Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

DoubleBubble said:

I just finished reading every post of this thread and went and purchased everything for my cloner. I had to order some of the parts like timer, pump, EZ cloner sprayers, etc. but I went to Lowes Home Improvement and look what I saw when I went to look for my 18 gallon Roughneck. Those are all 18 gallon. I am sorry Stink but that is FUNNY! Thank you so much for everything you have shared and continue to share here and in life in general. I too will pass it on. I just will eventually build them all but for now the cloner will be a welcome addition. I can't wait to get my issue of HT in May. Is there some way I could get you to sign my copy? Seriously! Thanks again and sorry about the totes! LMAO

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DoubleBubble said:

I am pretty savy when it comes to wiring things like relays and contactors and such because I used to install all of the equipment in police cars, fire trucks, ambulances and such for a 2way radio company. I haven't even looked at it yet but since you are around I was wondering what you think about an idea I have. I want to use a garage door opener that I am not using for a light mover for my 1000 hps and was wondering what you think (or anyone else) about how to make it go back and forth continuously. Any ideas? It may be as simple as making it "think" it hit something on its way down and short the leads that tell it to close once it is in the "up" position if that makes sense.

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mercilus said:

Look at this timer I just found! Sorry if it was already posted, but a NICE CHEAP alternative.

http://www.plantlightinghydroponics.com/cap-nft1e-1minute-on-4minutes-off-preset-recycle-timer-p-1725.html

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andyman said:

wow great minds/stoners must think alike
I was planning on doing the same when I find one at a garage sale or auction cheap.
there are several ways to do it.
timed
switches at both ends
or others im sure but to ripped to think about it. just mixed strawberry cough and a outdoor sativa bagseed that kicked ass. rolled it all in one spliff and man it tasted weird. good mix.
anyway back to the idea.
if you had a switch that it could touch at both ends it could send it back the other way. or on a timer with a relay/contactor
and maybe some sort of delay before it started moving back the other way.

or put on some sort of motor speed control on it running all the time just real slow. that would probly be the best way so you could adjust the speed the lights moved.
Im also thinking of a light mover like a big celing fan that could rotate 4 lights or more , just by powers of 4 since you have 4 blades like a fan. (4,8,16) unless i did a 3 blade or 2 blade system. anyway the wight of the light or lights would have to be even.
throw me your ideas and maybe we could combine them or something.
thats the best part about this site , everyone is helping each other out. I love this site, I think my ol lady is getting jelouse

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DoubleBubble said:

I have a 4'X12'X55" area so I am going to mount the opener above the ceiling and maybe mount wheels on lights so that they ride along on top of the sheet rock with a slot for them and the attachments from light to opener, if that makes sense. Like you say, a switch at each end that makes contact and sends the signal to go the other way. Basically two doorbell/garage door buttons at each end wired in parallel, duh! That is it! Wow a free mover! I just need to move the insulation between the two ceiling joists, cut a slot, mount the opener, mount the light and maybe some wheels. I will let you know how it goes. Unfortunately, I am in constant pain and can only do so much so I have to wait for a friend to come help me. He is great! I just tell him what we are doing and he does the lifting and such. If I do too much I can take some medicine but then we start making mistakes because I am "medicated". Well, I better start drawing a sketch so he will have something to follow since he doesn't take as much medicine as I do. LMAO

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andyman said:

I would use higher amp swithes with longer shafts on them like the ones in fridges and car doors for the dome light

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andyman said:

the nft-1 is the one you want
1 on 5 off

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blujay42 said:

I just wanted to post to inform you all i'm designing/building a device that can be attached to power strips and turn them on/off at the desired interval of 1 - 5.

Right now the electronics cost for the parts rounds out at around 21$, and either 4$ for a big high-voltage relay (enclosed unit, 2 plugs.... get to play with high voltage... eh)

So rather than play with high voltage I figured I would build something to physically switch a power strip. Then you can sell the unit and people can just use it with power strips they have laying around. That would also give you a lot of sockets.

So that's 6 outlets or however much can safely be loaded onto a power strip for about 30$ tops.

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Bluegenie said:

SB - wot a system. ive read this twice just to soak it all in and only posted once re 15/15 timers. understand totally how you do this and have all the parts to convert my current system to urs exactly. becuse i live in the uk the only problem i have is i cannot buy ur nutrients anywhere in europe. i can buy them from USA but postage is 3-4 times the price of the nuts. i have built the cloner - very easy as i smoked a joint and my plumber/stoner mate put it together, lolol.
could u help me on the nutrient thing or mayb advise on something similar that i can source in the uk.

thx for all ur excel info and i hope u can b of help.

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Bluegenie said:

sry also rapid rooters dont exist in europe either. i have tons of grogan cubes but ive read that clones r difficult to remove from these????????????/

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