Tead I checked today and temp at canopy is the same as room ambient. 84F. 12" directly under the light and there is no real perceptible heat coming from the LED. Yep you read that right. No perceptible heat from the LEDs at 12"
Tead's Indoor-ish, Winter, Hempy, OGK, SOG
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Awesome! Thanks!
The idea is forming slowly. I saw the boards and drivers. I don't suppose you have any way to measure heat off the back side of the unit?
Normally, I think of 3 sources of heat from lights. Power conversion, light generation, light delivery. Your info covers the heat delivered to plant surfaces, but there are 2 other concerns for the warm garden grower.
When I make my grow chambers I am going to run these lights on 240W. Growmau5 says the drivers barely get hit on 240. Even on 120V they are not as hot as an HID ballast. They run so efficiently. I am so excited to get a room full of these. My cooking costs will go way down.
As for power conversion these drivers run about 93% on 120v and 94-96% on 240V.
I find myself craving shrimp etoufee today. How are things in Teads area this morning?
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Oh man, why Shiggity?
Now i am aware that i don't have any on my scrambled eggs this morning, a sweet potato for lunch and rice and fish tonight for supper.
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Dealing with the neighbor dog's damage. Unfortunately, it appears a whole new wiring harness will be needed.
Might have some visitors later. Temps have been way up, but perhaps some cloud cover will help make the back deck inhabitable.
Man, I've been meaning to do beans and rice forever. Perhaps this weekend....
Mmmm beans and rice. Sorry about the neighbors dog man.
Oooo.... You reminded me that Dan's shipping a new 4000K board to me this week!
God, I love that man. He's turned my grow into something fabulous. Now you got me tasting beans and rice Tead. Drat! I may have to break down and cook.
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Ya know.... Betty needs some luv. Poor girl... ignored while she displays her 'goods'.
Veg... kickin right along
Bloom... same.
The baggie clones seem good....
And the regular clones....
Boring.
The grinder stream is very full... OGK, PC, 2 different SSDCs. More OGK, PC, DDA and UD1 waves are nearing shore.
Heat's been a climbin. The new LED in the bloom room has only been running at 50%... and sometimes gets shut off all together. I've really got to get it moved so the heat vents outside the bloom room. So lazy! The veg tent has been running 24/7, but that may have to change soon to be dark during the hottest part of the day. On the other hand, I've been threatening to move it indoors forever...
Meh.
Veg... kickin right along
Bloom... same.
The baggie clones seem good....
And the regular clones....
Boring.
The grinder stream is very full... OGK, PC, 2 different SSDCs. More OGK, PC, DDA and UD1 waves are nearing shore.
Heat's been a climbin. The new LED in the bloom room has only been running at 50%... and sometimes gets shut off all together. I've really got to get it moved so the heat vents outside the bloom room. So lazy! The veg tent has been running 24/7, but that may have to change soon to be dark during the hottest part of the day. On the other hand, I've been threatening to move it indoors forever...
Meh.
Man things are humming along out your way man! Seems that the whole gang has some crazy kind of light stuff going on. Shiggity with his Star Trek futuristic panels, Sue with the Timber gear and then Tead man with his HID LED mashup. Looking real good. We still have some grow room work to do or did that get done this weekend? Should be able to help out with that.
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Busy garden. The frequency of attention needed by the little 2L format is kinda killin me. Picked up some upgrade material from the plumbing supply store today.
20ft Shedule40 PVC cut into 2ft lengths with nice caps for all. No more hording soda bottles.
The 2 big ass lights have really been driving everything SO much harder. Nice thick buds that have never been seen in Tead's swamp are very nice. Speed and general plant health are way up. It's like the lights are too big for the little 2L plants. Crazy 'round here!
Plenty of things on the garden to-do list... I'll put ur ass to work whenever possible!
I'm jealous, and just a little blue that you'll be hanging out with two of my favorite people this weekend. 
Hugs to share.
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Don't be blue Sue (fun!). The weather forecast for Saturday currently calls for 1.2 inches. They may need to swim home!
There was a fun bumper sticker on cars after Katrina when folks were getting back to the city....
'dem big ass pumps will be workin overtime this weekend!
There was a fun bumper sticker on cars after Katrina when folks were getting back to the city....
'dem big ass pumps will be workin overtime this weekend!
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The little crazy baggie clone test is going along very well. No signs of new growth yet... but I hope to see some new growth very soon. I have not touched them since I put them in place.
Put your hand over your heart when you invoke the name of Star Trek!
Doesn't that activate the communicator?
Oh wait, wrong generation
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Splurged on some PVC and caps yesterday.
10 ea
2' tall
6" round
I might cut some in 1/2 to make smaller pots.
10 ea
2' tall
6" round
I might cut some in 1/2 to make smaller pots.
Splurged on some PVC and caps yesterday.
10 ea
2' tall
6" round
I might cut some in 1/2 to make smaller pots.
Flat caps - nice! So many of the end caps are rounded.
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I had to hit the plumbing supply shop for 6" PVC... Homer only gets to 4". They had lots of options. The rounded ones are spendy. These are 'pressure test' caps designed to spew at some specific PSI (somewhere in the 20s if I recall). They were the cheapest option for whatever reason and only ran about $6/ea. Plastic pipe can be surprisingly expensive. For supply reasons, the schedule 40 stuff was the cheapest option. There were other 6" options, but not being as popular, they were at least twice the price.
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I don't usually do this... but it's LA ffs.
Light Addict received a shipment from a vendor with some signage on it that caused him to completely sign off of 420 mag.
Sad. We are all less because of his absence.
Missin you already LA. There are some rocks around here that I depend on... and now I'm missing one.
Light Addict received a shipment from a vendor with some signage on it that caused him to completely sign off of 420 mag.
Sad. We are all less because of his absence.
Missin you already LA. There are some rocks around here that I depend on... and now I'm missing one.
