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can i use my 600 watt dual arc bulbs with my magnetic ballasts the bulbs are made by powertrip
some root shots from the cloner dieng to get these started on veg in my new setup
I would cover those lids with the same reflective insulation as you did the buckets...I have had problems with the black lids heatin the shit out of the air between the bottom lid and the top water level inside the bucket, basically cookin the initial rootmass as it comes out of the netpot before it hits the water..its not near as bad if your plants already have a big ass canopy and cover them but if they are little cuts, it can really screw things up..plus your chiller won't have to work so hard in the beginning
can i use my 600 watt dual arc bulbs with my magnetic ballasts the bulbs are made by powertrip
Real nice looking room, if a bucket cracks will the flood damage any thing? I use EDPM to line the room as insurance, I has 150gal get lose and it was a mess. Lesson learned. I get the edpm at pond shops. Make sure your air pump is not in the room if you use CO2 and keep the air pump higher than the water, if the power goes out some air pumps will back flow into your room. FYI Chillers are more effective than AC by about 40%, I got a car rad and furnace blower than hooked to my chiller, lower cost to run and closed room. :cool:
do you use the same chiller as the system?
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I have a 1 hp chiller and I run 2 systems with it one is 135gal and the other is 245gal and in the summer I chill the whole room down to 85. I have a 45 gal chiller barrel that I drop all my pumps into and I cool with coils in the epicenter. Here are a couple shots of the setup. You can see the lines for both the 2 chiller coils and the room cooler. I got the rad from a recycle Auto placeView attachment 284147View attachment 284148 for 20$ new in the box and aluminum too. Hard part was not knowing what it came from so I could find a rad cap. The big black hose on the right goes to the chiller, it's 7 feet up and outside to reduce heat in the room. :cool:
Looking like a good start ri420patient! Can't wait to see those bucket filled for flower...