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ACitizenofColorado

ACitizenofColorado

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MisterBlah said:
There's a product banded Zacsil and also one branded Agsil 16H. They are the same powdered potassium silicate. Agsil 16H seems to be easier to find. So, google Agsil 16H and you'll find plenty of shops on the Internet.

I do not know of any in Colorado, right now. Although, I'm sure I'll end up carrying it sometime soon.
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@MisterBlah, when you say you'll carry it, sounds like you have a store. Thanks for your contributions, btw.
 
MisterBlah

MisterBlah

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newgrower89

newgrower89

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ttystikk said:
Hey now, lots of manic depressive people are highly successful; write when you're manic, edit when you're depressed! Worked for Mark Twain, right? Lol
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I have my best appifanies when I'm manic. I also just caught a number a couple years ago too! So for me its all about focusing that energy towards something productive.
 
pop22

pop22

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Grossly inefficient......
Waiks said:
Hows this: www.overclockers.com/the-peltier-radiator/

Peltier sammiched in between two arctic alpine 11 heatsinks. Hot side has the fan cooling it, cold side is sealed to a water container. Water pump in the container with the input connected to one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011U5C62I/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_lyY1wbVX7YBVY

I'll have the water block directly in contact with the cold sink in the water. The pump will suck the water in the container through the block and the output will be connected to the fan coil. The heated water comes back around to splash back into the rez to be cooled down again.

I could set a thermostat controller for the peltier part to only come on when the air being blown from the fan gets too warm.

I could even scrap the fan w/ coil and just have the cold water running through a cpu radiator with a fan connected. Small cooling capacity, small water rez, small fan, small space to cool.

I'll be sketching some designs later
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ttystikk

ttystikk

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Waiks said:
Agreed :D
I like to tinker though. My newest design is a lot more fine tuned. I'll have a write up on here when it's pau.
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I didn't comment on the system before because I wasn't familiar with all the components. In general, simple is robust and reliable. Water need not be complicated as long as circuits are kept straightforward.
 
Michael Huntherz

Michael Huntherz

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ttystikk said:
To explain; first, everyone has their own set of priorities. I understand they differ for different situations, legal environments, desired outcomes, etc.

As a horticultural systems designer, it's my job to meet the needs of my clients and customers, not dictate what they should be.

No one WANTS to throw quality under the bus in the chase for yield, but it's an easy choice that does fill the grower's wallet. Ignoring this reality is an ivory tower mistake.

Yet, I feel strongly that quality and quantity are not mutually exclusive goals and that Big Cannabis is never going to be as much of a commodity business as corn or pork bellies. Quality always has, still does, and increasingly will count for a great deal of the price going forward.

To this end, I'm attacking the yield side aggressively, by reducing the square footage, reducing the necessary power requirements and reducing the needed manhours per unit of volume produced.

Yet nothing in the book of efficiency improvements precludes greater returns, nor is there an absolute tradeoff to the quality of the end product. In short, I seek to push the boundaries of performance without trampling on the plant any more than necessary- and that's a standard set by the customer. There's the dispensary/warehouse operator who has one set of requirements and then there's THEIR customer, whose needs might be substantially different.

In short, one ignores quality at great peril to reputation and bottom line.
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I was just in Washington for a job interview, it looks like I will be moving to Seattle soon, I will know tomorrow. I was vastly underwhelmed with the quality of the recreational dispensary flowers I encountered. I bought several name-brand strains from various growers, all supposedly top shelf. They were uniformly disappointing, the cure was rushed, very obviously. There is a huge opportunity for growers with the sense to run two month cures, in Washington, now if they would just let people get a license to produce it. Their laws are insane, it is a wonder it ever got legalized at all. What a fucking racket they are running, no real competition, totally rigged market. I am ranting.
 
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ttystikk

ttystikk

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Michael Huntherz said:
I was just in Washington for a job interview, it looks like I will be moving to Seattle soon, I will know tomorrow. I was vastly underwhelmed with the quality of the recreational dispensary flowers I encountered. I bought several name-brand strains from various growers, all supposedly top shelf. They were uniformly disappointing, the cure was rushed, very obviously. There is a huge opportunity for growers with the sense to run two month cures, in Washington, now if they would just let people get a license to produce it. Their laws are insane, it is a wonder it ever got legalized at all. What a fucking racket they are running, no real competition, totally rigged market. I am ranting.
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Yes, it's a complete mess. But that's how our country 'works' now.

In the short run, there's cash to be made in selling mids to tourists for top dollar. In the longer term, customer is king.
 
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