Help with tall plants

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steph33

Active Member

• Mar 9, 2009

• #1

Can anyone help me, my plants are growing taller tahn the electrical cord that attaches the lights to the base. I am no electrician and am not sure how to extend the cord. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

MurderAlley

Well-Known Member

• Mar 9, 2009

• #2

steph33 said:

Can anyone help me, my plants are growing taller tahn the electrical cord that attaches the lights to the base. I am no electrician and am not sure how to extend the cord. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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ummm im not gonna lie it sounds like u need to buy an extension cord.....If im missing something let me know

 

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blizard

Active Member

• Mar 9, 2009

• #3

Personally, I would tie your plants down ever so slightly and start flowering in you haven't already. The flowering process should stunt the growth some and tying them down may buy you a couple of inches. How far along are they?

 

lurkmaster

Well-Known Member

• Mar 9, 2009

• #4

MurderAlley said:

ummm im not gonna lie it sounds like u need to buy an extension cord.....If im missing something let me know

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Sounds like the AG Unit is plugged into the AG Hood. In that case no, an extension cord isn't going to do very much because its a figure 8 connection.

to OP:
If you have an external timer you can just buy a figure 8 power cord from radio shack and plug that straight into the AG hood instead of the base, and couple it with an extension cord if 6 ft is too short.

 

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AGgrowerTX

Active Member

• Mar 9, 2009

• #5

Also for those who have already bought the external figure 8 power chord, a simple cardboard hanger rod fits snugly in the in telescopic extender of the AG for about a foot of extra grow room.

 

GreatwhiteNorth

Global Moderator

Staff member

• Mar 9, 2009

• #6

Hey Murder, now thats some funny shit.

 

MurderAlley

Well-Known Member

• Mar 9, 2009

• #7

GreatwhiteNorth said:

Hey Murder, now thats some funny shit.

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The worst part is that i use cfls hooked to a regular old extension cord so i really couldnt see the big problem here....Dam i knew it sounded too easy!!!

 

hootie233

Well-Known Member

• Mar 10, 2009

• #8

Yea i seriously found 2 figure 8 cords just looking around my house (camera charger, ps2,

 

"SICC"

Well-Known Member

• Mar 10, 2009

• #9

Yea PS2 or XBox

 

Twistyman

Well-Known Member

• Mar 10, 2009

• #10

Any hardware or radio shack may have the extensions too...

 

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steph33

Active Member

• Mar 10, 2009

• #11

Yes you are missing something the cord is hardwired into the base and is not a typical plug at the other end, if it was I wouldn't have asked the question

 

Twistyman

Well-Known Member

• Mar 10, 2009

• #12

Just splice two wires into the middle........