HydroRed's Horticultural Whorehouse

ChaosHunter

ChaosHunter

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I'll be in your shoes soon enough Red, just have to figure out how many beans I want to pop at the same time. I'm thinking 3 or 5. Since I only grow a plant or two.
 
ChaosHunter

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The Deputy, Night rider, Red headed bubba ? Red headed stranger and bubba Kush cross, white widow and mango skunk.

I may do the Deputy or Night rider first. All my peeps want is the happy goofy stuff and not the couch lock heavy that most boutique cross are. Ak-48 that I normily run they really like but I want to find something less standard.
 
HydroRed

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ChaosHunter said:
Hey Red, what's your light scedule for veg ? I know you keep moms and clone off of them right ?
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Yes, clones from mom(s). No timers in my momma/veg room which is one reason I'm building a new light for it. See if I cant get better efficiency and adjustability out of it. Plus it will be nice to have a light scaled for the space since its not a true 4x4 space. Im about 6-8 inches shy on each side so I believe 200W max of cobs will be more than enough for a momma room even if I had 4 bushy mommas in there. I'm staring at a box of goodies that came in over the weekend deciding if I feel like putting this light together right now or not :eyesmoke:
You dont see much on the Deputy or the Knight Rider on gps.
 
ChaosHunter

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HydroRed said:
Yes, clones from mom(s). No timers in my momma/veg room which is one reason I'm building a new light for it. See if I cant get better efficiency and adjustability out of it. Plus it will be nice to have a light scaled for the space since its not a true 4x4 space. Im about 6-8 inches shy on each side so I believe 200W max of cobs will be more than enough for a momma room even if I had 4 bushy mommas in there. I'm staring at a box of goodies that came in over the weekend deciding if I feel like putting this light together right now or not :eyesmoke:
You dont see much on the Deputy or the Knight Rider on gps.
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What kind of COB setup are you doing ? What driver are you going with ? I have a couple of disabled vets that want to grow small like I do but getting a Quantum board light like mine is slim to none. I think the next best thing is to build a light with 4 COBs and sinks to 200W max. Just not sure of what COB and driver combo yet.
 
HydroRed

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Citizen CLU048 1212 80cri 3000K-4000K if used for flower & veg:
https://cobkits.com/product/citizen-clu048-1212-80cri-gen5/

Meanwell HLG-185h-c1400B driver:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HKJOHBC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

120mm pin fin heatsinks:
https://horticulturelightinggroup.com/collections/diy/products/sst120-passive-heatsink-kit

BJB Solderless Holders:
https://cobkits.com/product/bjb-holder-for-clu048/

18-20ga solid wire rated 300V, 100K potentiometer, aluminum angle...Im sure you're familiar with the rest since you use QB's.
ChaosHunter said:
Also since your running MC how are you measuring ? By EC ?
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Im currently running out my old nutes then switching over to MC for everything (momma room and all). When I ran it recently though I went by PPM as the MC and my tap water were the only considerations for total dissolved solids.
 
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Measure twice and cut once lol. It took me a good minute to figure out the placement of my QB304s as my tent is 2x2.5.

I want 4 3500K COBs to run the same 185W - 200W max. Anything over 185W in my 2x2 tent I loose a lot of headspace as the light needs to be raised. Right now I maintain 18in above the canopy.
 
HydroRed

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Ok, I settled with 20" x 20". Got the cobs mounted to the heatsinks and frame cut along with a mock up of how it will be set up. Wires will be heatshrink tube wrapped and hidden. Its going a bit easier than I had thought. My other builds I had to drill and tap every single hole so it took a lot longer. This was all predrilled and tapped. Even came with the screws and hardware. Easy peazy.
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It looks a lot bigger in the pic than it really is. Its going to be quite light compared to my other build with the extruded heatsink I used. Im diggin on it already lol
 
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ChaosHunter

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HydroRed said:
Ok, I settled with 20" x 20". Got the cobs mounted to the heatsinks and frame cut along with a mock up of how it will be set up. Wires will be heatshrink tube wrapped and hidden. Its going a bit easier than I had thought. My other builds I had to drill and tap every single hole so it took a lot longer. This was all predrilled and tapped. Even came with the screws and hardware. Easy peazy.
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It looks a lot bigger in the pic than it really is. Its going to be quite light compared to my other build with the extruded heatsink I used. Im diggin on it already lol
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That looks on point Red !
 
HydroRed

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ChaosHunter said:
Measure twice and cut once lol. It took me a good minute to figure out the placement of my QB304s as my tent is 2x2.5.

I want 4 3500K COBs to run the same 185W - 200W max. Anything over 185W in my 2x2 tent I loose a lot of headspace as the light needs to be raised. Right now I maintain 18in above the canopy.
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if you go with the 1212's I believe they are only in stock with either the 3000K or the 4000K. I couldnt find any in the US in 3500K. If you get a dimmable driver and put a pot on it, it will probably put you under 200W or real close when cranked up.
Take the pot off and "this one goes to 11".

 
HydroRed

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I didnt get it done today since I had things to tackle on the "Honey Do" list. A little bit of wiring and some drilling for the pot and power switch boxes and I should be firing this thing up. Still deciding on where to mount the power switch but thinking I might mount it flush on the edge through the aluminum angle (like the pot) instead of how its is pictured.
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HydroRed

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So I walk into the grow room and get a strong smell of "mint" type smell. Almost reminded me of some kind of nutrient smell but sweet. I though maybe there was something spilled from my nute shelf. After seeing nothing spilled, I start smelling the plants and to find out, it is the Bubblegummer that is smelling like mint?? When I started this plant, I was hoping for Bazooka Joe, not Wrigleys Spearmint.
I f*ckin hate mint.
 
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