Attic grow room with drip system - Page 2

george123 · #11 03-22-2008, 07:19 AM

Are still on?

J2thadub · #12 03-22-2008, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by It's 5 o'clock somewhere

You mention thermal scans possibally discovering your grow. Do you really have police flying around spending tax payers money on trying to find grow rooms with IR cameras? Do you think your lights would leave a big enough thermal footprint? If you live in the south (i lived in texas for years) alot of homes put their A/C and water heaters in the attic. How would they know the dif?

I wouldn't say I'm worried but if I was going to worry about something out of my control, that would be it. And yes, they do spend tax dollars on that shit here. I live in a major drug distribution area. Most busts I hear about are outdoor grows but I know about few home growers being busted. One was running like ten 1000W lights and blew a transformer two different times. Police came knocking on his door after the power company reported him. The other I know about was being investigated after the police got a tip and got busted by a thermal scan without the police obtaining a search warrant. That is what I heard anyway from a reliable source and I state this being under the impression that a search warrant is required to thermal scan a suspected grower.

It's really not something I'm too worried about or else I would be were I am but still something I would want to fix if it is possible. I've found a product called IR-Block but I'm not too confident about it and it is pretty expensive.

george123 · #13 03-22-2008, 07:21 AM

sorry, I am new to this site just lookin for help

burbsking · #14 03-22-2008, 07:22 AM

really really nice man, i dream of making a grow room like this, and for me the attic/roofspace is nearly my only option too.

well done mate

burbsking · #15 03-22-2008, 07:28 AM

george you goto be patient man, just give ur own thread time or in the meantime you could try and help yourself GROWFAQ

give j2thadub's thread the respect it deserves

It's 5 o'clock somewhere · #16 03-22-2008, 07:33 AM

I guess I'm lucky living where i live. We don't have the police buget of the big cities. Your grow room looks great many props........

greatwhitehunter · #17 03-22-2008, 10:51 AM

hey man im an electrician and the pic of your timer there are bare wires twisted togeather it looks like at the bottom with no marette, they may be for ground but id still marette it to keep it from coming apart and loosing continuity, just a idea /

nice grow though looks like nice flowers what strains>?

greatwhitehunter · #18 03-22-2008, 10:53 AM

is the breaker for your ballast a 15a double pole or a 20 a double pole?

J2thadub · #19 03-22-2008, 06:56 PM

Both new circuits are on 20A breakers.

Thank you for pointing out the bare wire you saw. I think what happened was I didn't have any wire nuts at the time so I just twisted the ground wires together left it and forgot about it. What is a marette btw? Another name for wire nut? Definitely something I'll address. Good eye!

As far as the strain... it's a mystery. I got the clones from a friend who got them from a friend. I really need to get some known seeds and a veg room setup so I can get a couple moms going.

This seems like an expensive never ending project.

Green Dave · #20 03-23-2008, 08:16 AM

Nice job J2
I want to build one in my attic also but worry about the heat in the summer and cold in the winter,Any ideas would help.
Im looking at 3 x 4 x5' tall veg and a 4 x 4 x 5' tall flower area.
Any Ideas would help
Thanx