I have been on RIU learning all the ins and outs and I think it is time for my first entry of my grow journal.

I germinated on Aug 19th. (5 for 6 seeds)
I potted them on Aug 22nd.

My lighting rig has 10 overhead light sockets and is adjustable in height. I am currently using 5- 23W 6500K CFLs. (1 for each plant) with a conical mylar sheet reflectors that I made.

They are actually quite effective. The light is blinding. You can see the CFLs through the mylar, probably 1% of the light that is transmitted through the sheet.

I intend to use all 10 sockets and have CFLs on the sides and below the canopies when the ladies mature.
I intend to switch to 1 gallon pots eventually. The cabinet is about 1.5' x 2.5 ' x 6'
For flowering, I am trying to get 250W HPS system that I will mount on a homemade reflector system.
My partner is taking care of all the nutes and knows what he is doing.

Anyways, this is my first of probably a weekly update to log my activity. I know RIU will help me see this through to harvest!

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Nice setup. That is a fuck load of cfl's and those mylar reflectors are cool, hope they don't get too hot.

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thanks Dr. Chronic! I wish I could show a picture of how much brighter the bulbs are after adding the mylar cones. It was pretty insane. They aren't getting too hot either.

thats pretty cool

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Those cones seem to be doing the trick. Your leaves are reaching up nicely towards them with minimum stretch....I'm intrested in how the grow goes. Are those regular AK's or auto flowering low rider AK's?

Dude,

Can you show some pics of the back of that cfl rig. I want to set one up but I don't know how to wire stuff or how much electricity I can flow through 1 socket. Good luck, brah!

Sure, I included a pic of my wiring. My wiring is very redundant. All the bulbs are in parallel, but there are multiple paths. I did this in case there is ever a problem with wiring and a connection is broken, there are other paths.

If you want to verify that the wiring is sufficient thick to handle the current, look up the gauge or AWG of the wiring on the net to see the max current. Note that a lower gauge can handle higher current. I'd say go with a 22 gauge or lower and you should be fine. To find the total current, just take the total power in watts and divide by 110V. So 220W will produce 220/110 = 2 A of current.

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I just got autoflowering ak's. Looking forward to the grow. CHEERS

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yeah, you would be fine...fine making a fucking flash bulb with 22 gage wire, are you fucking insane?

Before giving electrical advice get a fucking clue, you can't use something fine like 22 AWG, that is like angel hair, and hooking that up to anything high wattage and you are going to smoke that skinny floss you used for wire.

Get a clue, pick up the NEC and do the math before you say that shit.

maybe sakeser meant 12ga wire...ya know, like 12-2 wire or something.