The UK Growers Thread!

[W Dragon]

Lol, growers worst nightmare kinda thing. I used to get lots of issues until i bought a timer with a contactor in it.

I find that ice hash is far far messier than iso. Ice means you end up with bags full of wet trim to scrape and wash out, with iso you end up with a pair of tights you can bin (you can use a bubblebag if you want) and a jar you need to scrape. If you spill any iso, it just evaporates

Here are two pics i have found of why i shouldn't have done as i did
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Plenty of time in the pan and it still smelt of iso the moment you heated and worked it.

And yes, do it in small batches using as little iso as you can get away with else you'll be left for a few days waiting for a full liter of the stuff to evaporate and i can tell you, that stuff starts to get to your throat unless you have a well ventilated place to hide it away.

I had a contact timer mate a powerplant one with 4plugs on it rated for 4000 watts and the fucker failed, it was about 2 yrs old though and had been in some high humidity for a time just left abandoned in the shed, fucking thing cost me about £120 I think but like I said that was 2yrs ago.

shame about that mate it looks lovely and I'll heed your advice about the amount I use I was gonna go with a fair bit but I'll add it as needed now instead.
fucking hell there's some good info in these last couple of pages, I wonder how long it last until the next meltdown lol

 

[mrt1980]

And yes, do it in small batches using as little iso as you can get away with else you'll be left for a few days waiting for a full liter of the stuff to evaporate and i can tell you, that stuff starts to get to your throat unless you have a well ventilated place to hide it away.

i might wait till i get my tent back up and running before i fuck about with the iso then. i got enough white widow to last me anyway

 

[mrt1980]

I had a contact timer mate a powerplant one with 4plugs on it rated for 4000 watts and the fucker failed, it was about 2 yrs old though and had been in some high humidity for a time just left abandoned in the shed, fucking thing cost me about £120 I think but like I said that was 2yrs ago.

shame about that mate it looks lovely and I'll heed your advice about the amount I use I was gonna go with a fair bit but I'll add it as needed now instead.
fucking hell there's some good info in these last couple of pages, I wonder how long it last until the next meltdown lol

i got 1 of those contactors off ebay £26 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3KW-ECOTECHNICS-POWERSTAR-LIGHTING-CONTACTOR-RELAY-/360432904593?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item53eb79a991 i had to get my own timer tho

 

[tip top toker]

i might wait till i get my tent back up and running before i fuck about with the iso then. i got enough white widow to last me anyway

So far as i'm aware charcoal alone is not sufficient to filter iso fumes. I had to resort to essentially keeping the thing on my windowsill and the fumes still got in and you could still tell their presense. You really don't want to be inhaling those fumes for any prolonged period of time.

 

[IC3M4L3]

ive got one of those things ther got 2 plugson it,,,, i dont use it if anyone wants it say the word il even throw a timer in

 

[W Dragon]

i got 1 of those contactors off ebay £26 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3KW-ECOTECHNICS-POWERSTAR-LIGHTING-CONTACTOR-RELAY-/360432904593?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item53eb79a991 i had to get my own timer tho

Cheers mate I'll grab 2 of them instead of one of the ones I had it should make things alot easier aswell then having more points to plug things in on seperate timers as opposed to having one timer with 4 points.
Do you just use normal cheap timers then with that mate? I tried a few cheap timers in the past and none of them lasted longer than a day or 2 before they started failing to either turn the lights on or off, I know the contactor will help with this just wondering because I went into a new hydro shop down by me the other day and they were selling £18 timers that just looked like any normal cheap timer I think they were rated for 1800 watts but don't quote me lol

 

[IC3M4L3]

Cheers mate I'll grab 2 of them instead of one of the ones I had it should make things alot easier aswell then having more points to plug things in on seperate timers as opposed to having one timer with 4 points.
Do you just use normal cheap timers then with that mate? I tried a few cheap timers in the past and none of them lasted longer than a day or 2 before they started failing to either turn the lights on or off, I know the contactor will help with this just wondering because I went into a new hydro shop down by me the other day and they were selling £18 timers that just looked like any normal cheap timer I think they were rated for 1800 watts but don't quote me lol

yeh i used the ones the police cameround handing out for free workes like a charm

 

[The Yorkshireman]

I've got one of these 'plug and grow' jobs. Cheap as chips and they'll stand 1200w!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PLUG-AND-GROW-HEAVY-DUTY-TIMER-SWITCH-600W-GROW-LIGHT-/270732866707?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item3f08efb493#ht_1619wt_1031

 

[W Dragon]

yeh i used the ones the police cameround handing out for free workes like a charm

lol happy days I wish they would do something useful like that around here, the best I ever got off them was a room for the night with an itchy blanket lol

 

[tip top toker]

I've got one of these 'plug and grow' jobs. Cheap as chips and they'll stand 1200w!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PLUG-AND-GROW-HEAVY-DUTY-TIMER-SWITCH-600W-GROW-LIGHT-/270732866707?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item3f08efb493#ht_1619wt_1031

I use the exact same thing. Works like a charm.

