Recent content by formfactor

Oh man footclan I apologize for the butchering of your name there, I think I was baked and my cat was meowing for food or something lol... Yea a light mover I never even considered, I will definitely check into 1! Great suggestions all around :)

Great advice foodcat. Exactly what I wanted to know. I did some googling on the digi vs magnetic thing and ran into info that suggested digi was 15-20% more efficient.... Which doesn't necessarily mean less electricity evidemtly but that's what I assumed. Thanks for your input! Exactly what...

Okay so the electricity bill is too high, and it's time for me to upgrade with a focus on efficiency and quality. Right now I'm running 3 1000w hps lights and 2 400 watt halides. Pretty much all magnetic ballasts. Fucking expensive. So I'm going to replace the magnetic ballasts with...

Hey pj man thats comforting to hear. I was panicking...

I can't do anything about this particular crop, but if theres a higher than likely chance it will hermie I could just start a new 1 in it's place and save myself a potential headache and a lot of work for nothing. If she is to herm, how long would it take.. Like is she going to stop budding and...

Okay I have an indica plant going, and today something went crazy with my timer and the light (1000w hps) and the light stayed on nearly all day. It looks like the plants grew a bit during that time. If I can keep her photo cycle 12/12 the rest of her flower cycle (roughly 6 more weeks) do...

Anyone used both the original and the monster? I want some bigger plants, and I am wondering if the monster might work better.

I think it depends how level your floor is, but personally I'd keep the controller bucket close to the pots and just run tubes to the barrels outside.

Wow, I mean I knew there were risks, and now that you mention it the bulbs were in a metal reflector. I didn't really realize that was a saftey measure, so I definitely appreciate your input. I do still have 2 of those warehouse 400s, and I thick what scares me most is the bastards shake...

Okay so I'm approaching final flush, and I'm curious how many e&g users have used molasses or sucanat in their systems. I ran a mixture of both for about 2 weeks and a slime developed, bu I would swear the plants loved it. I plan on flushing with it, but I'm thinking about adding it before the...

Wowndude that's an awesome score, are they warehouse lights? I'm always on the lookout for cheap ones I can purchase. I don't really know much about electric theory, but I'm guessing the transformers in the ballasts are multitap. Maybe the mfr of the ballasts got them cheaper that way. I'm...

Well, these units are strange. The thing is I already have 2 with ballasts that look the exact same. Those were my first grow lights and they worked awesome. Unfortunately the guts ofthese were a lot different than the ones I have running, also I didn't know they came in 277 volt. If I...

DOH! holy shit, I'm done fucking with these. I just changed out the bulb, and put the one it came with back in. I plugged it in, andfor about 3 seconds the light lit up, then all of the sudden a super loud blue/green fireball popped up in it. It popped my breaker. It scared the hell out of...

Well, the label on the ballast says 277 only. In researching I ran across a guy commenting on the forums about how he opened his 277 single tap, and sure enough he had a 120, so I decided to try it. 2 out of my 5 are multis even though the label says otherwise. Since it was previously wired...

Yea, bisicly there are 2 common wires on the coil. 1 goes to the mogul,the other goes to the white power cable. According to what I have read so far some ballasts have 1 common, some have 2. If 2 1 goes to mogul., if 1 then white, common, and the outside mogul wires should all be tied...