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DCobeen said:
In the day i dont use much at all. i run my big shit at night when we sleep so nothing is on except the grow rooms.
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I've broken the twenty four hour day into four six hour quadrants. Each quadrant has a different mix of lighting on, and thus I'm able to spread the loads;

Midnight to six am; 50 amps, plus 35 for pumps, fans and HVAC
Six am to noon; 50 amps, plus the 35
Noon to six; 60 amps, plus
Six to midnight; 60 amps, plus the usual.

I highly recommend anyone running around the clock operations make themselves a power management schedule, so they know what's on and how close they are to tripping their breakers.

It's been well documented here that my HVAC system is comprised of water chilling gear. Therefore, the same system provides cooling and dehuey in every space, independent of where it is or when it's on.
 
a senile fungus said:
How're the CMHs treating ya buddy?

I'm closer and closer everyday to making what we discussed be a reality.
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The 860W CDM lamps work well, love the spectrum- BUT. The HPS room looks better right now. I'm not letting one run sway me one way or the other, but the HPS room looks pretty strong by comparison at this stage of the cycle.

It honestly isn't what I want to see, either- but I refuse to labor under any misconceptions I can avoid or eliminate.
 
I just did my good deed for the day; I spoke to a kid, maybe 23, who has arthritis in his hip. He's a cashier at the local grocery store, making somewhere between an insult and a kick in the balls, so he can't afford to buy medicine even though it helps a lot.

I gave him a quarter off the top of my best plant and some hard candy with kief in it. I'll see him regularly because he's right around the corner, so I'll know when he needs more.

Medicaid is jerking him around because he's a kid and doesn't know any better. In what world is that acceptable?
 
good to see u still rockin' the silo TTy. missed your postings elsewhere and followed you here so im enjoying the information once again. I was curious what your regimen is these days. as soon as my posting ct is up ill im you for some details. peace bro!

PnL
 
Pancho-N-Lefty said:
good to see u still rockin' the silo TTy. missed your postings elsewhere and followed you here so im enjoying the information once again. I was curious what your regimen is these days. as soon as my posting ct is up ill im you for some details. peace bro!

PnL
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Hey long time no see! I'm still plugging away, doing my thing. What regimen are you referring to?
 
ttystikk said:
I've broken the twenty four hour day into four six hour quadrants. Each quadrant has a different mix of lighting on, and thus I'm able to spread the loads;

Midnight to six am; 50 amps, plus 35 for pumps, fans and HVAC
Six am to noon; 50 amps, plus the 35
Noon to six; 60 amps, plus
Six to midnight; 60 amps, plus the usual.

I highly recommend anyone running around the clock operations make themselves a power management schedule, so they know what's on and how close they are to tripping their breakers.

It's been well documented here that my HVAC system is comprised of water chilling gear. Therefore, the same system provides cooling and dehuey in every space, independent of where it is or when it's on.
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I stager my light and dark periods but i run new circuits when i build my grow at a new house. I dont like running my breakers at there max.
 
Dr.D81 said:
I stager my light and dark periods but i run new circuits when i build my grow at a new house. I dont like running my breakers at there max.
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I didn't, either- they pop too much, lol

I didn't have the chance to move into this space with a lot of money, so I'm upgrading as I have time.

Once I started tripping breakers the race was on to find the solution- but in my case it was trivially simple; I have no fewer than three electricians amongst my friends and associates. One came out and we walked through and talked out the needed upgrades and they were installed less than a week later.

Now my 100A load runs on 150A service, plenty of headroom.
 
I would if running what you are do a 200 amp with 30 amp fuses with the better wiring also. costs 2x more but that way you dont stress anything.
 
DCobeen said:
I would if running what you are do a 200 amp with 30 amp fuses with the better wiring also. costs 2x more but that way you dont stress anything.
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I don't need double my draw in headroom, just fifty percent over continuous loads is way plenty according to the manuals and any of the three electricians involved.

The other consideration was the long and expensive process- including oversight board approvals- to go from 150A to 200A. The extra three or four grand just wasn't worth it- at least, not here.

One of my design objectives is to remain under 100A in total draw at all times. There just isn't enough other shit in the house to need more than 150A.
 
wow its expensive out there. Here $2k gets you duel 150 boxes once can be 30 amp fuses for grow and 1 for house with 20's. but im in the midwest so they dont charge as much. I hear you load and clear. your grow has cost you allot to setup.
 
DCobeen said:
wow its expensive out there. Here $2k gets you duel 150 boxes once can be 30 amp fuses for grow and 1 for house with 20's. but im in the midwest so they dont charge as much. I hear you load and clear. your grow has cost you allot to setup.
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That's not even the half of it; all the shit that I've bought, used and discarded adds up even more!
 
The task at hand tonight is the building and installation of a compressorless chiller made from the radiator from a recently departed Mitsubishi Lancer. The water will pass through the radiator and the fans will draw cold air through the radiator and chill the water.

It only works if outside temps are cooler than the temperature of my cooling circuit, but this is Colorado...and it IS almost November, so I'm not too worried about it for the next few months!

So far, I've got the radiator and fans all set up and working. Now for the installation of the water lines and seeing just how much of a difference she makes!

I'm hoping it makes a big difference, it has to replace a three horsepower unit that just pissed itself all over my house.
 
New Age United said:
So you were suggesting a car radiator hooked up to a water pump with a fan blowing in, hooked up to a thermostat, right?
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Even simpler than that;

Car radiator is hooked up to the water circulation system, which carries cold water to the air handler in my room- another car radiator, lol One pump drives all the water in the whole cooling system, so the outside radiator doesn't even need its own pump.

Also, since I have a chiller on the same circuit, I already have all the temperature control I need for the water. When daytime temperatures rise above the setpoint of the cooling circuit water, a thermostat shuts the fan off so the system doesn't add heat during the day while it's warm outside.

Fan SUCKS, not blows cold air thru radiator with sixty degree water in it. The water loses heat and heads back into the house, ready to chill and thrill! Extra bonus; my outside patio is now in the fifties allllllll winter long, lol
 
And yes, it works very well indeed. I'm estimating it's good for a Ton of cooling for roughly every fifteen degrees of outside air temperature below sixty f.

It would be really nice to have some way of calculating how many BTus this system is shedding.
 
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