 

[IC3M4L3]

lol yeh they came round hadning em out so we could have lights ona timer been in a burglary hotspot like,,, thought was a setup at 1st imo

 

[W Dragon]

I've got one of these 'plug and grow' jobs. Cheap as chips and they'll stand 1200w!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PLUG-AND-GROW-HEAVY-DUTY-TIMER-SWITCH-600W-GROW-LIGHT-/270732866707?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item3f08efb493#ht_1619wt_1031

cheers mate I'll grab 2 of the aswell when the time comes, I'll still run the contactor though as it keeps the misses from thinking the house could burn down lol I've pretty much convinced her that as long as we have a contactor nothing can go wrong lol

 

[IC3M4L3]

cheers mate I'll grab 2 of the aswell when the time comes, I'll still run the contactor though as it keeps the misses from thinking the house could burn down lol I've pretty much convinced her that as long as we have a contactor nothing can go wrong lol

really? is that wat ther for? like a trip switch?

 

[tip top toker]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contactor

 

[W Dragon]

really? is that wat ther for? like a trip switch?

Don't think so mate but they are supposed to regulate the supply properly, I'm not really sure though to be honest mate I've been under the impression that they will cut the supply should the demand exceed the rating, truth be known though it was just something I said to the misses to stop her worrying about all the electrics as I was buying the contact timer anyway lol

 

[W Dragon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contactor

And there's the answer copy and pasted by a smarter man than myself, will have a read now and see what it says.

 

[IC3M4L3]

Don't think so mate but they are supposed to regulate the supply properly, I'm not really sure though to be honest mate I've been under the impression that they will cut the supply should the demand exceed the rating, truth be known though it was just something I said to the misses to stop her worrying about all the electrics as I was buying the contact timer anyway lol

lol yeh same here!!! IF IT GIVES ME A QUIET LIFE haha IFACT im keepin it!!

lol guess who just walked bak thru the door!

 

[IC3M4L3]

And there's the answer copy and pasted by a smarter man than myself, will have a read now and see what it says.

lol was thinking of sum ball breaking comment on iteelignece needed for copy and pasted but hes turned bak up and my bloods boiling

OH yeh TT wat was it with the win 8 u dint like? u know its primarily for touch screen parantly? u got the KMS activator? and did u find yer se7en dvd? lemmi know if not il fly u one down

 

[tip top toker]

And there's the answer copy and pasted by a smarter man than myself, will have a read now and see what it says.

Lol, i copy and pasted because i'm not smart enough to take the info onboard and create my own explanation in such a short time frame I think essentially it is a device that allows the switching of higher rate currents, with a cheap timer the switching of a high current can cause the thing to melt or such. Either way it was a good purchase

Win 8 just looked pants, was overmade, counter intuitive based on however many decades of windows keeping the same layout etc. I mean it took me like 5 clicks just to be able to shut the thing down. It's designed for touchscreen and regular use, but it's just crap. Something so simple as a media player wasn't to be found, had to go off and download alternative software, their included software didn't have anything for music libraries, purely focused on web based media streaming and stores. No thanks, i'll stick with vista and 7. All for the best though, harddrive needed a format, was getting a bit full of shite

 

[W Dragon]

lol yeh same here!!! IF IT GIVES ME A QUIET LIFE haha IFACT im keepin it!!

lol guess who just walked bak thru the door!

My thinking exactly mate if it means the misses won't be on my back about electrical fires it's worth it's weight in gold lol

where's PUKKA when ya need him? I'm confused now, I might not bother with one if it's not needed and just tell the misses the timer has one built in lol she'd never know the difference.

Anyone else have any thoughts on if there needed?

Also I have no clue who just walked through ya front door mate but if we're guessing I'll take someone you know since you typed the question lol