LED Without LEDs -My First T5 Grow

AltarNation

AltarNation

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infinitalus said:
He says thats what he was told, not his own observation. I dont own a 75.25 but I imagine its a turqoisish color.

I agree 15$ for a pickup is ludicrous. Try using usps hust make sure its packaged really well with a tracking number. Ill ask Him for his shipping information.

I dont think youd get it back unless you pay return shipping.
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Hah... well it is a 30 dollar bulb I'd be sacrificing then, that's sort of lame. And considering how much he charged me for his prototypes it's the least he could do. ;)

And good point, he did say that was what he heard. In my observation, the 75.25's almost look completely flat white, but to be fair, they are usually in the veg fixture with actinic blues and 454's.

Yeah, maybe I can do USPS, that should be a lot cheaper.
 
AltarNation

AltarNation

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falcon223 said:
If you are steal in need of some shipping money in 2 weeks ,I think I can help. Got rent and truck note rite now.
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Appreciate the offer falcon but I can probably manage it... maybe I can throw a ten dollar bill in the box for return shipping :P

Does anyone else find themselves wondering if Jeff is camping our thread? LOL. I know I'd be searching google for references to my name and company if someone said they were talking about it/me on a "horticultural message board" (lol, I used the same terminology when I emailed him.)

Jeff, show yourself ;)
 
AltarNation

AltarNation

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just gave my girls their last feeding I think. I will water once more in about 3-4 days, then give 'em a day to dry a little, then 72 hours of dark and chop.

adding latest pics to mah thread in a few.

Edit: Actually I can't seem to upload any pics for some reason. Hmmm.
 
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pedro420

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Thoes Hagen aqua glo bulbs would be perfect if you had this fixture I found a wile back I forget where but it had 2 t5 and 2 t8 in the same fixture
 
polyarcturus

polyarcturus

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pedro420 said:
Thoes Hagen aqua glo bulbs would be perfect if you had this fixture I found a wile back I forget where but it had 2 t5 and 2 t8 in the same fixture
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i got so many t8 and t12 ballasts i already had plans on a retrofit for UV specific purposes. i want HIGH power red like evrybody else here..
 
kpmarine

kpmarine

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polyarcturus said:
i got so many t8 and t12 ballasts i already had plans on a retrofit for UV specific purposes. i want HIGH power red like evrybody else here..
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Overdriven 30w T8 should, in theory, draw about 50 watts. I was mostly intrigued because it looked like a gnarly 660 spike on it's spd.
 
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pedro420

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yes on the spd it did have a nice 660 spike not like a lotof bulbs that jushave a short high spike

I was thinking get a few t8 fixtures just some single or maby 2 bulb and use thoes bulbs as side light sence they have a good cover over the whole spectrum
 
kpmarine

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Okay, a warning to you folks. I don't care how awesome his genetics are, never buy from DR. Greenthumb if you like something resembling customer service. Called regarding $60 worth of seeds I returned over a month ago. Hasn't responded to 2 emails, and when I finally get ahold of someone just now on the phone. This is the response I get "Oh, I'm not in the office right now. Can you call back on Monday?" It's FUCKING WEDNESDAY!!! Also, their help desk is open for another hour. I even confirmed I called the right person to check. Just thought I'd save my pals here from discovering the same pitfall the hard way.
 
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pedro420

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Thanks for the heads up

That's what happind to me I had a order from ministry of cannabis and they kept saying they sent them then about 1 month after the order I kept calling and they said wait to see if they come so I did about anouther month weight then I called them and started complaining and demanded to talk to the owner of the place they said he would call me back asap about 5 days later Igor a card in the mail with the seeds
 
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infinitalus

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Yeah I would buy from reputable companies only. Regardless if it is seeds, equipment, tools, etc. Read reviews of companies and make sure you look at shipping and return policies carefully before purchasing anything from anywhere whether its online or in store.

At any rate, I sent a quick email to Jeff asking for his shipping address. Ill get it to you when its in Altar.
 
kpmarine

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I've seen good reviews of his customer service normally. He's a bit on the crabby side from what I heard, but normally he's good about replacing seeds that don't germ. Normally more than happy to help with growing info for his strains from what I read. Maybe this gal that has answered the phone every time is just new or something. Either way though, definitely not going to be a repeat customer at this rate. Sorry, re-checked my math, it was about $81.60USD worth of seeds.
 
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Lucius Vorenus

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kpmarine said:
Okay, a warning to you folks. I don't care how awesome his genetics are, never buy from DR. Greenthumb if you like something resembling customer service. Called regarding $60 worth of seeds I returned over a month ago. Hasn't responded to 2 emails, and when I finally get ahold of someone just now on the phone. This is the response I get "Oh, I'm not in the office right now. Can you call back on Monday?" It's FUCKING WEDNESDAY!!! Also, their help desk is open for another hour. I even confirmed I called the right person to check. Just thought I'd save my pals here from discovering the same pitfall the hard way.
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Its pretty well documented that Dr Greenthumb is a bad option if you want any type of Cust service.

Im a big fan of his autos though. Even though I'll never grow autos again.
 
kpmarine

kpmarine

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Lucius Vorenus said:
Its pretty well documented that Dr Greenthumb is a bad option if you want any type of Cust service.

Im a big fan of his autos though. Even though I'll never grow autos again.
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It's Iranian Autoflower that has caused these problems. lol I was really excited to do a run of them outdoor too. At this rate, I'll maybe be able to get them planed next year...
 
polyarcturus

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kpmarine said:
Overdriven 30w T8 should, in theory, draw about 50 watts. I was mostly intrigued because it looked like a gnarly 660 spike on it's spd.
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i would only use my t12 ballast anyways the overdrive is 80w both leads together and run either a 36wt8 or a 40wt12 10.0UVB bulb it would be more fun. but an overdriven red bulb could prove useful, but the downside(partly the reason i only want to do with UVB bulbs; short life span) shortens life span and lumen efficiency is reduced(lumen per watt) by up to 20%. its worth the sacrifice IMO, the thing that im thinking is would it just be better to run a regular t8 fixture at regular lumen efficiency just more of them and redesign the hood. see how reflector is designed is perfect but this would be sweet; in the valleys of the reflector would sit the t8 and on the peaks the t5 that or if they just perfected the t5ho bulbs that could work too.
 
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pedro420

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So I'm thinking wile I'm on down time from the move I'm going to be building a few things for the garden and stocking up on everything for the future grows

Does anybody know of a good place with good deals on ballasts and parts to build your own ballest
I'm not to good with electricity so I'll have to read up on a bunch of things to get I done properly

But I got my inspiration on a ballest from the current USA nova extream fixture they have built in PC fans but I'm not going to pay 300+ for a 6 bulb fixture when I could buy a 12 bulb badboy and bulbs
 
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