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Chilledgrowlights · Jul 17, 2020

tman42 said:
Received my Growcraft x6 1000w DIY kit yesterday and got it put together and up in my tent tonight. Said goodbye to my last HPS, used to have 3k in HPS and now I have 3k in LED's. Can't wait to see how this light does, got it put up at the end of week two of 12/12 so next run will be it from veg to flower. Big thanks to Austin @Chilledgrowlights for the help and always getting back to me right away, excellent customer service.View attachment 4626708 View attachment 4626709 View attachment 4626710

Beautiful! Can't wait to see what you're able to pull off.

If you need any help making the transition to LED let me know and I'd be glad to help!

Cheers and happy growin'

-Austin

larrypizzimp93 · Jul 17, 2020

tman42 said:
Received my Growcraft x6 1000w DIY kit yesterday and got it put together and up in my tent tonight. Said goodbye to my last HPS, used to have 3k in HPS and now I have 3k in LED's. Can't wait to see how this light does, got it put up at the end of week two of 12/12 so next run will be it from veg to flower. Big thanks to Austin @Chilledgrowlights for the help and always getting back to me right away, excellent customer service.View attachment 4626708 View attachment 4626709 View attachment 4626710

How hot does it run?

Kindbuds303 · Jul 17, 2020

larrypizzimp93 said:
How hot does it run?

Very cool actually especially with driver outside of tent

Snob · Jul 17, 2020

larrypizzimp93 said:
How hot does it run?

The only time i checked, the light was on 1k and the heat sync bars were like 120 degrees.

F80M4 · Jul 17, 2020

tman42 said:
Received my Growcraft x6 1000w DIY kit yesterday and got it put together and up in my tent tonight. Said goodbye to my last HPS, used to have 3k in HPS and now I have 3k in LED's. Can't wait to see how this light does, got it put up at the end of week two of 12/12 so next run will be it from veg to flower. Big thanks to Austin @Chilledgrowlights for the help and always getting back to me right away, excellent customer service.View attachment 4626708 View attachment 4626709 View attachment 4626710 View attachment 4626705

Hoping to see some monsters

tman42 · Jul 17, 2020

larrypizzimp93 said:
How hot does it run?

I will have to check this out tonight after it comes on and runs for a bit but with the drivers outside of the tent it will be a welcome from the heat of the old 1k HPS.

tman42 · Jul 19, 2020

larrypizzimp93 said:
How hot does it run?

So I have had to turn my exhaust fan down to around 50% in this tent now and the temps are hanging around 81 degrees. I have a little clip fan blowing on each of the drivers so those are staying just warm to the touch (hanging outside of tent). I love the dimming feature as I have them up to around 85 to 90% and the plants are loving it.

Kindbuds303 · Jul 19, 2020

tman42 said:
So I have had to turn my exhaust fan down to around 50% in this tent now and the temps are hanging around 81 degrees. I have a little clip fan blowing on each of the drivers so those are staying just warm to the touch (hanging outside of tent). I love the dimming feature as I have them up to around 85 to 90% and the plants are loving it.

Are u in flower currently with those temps I’m assuming?

Snob · Jul 19, 2020

i ended up getting about 140 grams of rosin from this run. the return was around 3%. not as high as i had hoped.

tman42 · Jul 19, 2020

Kindbuds303 said:
Are u in flower currently with those temps I’m assuming?

Yes I just started week 3 of flower in there and am shooting for temps of 83 or so with this LED setup.

end_of_the_tunnel · Jul 20, 2020

Snob said:
i ended up getting about 140 grams of rosin from this run. the return was around 3%. not as high as i had hoped.

If continuing with the Growcraft, maybe backing off the wattage for last 2 weeks might be an experiment?

Rocket Soul · Jul 20, 2020

Snob said:
i ended up getting about 140 grams of rosin from this run. the return was around 3%. not as high as i had hoped.

So you had about 4 kilos of wet weight?

Barristan Whitebeard · Jul 20, 2020

Rocket Soul said:
So you had about 4 kilos of wet weight?

A couple pages back Snob said the wet weight was 5664 grams.

Snob · Jul 20, 2020

Barristan Whitebeard said:
A couple pages back Snob said the wet weight was 5664 grams.

I think this was actually more like 5k grams. Not sure how many Kilo's that is. Wouldnt that be 5 if 1k grams is 1 kilo. 2400 grams wet. is about 1 pound of dry

end_of_the_tunnel · Jul 20, 2020

Snob said:
I think this was actually more like 5k grams. Not sure how many Kilo's that is. Wouldnt that be 5 if 1k grams is 1 kilo. 2400 grams wet. is about 1 pound of dry

Yes, metric is simple like that. Coming from a time and place where weed was all that was around, find the idea of these more modern products enticing. So with live rosin, you take the product from wet raw material through to icy bubble bags, to pressed trichomes oozing their goods out through those rosin bags pressed between hot plates. The senses must swim with the smell. But how is the value of that compared to whatever the dried bud would have been worth? Guess you would not do it if it wasn't worth it.

Snob · Jul 20, 2020

end_of_the_tunnel said:
Yes, metric is simple like that. Coming from a time and place where weed was all that was around, find the idea of these more modern products enticing. So with live rosin, you take the product from wet raw material through to icy bubble bags, to pressed trichomes oozing their goods out through those rosin bags pressed between hot plates. The senses must swim with the smell. But how is the value of that compared to whatever the dried bud would have been worth? Guess you would not do it if it wasn't worth it.

After you wash it in the bubble bags you need to freeze dry it before pressing it. If you get a return over 2.2% you make profit over dry flower. Its also much easier to harvest since you dont need to dry or trim everything. Rosin prices are around 45-50 wholesale and 80-100 retail.

hybridway2 · Jul 20, 2020

Snob said:
After you wash it in the bubble bags you need to freeze dry it before pressing it. If you get a return over 2.2% you make profit over dry flower. Its also much easier to harvest since you dont need to dry or trim everything. Rosin prices are around 45-50 wholesale and 80-100 retail.

Proffit over flower? Hard to see, especially when everything is wholesale.
I could never, few #'s of lowers & popcorn, yes, but a crop. Only if it got messed up for me.

end_of_the_tunnel · Jul 20, 2020

Snob said:
After you wash it in the bubble bags you need to freeze dry it before pressing it. If you get a return over 2.2% you make profit over dry flower. Its also much easier to harvest since you dont need to dry or trim everything. Rosin prices are around 45-50 wholesale and 80-100 retail.

No idea of availability or prices over here. But have a feeling market could not carry profitable return. Likely people turn to cheaper imports from Spain judging from comments.

Snob · Jul 20, 2020

hybridway2 said:
Proffit over flower? Hard to see, especially when everything is wholesale.
I could never, few #'s of lowers & popcorn, yes, but a crop. Only if it got messed up for me.

i guess it depends on what you get for flower. A 4% return on rosin would make 1# 4800$. (wholesale) if you get more for your dried flower, hats off.

end_of_the_tunnel · Jul 20, 2020

I have to mull this over. Very interesting. What are some popular varieties for decent hash/rosin returns?

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