Shiggity Goes Mad Scientist: Paving The Yellowbrix Road With DIY Adventures!

ShiddenBrix said:
Hey Shiggs, awesome stuff going on here. Love the look of that rosin! What is the best way to learn how to press rosin for a noob in your opinion? Just about to harvest in a week or so and will have some stuff to experiment with soon.
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All depends on your budget. I would start in the rosin press thread but I can surely answer any questions you may have. First what is your goal and what is your budget? I will tell you right now you will love it so don't worry too much about the trying out with a hair straightener because that's kind of like growing in red solo cups to see if you like growing cannabis lmao.
Buckshot317 said:
You would have to fuse each driver for sure if going to be on indefinitely.
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I will be fusing each board for the quantums in parallel. Fusing the power cord before the drivers just makes sense for so many reasons. I don't think having them "on" will add or subtract from that need. If they are dimmed to zero then even though power is run to the driver I think it's no more active than a TV waiting for an on signal.
 
Honestly my goal is to not pay $50/g for dabs and $260+ for zips! I dab about a gram a week + my flower expenses (z/mo), i was doing some math like wtf am I doing spending so much so often... That's the whole reason I started growing, to cut out the flower expense.

I thought dabs were pressed through butane or c02 all scientifically with really expensive equipment. I just recently learned of rosin and tried some, and damn was it flavorful. I'm a noob. Didn't realize it was something that I could make.

When I look at the big picture, another $500 or so investment is fine to get setup to start supplying my own quality dabs too. Thanks for your help.
 
Buckshot317 said:
I can't remember for sure, but hlg in idle still pulls around 5 to 7 watts. So basically like sat receiver or TV, doesn't pull enough to matter. You can always put each driver on a spst switch if your wiring multiple drivers on a plug
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There's a chance I may not bother to try and dim the big meanwell drivers except by hand and just get a bluefish mini or other controller that will work with the LDD drivers for the monos. I imagine most of the time I will be running the big meanwells at full intensity, especially once I add the Co2 generator. So I could just use a digital timer for those.
It will be awhile for me just to get the white 3000k boards in. And then I will need to run them a full cycle at least before adding monos. Want to make sure I have everything basically led covered for flower and with CMH in veg.
 
Hey Shiggity, gotta say you've inspired me. I've been running bho for years now but yesterday I decided to check out rosin presses....don't ask where I've been...I don't know either lol.
Spent most of the day drawing up some nice plans for a press build and tomorrow am I'm heading to a metal supply warehouse to pick up some thick (1 1/4") aluminum flat stock and some 1/2" steel flat stock for overkill lol
I will be building the jig, press and it will have an intergral digital temp controler.
It will be great to not have to run extractions outside anymore and no vac chamber...what will I do with all my free time??? LoL
 
Shiggs, I think I found you a controller, this will handle the whole neighborhood. Totally programmable, I asked GE tech some questions, it will do sunrise and sunset, whatever you program it to do. How come they don't offer this in a smaller scale. Does about 20 types of dimming together.
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Buckshot317 said:
Yea, your setup is lot bigger. Now those interface boards can handle up to 1200 watts, 300 a channel. Or you can double that if your using 240v.

I too ashamed to say how much I got tied up in his stuff, and I only have 6-90w boards. He seems to make a great product, but is fairly expensive, about the same as using cxb 3590's, as dollar per watt.
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Post up a link.. running 120vAC thru a board out to the psu doesn't sound quite right to me. Unless there's a PSU circuit on the board to output DC to the device maybe?? If that's the case the limiting factor will be the transformer.... good trannys are expensive! :thedoubletake::cheesygrinsmiley:


OK posted before I got to the pic of the switching device. Have to look at the specs on the inputs to the switches. Looks like programmable relays.... not sure how it regulates voltage??
 
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Bobrown here is the device he was talking about to link the controller to the individual grow light channels.

I believe the V in is on the left and down bottom there are sockets for the overcurrent and over temp and also the dimming leads it looks like. It's a nice piece of PCB but quite pricey for what it is.
 
Wouldn't PWM channels from an Arduino be easier and a lot cheaper?

... WiFi ... camera ... :cheesygrinsmiley:

The aquarium guys must have a ton of apps for it ...
 
The new pcb's are supposed to be a little heavier made, and handle more watts. It's kinda too pricey, if your doing a big grow, couldn't afford it. I got couple ton in light building now. Way too much, I get a lot free from work lol .

The arduino will do everything. I think you have to have programs or write code or something to make it work. That's what confuses me. It's lot cheaper
 
Most of these controllers are arduino. I wish I knew how to code because I would make a phat unit.

Desires:
1. Over temp protection
2. Over current protection
3. 10+ adjustable 5V to 10V switchable by channel
4. Independent sunrise/sunset by channel
5. Possibility of multiple on cycles per day.
6. Bluetooth
7. Camera light setting
8. Work setting
9. Automatic return to regular light setting after a certain time.
10. Temperature based light dimming
 
I've looked into it a little and I don't think the coding is all that difficult. I've seen more than a few downloadable applications for aquarium lighting, and they like to do sunrise sunset and dimming. That's the tough code. Once you have that, it's easy to edit the code to make changes, like editing Windows Registry for instance. I think.

Of course, I'd love to see someone write an entire app for grow rooms. :cheesygrinsmiley:

I'm still having some trouble figuring out how to integrate all those kinds of functions you mention, Shiggs. Sensors? Relays? Signal lines? :hmmmm: I can scrape together a way to make each one work, but it'd sure be nice to have it all on one screen with pretty buttons, etc. THAT takes some coding.

Some generous loadie geek needs to write a program for grow rooms with controls for everything - temp, humidity, air circulation, CO2, light control, sensor info page, the works - use what you need, :slide:
 
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