Picograv and the Linear LED Garden

PICOGRAV said:

In a way I am still a starving electronics engineer, once I have a current measuring device I can give you a reading!

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This is what I use, cheap, and a lot better than what you can get at bankruptshack.

http://www.amazon.com/Extech-MN35-Digital-Mini-MultiMeter/dp/B0012VWR20/

banana to aligator cable would be great to have as well if you don't already have 2.

Do you have a schematic of the power supply I can see?

churchhaze said:

Do you have a schematic of the power supply I can see?

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Ha, that's top secret information!

The current internode spacing doesn't concern you?...............good luck and be safe grower

We need to get these babies a little taller, I'm happy with the space I still have above the plants.

Hmmm just thinking out loud. You know they make caster wheels and rails for that style of shelf? You could make a sliding shelf system and have more space for plants and more space to work on your plants.

Things are getting leafy in here! I hope they don't grow legs soon and rape me one night



Happy Growing!

Pico,
What are the dimensions of your grow area?

Thanks CS

The racking assembles into a 6 ft by 6 ft room that is 7.5 ft tall. I have the space isolated to the roof, about 9 ft.

I actually do have casters on the racking but this just allows me to move the hole room around in my space.

PICOGRAV said:

The racking assembles into a 6 ft by 6 ft room that is 7.5 ft tall. I have the space isolated to the roof, about 9 ft.

I actually do have casters on the racking but this just allows me to move the hole room around in my space.

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Been contemplating putting tents on a moving platform. The nice side access ports get blocked once it's wedged inbetween other tents lol.

Any particular reason you use the decor models? I ended up mothballing mine in favor of 4kK 80 cri emitters

I really like the idea of the 97 CRI warm light but when it comes down to raw power that 4000 K 80 CRI is my favorite.

PICOGRAV said:

I really like the idea of the 97 CRI warm light but when it comes down to raw power that 4000 K 80 CRI is my favorite.

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Have you tried running without them? I noticed a bit of improvement in growth by omitting them. Im guessing just due to rather large difference in efficiency.

With your setup were you running vero 18s and 29s from a single driver?

PICOGRAV said:

With your setup were you running vero 18s and 29s from a single driver?

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Only vero 18's.

I haven't played with 29's yet, I decided to use cree 3590's due to how long bridgelux was taking too roll out the 2.0 chips.

Which is hilarious since now im waiting for ct ee to release cxb2530s 4000k lol

I still don't understand your question, are you asking if I turn the Vero 18s off will I see an improvement?

I think that the more light is better right now.

Up to six gallons now, things are looking great.

PICOGRAV said:

I still don't understand your question, are you asking if I turn the Vero 18s off will I see an improvement?

I think that the more light is better right now.

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Less photons is always a bad thing. I guess I was just wondering if you may get better results by replacing the vero 18 decor with a 2700k 80 cri or straight 4000k 80 cri chips.

Any chance I could convince you to design a custom high voltage power supply with multiple outputs for me

I can yes

Few little changes and everything looking great!