Looking all good there Guy! Have a great weekend 
My new grow space
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Rider509
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That'd be a blast. The only grower I know that's close to me bleeds HID if you cut him. No interest at all in LED technology.
You'd want to hook them up in parallel. Pos to pos and neg to neg, to maintain 46V.
This is where the mess is. I don't want to button everything up until I decide for sure what the final lighting layout will be.
I used 1.5x1x0.125 aluminum channel. The strips are attached with thermally conductive tape. Since I'm driving the strips gently heat isn't an issue. Choice of drivers in a parallel system is determined by how hard you want to drive them and how much headroom you want. I've got each group of four driven by an HLG-600H-48A. You could run six FB24Bs gently with that driver, or four FB24Bs and four F564Bs. During initial testing I hammered a group of four up to 660W with that driver. It's unfortunate that your idea didn't come up earlier as I could have run four 66" strips in testing for PPFD numbers. I'd have to rewire things to test it now and I'm too exhausted to even consider it. I have another tent and RDWC I have to get dialed in and I don't wanna do that either!
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Guy Cavallero
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It's all good Rider, you've been a huge help already. Definitely going to put all my thoughts and yours together on paper and see what I can come up with.That'd be a blast. The only grower I know that's close to me bleeds HID if you cut him. No interest at all in LED technology.
You'd want to hook them up in parallel. Pos to pos and neg to neg, to maintain 46V.
This is where the mess is. I don't want to button everything up until I decide for sure what the final lighting layout will be.
I used 1.5x1x0.125 aluminum channel. The strips are attached with thermally conductive tape. Since I'm driving the strips gently heat isn't an issue. Choice of drivers in a parallel system is determined by how hard you want to drive them and how much headroom you want. I've got each group of four driven by an HLG-600H-48A. You could run six FB24Bs gently with that driver, or four FB24Bs and four F564Bs. During initial testing I hammered a group of four up to 660W with that driver. It's unfortunate that your idea didn't come up earlier as I could have run four 66" strips in testing for PPFD numbers. I'd have to rewire things to test it now and I'm too exhausted to even consider it. I have another tent and RDWC I have to get dialed in and I don't wanna do that either!
For now, 2 layers of R8 later, all of my 12/2 & 10/2 wiring is pretty much covered up.
My flower room is getting this as well giving all the walls a minimum of R20 with the added benefit of the excellent sound attenuation of the Roxul.
flytier
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Christ, your shed is done up better than our house!
It's all good Rider, you've been a huge help already. Definitely going to put all my thoughts and yours together on paper and see what I can come up with.
For now, 2 layers of R8 later, all of my 12/2 & 10/2 wiring is pretty much covered up.
My flower room is getting this as well giving all the walls a minimum of R20 with the added benefit of the excellent sound attenuation of the Roxul.
This is Some awesome pro stuff! Well Done .
flytier
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No kidding!
Haha sometimes a compliment is Only telling you agree with the truth.
Coming along great man
flytier
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Just calling it as I see it. I wish I knew what end of a hammer to pick up.
Well I know that, but my body cant handle that kind of projects anymore... together we can build Two of them
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Guy Cavallero
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Thanks lol....My biggest fear is the cold. Gonna have to do some trials out there first to check out the temp fluctuations. Also best configuration for exhaust and intake. I'm thinking both should start/eliminate into my shop. That way the icicles won't form outside and the air will be somewhat heated as it's drawn in from outside if needed.
I've got a friend bringing over the remainder of the insulation tomorrow as well as the lighting that he's promised me....for the shop. I'll be installing the subpsnel tomorrow.
flytier
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I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the finished product. How much longer do you think you have with it?
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Guy Cavallero
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Whats the difference between RDWC and DWC?
SwAggNiFiCeNt
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I think rdwc uses a drip system also
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Guy Cavallero
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I'm thinking by the New Year all should be good to go. That'll give my present girls enough time to finish up and Christmas and New Year's off worry free. Although I don't know who I'm fooling, I'm already itching to start a new set of seeds lol.
425jesse
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Hey Guy! Make sure to take care to properly ground all your electrical wiring. I'm a low volt (not 120v) electrician, and don't have a ton experience with line voltage, but I do know that proper grounds are lifesavers! Hope you are well, your space is looking great!!
Cheers!
Cheers!
bignugz420
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Dwc is a single system, rdwc is recirculating
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Guy Cavallero
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There you go.....thanks Nugz. Good to have you brother.
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Guy Cavallero
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DAY 37
Okay so i did some bending and I did a pretty major defoliation on the girls yesterday, I didn't get a chance to look at them this morning before I left for work but they really needed it as a lot of the lower Bud sites were not getting the penetration.
Okay so i did some bending and I did a pretty major defoliation on the girls yesterday, I didn't get a chance to look at them this morning before I left for work but they really needed it as a lot of the lower Bud sites were not getting the penetration.
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Guy Cavallero
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I can't wait to get into my new space so that I can throw these two gallon pots in the garbage LOL....... All the time that we put into these girls and I'm limited to my pot sizes.....sheeesh!
