which is better 240v or 120v

honestly, i don't even read half your posts cause they are just too boring. no offense but i came here for entertainment, grow ideas, and to help others with their grows. i didn't come for a college course on electricity. i build high end homes for a living. there is a reason; beyond cost; for wiring houses in 240v and large appliances as well. the transfer of amps at higher voltage is more efficient. the wires also run cooler.

how about some bud porn? you sound like you need to smoke one dude.

some vegging plants i took out to stretch their legs in the sun
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just put these into flower a few days ago. day 10 of 12/12 in this pic.
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some flowering girls. day 55 in this pic
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harvest time. 1 plant down.
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i felt the same way to much stupid shit to go back and correct, better to start the questions from scratch, i think the troll needs some real bud and not some porn

polyarcturus said:

i felt the same way to much stupid shit to go back and correct, better to start the questions from scratch, i think the troll needs some real bud and not some porn

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yea, i stopped paying attention when he started talking about ohms law. i love it when guys come on here and just regurjitate that shit like they just discovered the fountain of youth or the meaning of life. sounds like a kid who just got done with some freshman engineering course at ITT Tech and is now an "expert." lmao...

don't flame me please. just fucking around.

Don't be dissing the ohms law LOL
it is nothing to be afraid of
knowledge is power so they say

Nice plants.

No offense taken. I enjoy the scientific aspect of it.

Ranges and dryers are typically larger loads than most growers will ever utilize.

Unless a grower is using a fairly substantial amount of lighting, operating a ballast at 240 volts vs 120 offers almost no cost savings on your electric bill, and it certainly won't change the way you control the environment of your grow space...

Once you are running 4k plus of lighting the only advantage as far as I'm concerned, from a REAL cost savings stand point, is the money you'll save having to run fewer branch circuits. The heat dissapated by a 120 volt circuit vs a 240 volt circuit should never be the reason you go to 240, unless the heat is being caused by an overload situation.

Once conductors are over loaded, and the heat cannot dissipate from the conductors, you actually increase the resistance of your copper losses. This in turn DOES cause a greater power consumption. As long as you have the ampacity in your branch circuits to carry the load without overloading it, no one really has a reason to go to 240 volts.

When to go to 240...
Your branch circuits are greater than 100 feet away from your loads.
If you need to add another branch circuit to handle a greater load.

When not to go to 240...
When you think your going to save money on your electric bill. Or when you think that it will drop the temperature of your grow space.

ScoobyDoobyDoo:7623797 said:

polyarcturus said:

i felt the same way to much stupid shit to go back and correct, better to start the questions from scratch, i think the troll needs some real bud and not some porn

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yea, i stopped paying attention when he started talking about ohms law. i love it when guys come on here and just regurjitate that shit like they just discovered the fountain of youth or the meaning of life. sounds like a kid who just got done with some freshman engineering course at ITT Tech and is now an "expert." lmao...

don't flame me please. just fucking around.

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Then don't flame me for chosing to use scientific evidence to support my conclusions... You just admitted that the extent of your knowledge on electricity stems from building houses.

I'm not going to criticise you for passing up a chance to learn something, but likewise, don't criticize me for chosing to understand something and trying to explain it for those who do care.

nice colas m8, how much did they shrink when dry they look like the spongy type that shrinks alot
i have just taken down some big colas they are shrinking by the day as they dry
i like it when a bud keeps its size, i have some very hard dense nugs too on other strains that keep a good fatness

peace

Total.Hydroponic.Control said:

Then don't flame me for chosing to use scientific evidence to support my conclusions... You just admitted that the extent of your knowledge on electricity stems from building houses.

I'm not going to criticise you for passing up a chance to learn something, but likewise, don't criticize me for chosing to understand something and trying to explain it for those who do care.

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don't get all butthurt. you sound like a high school kid. i was just correcting your mistakes and having a laugh. feel free to ignore me.

skunkd0c said:

nice colas m8, how much did they shrink when dry they look like the spongy type that shrinks alot
i have just taken down some big colas they are shrinking by the day as they dry
i like it when a bud keeps its size, i have some very hard dense nugs too on other strains that keep a good fatness

peace

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not too much loss of size. those buds are really tight. i'll take another pic for you in a few days when they are dried out.

ScoobyDoobyDoo:7623908 said:

Total.Hydroponic.Control said:

Then don't flame me for chosing to use scientific evidence to support my conclusions... You just admitted that the extent of your knowledge on electricity stems from building houses.

I'm not going to criticise you for passing up a chance to learn something, but likewise, don't criticize me for chosing to understand something and trying to explain it for those who do care.

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don't get all butthurt. you sound like a high school kid. i was just correcting your mistakes and having a laugh. feel free to ignore me.

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I guess that makes me an educated high school kid? Thanks for the compliment.
Why would I be butt hurt over that?

I work in process control and discrete manufacturing... I live for the numbers... The numbers and science are the difference between productivity and waste.

Total.Hydroponic.Control said:

I guess that makes me an educated high school kid? Thanks for the compliment.
Why would I be butt hurt over that?

I work in process control and discrete manufacturing... I live for the numbers... The numbers and science are the difference between productivity and waste.

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you lost me at "i guess"

Yup... many way's to light-up the setup. 110v setup, more amperage less voltage vs 220v more voltage less amperage.
110v spins the meter quicker but in the end.... we all pay the kilowatt's consumed (watts). The advantage of 220v is being
able to put more ballast's on one circuit. The MLC-4 or MLC-8 w/out timer (by CAP) is a niffty device, 2 hot's one neutral and
external timer.... look at the specs on the ballast, it should indicate what amps it consumes 110v vs 220v.
Hope this helps

lol.

must have at least ten characters

It does create the same amount of heat but you have two wire distributing the load and your amperage would be:

240v 120v
1000w 1000w

4.17A 8.34A
14AWG 14AWG

therefore, you are putting less stress on the conductors due to a lower amperage on a 14 AWG wire. (meaning 2 wires are sharing the load)