250w HPS Club And Help Guide

klmmicro

klmmicro

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I have never used a contactor for my HID lighting. I have three systems: 250, 400 and 600 watt. None of them draw enough amperage to worry about it. I use heavy duty manual timers designed for use with three prong (hot, common and ground) cords. They are rated to 15 amps. Even my 600 watt system only draws about 6 amps, so I have never worried about it. A 250 watt system should draw about 3 amps.
 
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rainz

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klmmicro said:
I have never used a contactor for my HID lighting. I have three systems: 250, 400 and 600 watt. None of them draw enough amperage to worry about it. I use heavy duty manual timers designed for use with three prong (hot, common and ground) cords. They are rated to 15 amps. Even my 600 watt system only draws about 6 amps, so I have never worried about it. A 250 watt system should draw about 3 amps.
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Nice 1 mate, thanx. Where do you get your timers?
 
Clown Baby

Clown Baby

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250w is fun.

little micro grow with a sylvania $7 HPS bulb.

i think the pic shows vegging last week with a 105w CFL.

Going to Veg with a CMH light, in the future.

The box is like 2 feet by 2 feet. 6 feet tall?
 

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Clown Baby

Clown Baby

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plants are about 8".
Just switched to flowering.

running an EC of ~1.3 now. Just bumped it up from 1.0 during veg.

A mix of Foxfarms Tigerbloom and Liquinox fish emulsion.

Back left are all mendocino purps. Northern CA dispensary strain
little front clones are crosses of Nirvana's Pure Power Plant (bomb strain) and Blackjack.
Two bushes on the right are bigbud/blueberry crossed with either Pure Power Plant or Purple Urkle. bigbug/blueberry hermied on us...

I have a fan sitting on top of the reervoir blowing air up under the light.

Gutters are 'K' style vinyl gutters from home depot. There's got to be something better, I hated making that tray.
If anyone has suggestions on how to better make a tray, please let me know. It cant be round, because I run ebb and flow and need a flat bottom to install fittings.
 
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svegxl

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Truth be told you will get a better yield from one indica than 4 lowriders sure you can scrog the lowryders and get a better yield but whats keeping u from doing that with the indica and getting even more? But some people like something a little lighter to smoke, indica is heavy and good for sleep not going to the club. I believe you also asked about the smell... I would not worry about it with one plant. But get good ventilation the 250watt hps WILL get hot I have a 20inch deep 32inch width and 84inches high and if the ventilation is off it will get to 105 degrees in one hour
 
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guja45

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Hey guys i have pc grow box and i want your advertisings so i have 250 watts 1 fan and pc box and how many plants can i have in there ? is the aluminium paper necessary ? 1 fan is enough ? Usual temperature is 16 c in this room, Please help me.
 
rainz

rainz

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guja45 said:
Hey guys i have pc grow box and i want your advertisings so i have 250 watts 1 fan and pc box and how many plants can i have in there ? is the aluminium paper necessary ? 1 fan is enough ? Usual temperature is 16 c in this room, Please help me.
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Theres no way your gona be able to run a 250w in a pc case, maybe a 250w CFL but not a hps, the reflective material inside will help to make the most of what light you have in there.
 
rainz

rainz

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guja45 said:
ok i'll get new one. how many lumens (light output) is enough for 2 plants in pc box?
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No offence but you should really do some research. Theres loads of pc case grows on here just search for them. Try looking at a few journals to see how people got on with theres start to finnish, sorry i cant really be of any help ive never tried to grow anything in a pc case.
 
Blkchev

Blkchev

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Can someone tell me how close I shoud have my light to my plants, I did the ack of the hand test but not sure if it's to close or what. I have it around 10" - 1' 1/2.growlab60 250W MH setup, they are 2 week's old and I think they are growing really slow, can anyone help me out. Who has a set up like a growlab 60 or jardin 60.
 

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Bowling Ball

Bowling Ball

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Hello All! Here is a few pics of my 250w full HPS Grow from Veg to Flower. My Closet was build just for growing and is completely stealth. I started my grow with well rooted clones. 2 Hindu Kush and 1 Platinum Purple Kush (hindu x purple afgan) Im about to drop my scrog screen in a few days and start flowing in about 10days. I planted clones Jan 3rd. Im using all Fox Farm soil and nutrients. image.pngimage (1).pngimage (2).pngTransplant pic + after week 1 and after week 2............ in week 3 now
 
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vietboyCU

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Hello guys, off to my second crop wit my 250w hps. currently have 4 in flowering right now. but im guessing that it maybe a little too much now.
 
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hardgrow

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hello all "clubbers''
just got . venture 250w hpst/40/hu/2k bulb. it says 33.000 lumen is it possible? because i tried to find this bulb over the net and ...Nada. got from local hydro shop...
i have a 3 small auto kush beneath it, and 4" vent blowing directly on bulb to keep it cool,
temps max on 70-85f.
it is now 7"-8" from the tops ,
can i get it closer , farther ?
does it get enough light for a small plant its only 12-14" high?

edit:
oki i read all the fukin 350 pages :) and found all answer i was looking for ...loll it was fukin long journey :)
thanks club...
 
rainz

rainz

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I Really cant wait to show you all im waiting for a camera lead, I had a single supercropped AK in a DWC that yeilded just under 9 oz under a 250hps, should have pics up of it soon
 
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