1BMM's CAVE....

I got the one with the timer, I feel like the built in timer make things a little easier but Im sure you can make it work either way

It's because the US was kind of ahead of everybody with electricification and the earliest production light bulbs could not handle 220 volts; they would pop. So by the time the bulbs were improved we had all this built infrastructurethat was dedicated to 120V. History is weird that way.

las fingerez said:

is that the crack with the voltage? i never knew that! lucky for us over here its all 230v

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cheers for info. i always wondered why US runs on 120v which is clearly safer, why the hell we still run 230v, surely they could of worked out a way of doing it by now. like making all electricals with a switch to change voltage, like on some pc power supplies. when the time comes for the change then everyone has 2 filp the switch, i suppose it all seems a bit simple to be that easy lmao

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masonman, I am running two pumps, got two foot long air stones hooked to each, one port for each stone. I haven't used that product, sorry I can't help ya' with that one but CAP makes some good stuff. You gonna run one thirty amp line to your grow room? You would draw much less amperage if you can run your ballast on two twenty. Your electric bill will be the same but less amps on the entire service.

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Thats what im after headsup. With the extension cords currently supplying the power from 3 dif curcuits it loads the lines up with amperage. Def got to cut that down.

las fingerez said:

is that the crack with the voltage? i never knew that! lucky for us over here its all 230v

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whodatnation said:

I got the one with the timer, I feel like the built in timer make things a little easier but Im sure you can make it work either way

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Thats the one I need Whodat. The one i was looking at dont have a timer on it. I did order one already but going to cancel it. Id much rather have the built in timer.

shnkrmn said:

It's because the US was kind of ahead of everybody with electricification and the earliest production light bulbs could not handle 220 volts; they would pop. So by the time the bulbs were improved we had all this built infrastructurethat was dedicated to 120V. History is weird that way.

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Very interesting bit of history on the electrics. Did not know that shnkrmn.

Well i found out today that since i got my water meter changed out with these new age smart meters that the city can tell exactly how much water im using and when. For example When i test flooded my hydro my bill went up. I called to find out why it has doubled since the old meter was changed and they proceeded to tell me we had a high volumne of water used on such and such date. Does your toilet run yada yada yada. WTF is the world coming to. I dont think i have anything to wory about but there is just no doing anything privately these days.

Whats worse is someday they are going to chnage out the old electric meters with smart meters and then they will know when the light come on, go off. Fuck man. Hopefully that will be awhile before that happens.

May have to look into solar panels when those days arrive.

Masonman, I had the same concerns with the older and somewhat sketchy wiring in my house so I wired up a C.A.P. MLC-4 that I found on CL for $70. I think too many people skip out on the high temp shut off, that things buys so much peace of mind it's ridiculous. Good wiring and proper precautions can save your plants, property, and lives. I've heard you want to be careful with the units with the timers built in as those tend to be the most common thing to break. The timer trigger works great for me, and if it breaks all I have to do is plug in another 120v timer.

Great thread guys. I really like your set up though Masonman, very clean and thoughtfully planned out. Just curious, have you thought of trying a run out as a recirculating DWC to compare?

Kicking the idea around Chron. Just not to sure it would recirculate very well in this particular setup. Once i have the system operational i will be emptying the entire garden once per day to adjust ph ec and then flooding the solution back in. I think checking the vitals once a day should suffice. If the ec and ph swing drastically i may be checking it twice per day. But with the amount of water in the garden im hoping it should remain somewhat stable. We shall see. Thanks for your intrest.

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Well i found out today that since i got my water meter changed out with these new age smart meters that the city can tell exactly how much water im using and when. For example When i test flooded my hydro my bill went up. I called to find out why it has doubled since the old meter was changed and they proceeded to tell me we had a high volumne of water used on such and such date. Does your toilet run yada yada yada. WTF is the world coming to. I dont think i have anything to wory about but there is just no doing anything privately these days.

Whats worse is someday they are going to chnage out the old electric meters with smart meters and then they will know when the light come on, go off. Fuck man. Hopefully that will be awhile before that happens.

May have to look into solar panels when those days arrive.

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SDG&E just installed the new power meters in my area. From July to August with almost the same usage for both months my bill went up $60! Like you said they know when you are using more/less electricity...charge more when you use more during peak periods. Bastards!!

1badmasonman said:

Well i found out today that since i got my water meter changed out with these new age smart meters that the city can tell exactly how much water im using and when. For example When i test flooded my hydro my bill went up. I called to find out why it has doubled since the old meter was changed and they proceeded to tell me we had a high volumne of water used on such and such date. Does your toilet run yada yada yada. WTF is the world coming to. I dont think i have anything to wory about but there is just no doing anything privately these days.

Whats worse is someday they are going to chnage out the old electric meters with smart meters and then they will know when the light come on, go off. Fuck man. Hopefully that will be awhile before that happens.

May have to look into solar panels when those days arrive.

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They all ready do know when your lights go on and off, the old bill over here check with the electric company looking for a patten i.e. high use for 12 hrs over a period of time before they come through the door and if you bypass the meter they can still find you, they look at how much electricity is being used in an area and how much they get paid for, i've also been advised that if you use to much electricity you get flagged up and they inform the old bill who then investigate, for that to happen you'd need to use 5000w+ so i'm told.

No sir I pay my bills. I dont think my usage is all that outrageous anyways. Summer time it goes up obviously because of AC. Winter because of the heater. Its all good in the hood bro.

