Recent content by Sxott

Ok My thinking is back to a solar panel and super-capacitor. More recharges and no need to worry about overcharging.

Im no electrician but, I have an idea for a project to run past some of you brainy types here. I was looking for a way to make a simple flower initiator. First I was thinking about a 12v source (or solar panel) with a capacitor and trying to figure out how many farads in capacitor would...

Yes. One plant per 2x4 tent. I have a few tents thou. One tent vegs for 2 months while one flowers. A new cut gets taken from veg tent 2 weeks before flower to start over each time. I only kick the power up to full when the buds begin to set in.

Culture box? Meaning the tent? Its a Secret Jardin 2x4 DR120W I can barely hear the fans.

Check your ducting for lose tape around connections and things like that. Something can be causing a venturi effect and pulling unfiltered air into your exhaust duct

I dont think Im pushing them that hard. They are still over 51% efficient. I think around a 1000 PPFD is where ya wanna be. They do freak out if I dont work them up to the full power. I have been lazy lately and running them full power this last run and just putting them up higher and let the...

IIll be using 3590 3500K for my next build. Getting ready to order the cobs tonight :)

The plus side about harvesting that early is that your buds will make beautiful golden oil.

That sucks dude, I was subbed to this :( I deal with inspections sometimes too. I moved from tents to hanging my Leds on 2x4 shelves from Home Depot with metal bars zip tied to the top (to hang LEDS) . I have a supply of big ass boxes. Come inspection, I push the shelves against the wall, put...

This chart is good info. Its derived from a government study done on cannabis. I like your red chart too Rahz :) I design mine to be 1200 - 1300 because I know I will always be hitting over 1000 at the canopy with whatever losses I get from scatter or what not. But I dont kick it up to full...

I have made my lights from both of those: Here they are: 10x cxb3070 AD 3000k ~ 2x HLG-185-1050C Designed for a 2x4 space 365 (dissipation W) * .5128 (COB efficiency) = 187 PAR W 187 PAR W/8 ft² = 23.4 PAR W/ft² 23.4 * 10.7 (ft² in 1 m²) = 250 PAR W/m² 250 * 4.88 (umol/PAR W for CXA 3000K) =...

Id say for what you want , get 9 cxb3070 3500k and lay them out for a perfect square pattern. ( 3x3 16" centers) Put 5 of them on a HLG-240H-C1400 (in a #5 dice pattern) and the other 4 on a HLG-185H-C1400 Whatevers clever for heatsinks Use the one on the 240 to veg and flip on the other 4 at...

Thanks for straighten me out fellas. I was thinking the 50k pot would only let me dim it down to 50% (not start at 50) I do have almost 5v across the pot. Thats great news. Ill see if I have a 100k in my build boxes somewhere or swing by radioshack tomorrow. I will prob still keep it at 50%...

When I put 100k on there it dims all the way down to nothing. I was under the impression that the higher the resistance, the lower it goes. The pot goes from zero resistance - 50K ohms. I hope your right because then my light will be 2x brighter if I swap out pots. The light looks just as...

I hope so Here is the Datasheet