40+ lbs with 12 Plants in 2 Rooms on a Flip

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Renfro

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
Yep!.. same thing is going to happen here. I've almost come to the conclusion that selling fresh frozen to processors can be just as profitable without the pain in the ass of wet trimming, drying and curing. I hate wet trimming. I do like watching the dry buds go though the Twister T4 tho. Prob the most entertaining part of it. LOL!
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Well I may be buying from you, we are going to be processors and growers. We passed on the retail part, fuck that shit, customers are dumb.
 
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Renfro said:
Well I may be buying from you, we are going to be processors and growers. We passed on the retail part, fuck that shit, customers are dumb.
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We've figured that out about adding on. And yeah, Im already sick of the retail end. Dispensaries bitching about high prices in a new market, and customers bitching because they found 1 seed in an eighth. (we had a few stealth hermies), but got them out just in the nick of time.
 
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The crappy part of this business, you can't deduct overhead on your federal taxes. UGGHHH... One guy won a case in court where they went at him for tax evasion. He only won the right to deduct his purchase of product to sell. But he still had to pay taxes on all that other overhead like building, power, employees....
 
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Renfro said:
The crappy part of this business, you can't deduct overhead on your federal taxes. UGGHHH... One guy won a case in court where they went at him for tax evasion. He only won the right to deduct his purchase of product to sell. But he still had to pay taxes on all that other overhead like building, power, employees....
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Right on.... we can't deduct anything except for cost of goods sold.
 
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Renfro said:
The crappy part of this business, you can't deduct overhead on your federal taxes. UGGHHH... One guy won a case in court where they went at him for tax evasion. He only won the right to deduct his purchase of product to sell. But he still had to pay taxes on all that other overhead like building, power, employees....
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DURR!!!
 
Renfro

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On another note:

My 10k bulbs seem to be doing their magic. Looking at the side buds (HPS) compared to the ones that get the overhead light, there is a noticeable difference in the amount of trichomes.

Also notice that my vertical 315 CMH area (sides between two rows) seems to be extra frosty too. Liking the CMH.

So, I am gonna take the two 1kW CMH lights that came in and pop them in room A when it flips in a few minutes.
 
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So, the 1kW Nanolux DE CMH doesn't like running with the ballast mounted remotely. Nothing, nada. :(

Changing the bulbs out in room A to the 10k. Gonna pack up the 1kW CMH and try to send them back.
 
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thenasty1 said:
i would be too. you would think the de manufacturers would have caught on to this by now. is it possible you just got a lemon?
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I doubt it's a lemon, I tried two bulbs and two ballasts. I have yet to try them with the ballast connected to the reflector.

Likely it's the extension. Thats all I can figure. Some HPS ballasts even wont strike the arc when using an extension but they pretty much worked that out with the newer stuff. FWIW the nanolux de 1kW HPS will run with the extension.

If they won't take them back I may just put them in VEG. Still sucks though as my setup won't allow me to run the ballast above the plants, I just can't change it out if it dies. I can barely change a bulb LoL I have to set a 2x12 across the trellis rig and sit on that to change a bulb out.
 
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Renfro said:
Still sucks though as my setup won't allow me to run the ballast above the plants, I just can't change it out if it dies. I can barely change a bulb LoL I have to set a 2x12 across the trellis rig and sit on that to change a bulb out.
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im right there with you on the low ceiling+de struggle. ive read stuff about loss of efficiency/output when running extensions, but ive never had any de hps/mh fail to fire when running remote. im surprised these cmh are doing you like that, especially considering their price tag+reasonably reputable manufacturer. that sucks man, i hope they make it right for you with minimal hassle
 
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Renfro said:
So, the 1kW Nanolux DE CMH doesn't like running with the ballast mounted remotely. Nothing, nada. :(

Changing the bulbs out in room A to the 10k. Gonna pack up the 1kW CMH and try to send them back.
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I asked a guy who owns a hydro store about getting an extension so I could run my DEs remotely.
He said the farther the current has to travel from the ballast to bulb the more wear it put on the wire n bulb, n can blow the bulbs, or cook the wire . Said it wasn’t a good idea.
I left it at that, n didn’t look into it anymore.

Maybe the Nano has a safety in it .
 
Renfro

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BigHornBuds said:
I asked a guy who owns a hydro store about getting an extension so I could run my DEs remotely.
He said the farther the current has to travel from the ballast to bulb the more wear it put on the wire n bulb, n can blow the bulbs, or cook the wire . Said it wasn’t a good idea.
I left it at that, n didn’t look into it anymore.

Maybe the Nano has a safety in it .
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Honestly as a former electrician that just sounds like he was making shit up. lol

I think it's just unable to strike an arc with the added resistance. Like some of the older SE HPS ballasts used to be.

Either way, the lights are a no go for me. :(
 
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