lighting question
- Thread starter Rdale
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jugz420
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Hey whats up Rdale, Do you have any pics to show us?
Also what are your current temps while light(S) on.?
What kind of light fixture do you have (brand)?
Not always 1000k watts is good, is all depend on the plant. For example, GDP can take 1000 watts any day it handles heat stress pretty well in the other hand like GSC doesnt need to much light, 750 is the max I go when doing girl scout cookies. Also you can bring down the wattage (600 watts) and lower your light =)
-Jugz
Rdale
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Wats up Jugz, I really appreciate the quick response! Well I have a extreme nano 1000 watt dimmable ballast with a 1000 watt horrilux bulb in a OG reflector hood. My Temps stay between 70 and 77 during lights on and 65-70 lights off. I turned the ballast down to 50% so my breaker wasn't tripping out. I was pulling 12.5 amps with my lights and another 9 with my ac (not on same circuit) but my lights were making my ac breaker do this wine noise bzzzzzz... yea so I turned down my lights from 100% to 50%. It seemed to stop that noise. should I turn it up to 75% atleast? Here r some pics
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past times
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i dont think you need to worry about her finishing. She looks nice and frosty. As for turning up to 75%...it is not necessary if that is your only plant. That said, if you start another grow with a bigger foot print to cover, the extra light could come in handy. I would test the 75% to know if it does anything with your breaker so you know for next grow 
jugz420
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Looking nice. Just play around between 50% or 75% she almost there, worst case scenario is that u let your girl go for an extra five days for density at the end if 50% down is not doing so well.
-Jugz
Rdale
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Thanks so much u guys! I've been through a journey with her stayed her on 3 shitty cfls with no nutes for basically 2 months veg then got some t5s and transplanted to a 10 gal smart pot, holy shit improvement out of no where! Shoots popping up every where so I took a couple clones waited for em to root and put mama into flower with the 1000 watt. only I put it in under 50% and 2 weeks later 75% and a week later 100% she has been loving the light so much I had to throw a net up and push her below them a bit. They have grown so much it's incredible! Here's some pics from start to now