Got my hydroton in lastnite. Topped the veg plants and am just a few parts yet away from getting this puppy in full swing.

I was standing at the bus stop, the board said, number 420 to 1BMM's cave due in 4minutes 20 seconds....next thing I know the bloody driver is just driving past, and I am chasing the bus like Peter fekkin dorky Parker....but "helaas pinderkaas", he drove off......So thats why I am late, sir. Here now though!!

Peace, DST

Heyy DST my homie. Glad you made it bru. lol nice late excuse ill let you slide this time hahaha. Definately glad to have you here

Still putzin. Getting the new equipment in piece by piece. Trying to wrap up last minute business for the year aswell. Got meself one hell of a cold today and feel like refried shit lol. So im layed up on the couch head pounding nose running blaaahh.

Loads of pics of the progress to come. 1BMM

Well it's Friday bru, so relax for the weekend. Hope your cold gets better. Both my Timewarps and up and doing there thing, as is a RomulanXTW..it's hopefull brother is still snoozing though.....have a good one old parts.

DST

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Heyy DST my homie. Glad you made it bru. lol nice late excuse ill let you slide this time hahaha. Definately glad to have you here

Still putzin. Getting the new equipment in piece by piece. Trying to wrap up last minute business for the year aswell. Got meself one hell of a cold today and feel like refried shit lol. So im layed up on the couch head pounding nose running blaaahh.

Loads of pics of the progress to come. 1BMM

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DST you have beat me to the punch on the TW bru. Got to get my shite together lol. Damn im a slacker

Well just waiting on my cap light controller and putting the works together.

Heres what i got so far.




8" to 4" comparison


Now thats a fucking carbon filter Phresh baby


This unit will be a stand in air cleanser and not duct in or out. I just cant make i happen and look incognito. I will keep my 4" to exhaust the room. Hopefully Big Daddy here takes care of the odour before leaving the room.


A nice thing to have for such a high powered fan. I dont always have to be run on full power to cleanse the air.


Very excited about this piece of gear.


I think i got plenty O hydroton lol. Plenty


And lastly for the equipment the HD airpumps. Lots of tinkering ahead for the Badman.

Looking in on the ladies.


Left side we have DOG kush 2&3. I topped them lastnite to try and bush them out a bit. Middle is the Headband 1&2 and far right is WW & BW. Im planning on taking some cuttings as soon as the flower room is 100% ready. Im a busy mofo with my fam + business so i tend to take my time and be discreet with my hobby. I dont want my kids involved at all. So i do have a limited window of time to work on the room as you can imagine.


This is DOG kush #1 that got snapped off. She is doing just fkn great I think im finally getting my bubble cloning down so cold that the cuttings dont even yellow. At least with this one. And it has added a few nodes while rooting.


Im really suprised myself how well this top has rooted and survived thus far.

Tonight I was going to put this Dog in soil to become a mother. But i decided that she will be my ginny pig. I want to get a good handle on hydro before i attemp to fill an entire room. I must say so far shes only had some Tiger bloom. Looks to be lacking some N so I added a 1/4 tsp of JC 20-20-20 to the res. This is going to be my basic feeding and im curious to see if the N kicks in.

In just a few more freaking days ill be free to finish out this room and get rolling. Got to make hay whilst the suns shining.

and through all the madness I got my Trainwreck jarred up today. Probably around 5-7 oz. Smells Killa haha.





1BMM

trainwreak looks yummy...your girls look healthy too.. i have used those Phresh filters a few times and they work well..you should have no real probs with oder.

glad you got your gear in working order.
the girls look healthy as always. and dam that TW looks to be some very good smoke

MEANGREEN69 said:

trainwreak looks yummy...your girls look healthy too.. i have used those Phresh filters a few times and they work well..you should have no real probs with oder.

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Glad to here that Mean Green. I had to resort to Ozone last few grows and i dont like it. Bad for your health. So Im stoked about this setup.

mcpurple said:

glad you got your gear in working order.
the girls look healthy as always. and dam that TW looks to be some very good smoke

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Thanks Mcp. Yep the Trainwreck looks good and smokes good. It tastes so much diffrent from the indoor. Well obviously the indoor is way more potent but still the outdoor is some fire.

MEANGREEN69 said:

trainwreak looks yummy...your girls look healthy too.. i have used those Phresh filters a few times and they work well..you should have no real probs with oder.

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That's always nice to hear.

Masonman, I got my fan, waiting on my phresh filter to arrive. I went with the six inch vortex and filter, I don't think I need an eight. It looks to me like you are starting to hit your stride. Nice new shiny baubles to play with, new meters and new rocks, what more could you ask for?

Im getting ready too headsup haha. I cant wait. I have to finish up one last brick job before i can devote all of my attention to this grow. Its going to be my biggest indoor yet. And it will likely be a perpetual cycle once i get all the new gear dialed in.

I think you are well into the safe zone with a 6" fan and filter bro. I just figured Id someday need an 8 since thats just me hahah. I like being prepared by golly 1BMM

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Glad to here that Mean Green. I had to resort to Ozone last few grows and i dont like it. Bad for your health. So Im stoked about this setup.



Thanks Mcp. Yep the Trainwreck looks good and smokes good. It tastes so much diffrent from the indoor. Well obviously the indoor is way more potent but still the outdoor is some fire.

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i love the way outdoor taste, around here the outdoor is just as if not more potent then indoor, i really dont see how indoor could be more potent