPS would be enough for stinks Flower setup.
Like I said before I allready had the two 400 watters this is y I ask?

 

[flabbyone]

I cant resist!!! I have to share my happiness. I owe it all to STINK!!! YOU ROCK!!!

Very impressive, just like it was done uptown!

I was thinking that it might not be a bad idea (if you have a boat especially true) to hook up the pumps to your power inverter which is hooked up to a couple of deep cell batteries. Hook up you charger to run say once a day to keep the batteries topped off.

Marine batteries that are left all winter to wait for spring have a nasty tendency to die on you over the winter. If they are kept in a used state, being charged and discharged all the time, they will last a lot longer, at least if they are not allowed to totally discharge each time. Even though they are built for this, it is still better not to run them into the ground each time you use them.

You would kill two birds with one stone that way. I run corn burner in my house and I power that with this same set up. A corn burner uses more power then the pumps though. It uses about 100 watts so I charge the batteries twice a day. I have been using the same batteries for 4 years so far. We will see how long they last this spring.

Anyway, it might not be a bad idea. If you have a boat or use marine batteries, why not. A power inverter is cheap to change your 12v DC to 120 v AC, especially if you do not need a lot of power.

Just my 2 cents
Flabs

Maybe I should smoke another one and sit down now....

 

[flabbyone]

I can post a schematic in a few days plus give all the cost and were to get it all. it was very easy to make and you can change out just the part that goes out then. Its kinda like adding high power lights to your car and putting a relay in to protect your wires from burning up.

Hey dude, thanks for posting that. I am glad you did and I am glad I asked if I was missing something because I sure as heck was! I should have thought of start up power but didn't. I was just about to purchase a timer for my buddies grow to run several pumps. I am awaiting your instructions now, haha.

Thanks again, you helped us out of pre-mature-dejaculation and pump failure too. I have no idea what that means.

+ rep 4 U

 

[andyman]

Hey dude, thanks for posting that. I am glad you did and I am glad I asked if I was missing something because I sure as heck was! I should have thought of start up power but didn't. I was just about to purchase a timer for my buddies grow to run several pumps. I am awaiting your instructions now, haha.

Thanks again, you helped us out of pre-mature-dejaculation and pump failure too. I have no idea what that means.

+ rep 4 U

Glad to help

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

Very impressive, just like it was done uptown!

I was thinking that it might not be a bad idea (if you have a boat especially true) to hook up the pumps to your power inverter which is hooked up to a couple of deep cell batteries. Hook up you charger to run say once a day to keep the batteries topped off.

Marine batteries that are left all winter to wait for spring have a nasty tendency to die on you over the winter. If they are kept in a used state, being charged and discharged all the time, they will last a lot longer, at least if they are not allowed to totally discharge each time. Even though they are built for this, it is still better not to run them into the ground each time you use them.

You would kill two birds with one stone that way. I run corn burner in my house and I power that with this same set up. A corn burner uses more power then the pumps though. It uses about 100 watts so I charge the batteries twice a day. I have been using the same batteries for 4 years so far. We will see how long they last this spring.

Anyway, it might not be a bad idea. If you have a boat or use marine batteries, why not. A power inverter is cheap to change your 12v DC to 120 v AC, especially if you do not need a lot of power.

Just my 2 cents
Flabs

Maybe I should smoke another one and sit down now....

Good idea... I just tested out something..I have one of those power cells (the kind that you jump start your car with)) it also has an air compressor and a dc outlet.
I bought a dc to ac inverter (10 bucks) that plugs into the dc outlet on the power cell... I plugged in my timer to that and then to the power strip with all 5 pumps.
It worked !!! I also plugged the ac of the power cell into the wall for a constant charge while it was all running. worked great!

If i put a timer on the charger then im set.

now if the timer fails or a pump then your shit outta luck.

Isnt there some kind of technology that could sound an alarm or text you or something if there is a failure?




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[WVPothead77]

Isnt there some kind of technology that could sound an alarm or text you or something if there is a failure?a

If there isn't, you just came up with a great idea to patent.

 

[genfranco]

Good idea... I just tested out something..I have one of those power cells (the kind that you jump start your car with)) it also has an air compressor and a dc outlet.
I bought a dc to ac inverter (10 bucks) that plugs into the dc outlet on the power cell... I plugged in my timer to that and then to the power strip with all 5 pumps.
It worked !!! I also plugged the ac of the power cell into the wall for a constant charge while it was all running. worked great!

If i put a timer on the charger then im set.

now if the timer fails or a pump then your shit outta luck.

Isnt there some kind of technology that could sound an alarm or text you or something if there is a failure?




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you need to research APC ups's They have software management that can achieve what you are looking for... Most of the have an audible alarm... the paging can be set through the software that comes with the APC.. this feature will come on the pricey ones of course...lol...

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

That would be pretty cool to run your whole system off a computer.

somekind of software that you can set your own timers from a control panel,,it monitors everything.
I know its out there somewhere.

 

[Jgoasnhja]

Since you guys are on the subject of UPS's and battery backups I wanted to get your thoughts. This might be a stupid idea but I was just tryin to think up ways of having back up power for lights.
Since the light's are not able to run off a generator, do you think you could run battery charges off the generator and keep a constant charge on some batterys and run the lights off the batterys.

I kinda just thought how a car uses the alternator to charge the battery
The car is the genny, Alternator is battery charger
lol stupid I know

 

[genfranco]

there isnt a problem. You can get this stuff... its just expensive as hell..

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

Interesting,,,but why couldnt you run lights off of a generator?

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

there isnt a problem. You can get this stuff... its just expensive as hell..

where do I look?

 

[genfranco]

Since you guys are on the subject of UPS's and battery backups I wanted to get your thoughts. This might be a stupid idea but I was just tryin to think up ways of having back up power for lights.
Since the light's are not able to run off a generator, do you think you could run battery charges off the generator and keep a constant charge on some batterys and run the lights off the batterys.

I kinda just thought how a car uses the alternator to charge the battery
The car is the genny, Alternator is battery charger
lol stupid I know

Dude every critical building in the world does this...

They have battery banks, UPS's, and generators.

When power goes off the UPS grabs power from the batteries until the generator ramps up ... then the UPS grabs power from the generator and charging comences on the batteries.. when power is restored... then the ups grabs power from the batteries while it makes the switch back to comercial power... then it charges the batteries again.

 

[Jgoasnhja]

Interesting,,,but why couldnt you run lights off of a generator?

To answer that Dirth, My Ballasts are Lumatek Electronic ballasts
For some reason they r not able to run off a genny