freezeland2
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Got a 500 gallon propane tank.
GuySmiley
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Regarding backup lighting, this is what I have. It's not meant to be a long-term solution but it will keep the photoperiod going when I lose power. The battery will power the lights over 36 hours. That's 3 days on a 12/12 lighting schedule. During a dark period I can hook the battery up to my truck and recharge it. It'll cost me some gas but better than being unable to keep the lights on for sensitive ladies in flower.
RootsRuler
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Interesting!!!
I always wondered what it would take and how long a typical car battery would last. What kind of light do you have and what is it's wattage? Did you have to use an inverter to convert DC to AC and raise the voltage for the lights? Would it be feasible to rig the battery to a UPS control board so that when it senses the drop in power it can turn on automatically and there is no interruption of light in the grow room?
I wonder what a bank of these working off a few solar panels could do for these types of outages? If I had a setup like this I would rotate the batteries into and out of service just to keep them exercised.
There ya go Freezeland!! There is your answer.....
GuySmiley
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Each light is an 18 watt, 6 LED fixture operating on 12v. These ones are made by Cree. A couple of those nice big trolling motor batteries they make nowadays would make an even better setup for me. I could easily double the lighting/wattage and still have a 3 day grace period before the batteries would need charging.
The area of my canopy during flower is roughly 5'x7' so my requirements might be a lot less than others.
I just read my similar thread from last year. I exaggerated; I shut the burn time experiment down at 30hours, not 36.
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The area of my canopy during flower is roughly 5'x7' so my requirements might be a lot less than others.
I just read my similar thread from last year. I exaggerated; I shut the burn time experiment down at 30hours, not 36.
What's your plan for the next time you lose power?
My county is currently under an ice storm warning for the next 27 hours. Up to a 1/2" of freezing rain possible There have to be many indoor growers in the path of this storm facing the same possibilty of losing power. I'd like to see or hear about your back up systems for keeping your grow...
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GuySmiley
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Even better than running my 5.4L truck motor would be a small gas motor to drive nothing but an alternator to charge the batteries. I could probably fab something that would work off of my weed whacker.
The feasibility of a system depends on how often you wanna recharge those batts. I could triple my lighting/wattage but my 3 days grace would get cut down to one.
The feasibility of a system depends on how often you wanna recharge those batts. I could triple my lighting/wattage but my 3 days grace would get cut down to one.
Goodshit97
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Get 2 more batteries and wire them in series, then youll have plenty of juice.
GuySmiley
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My lights operate on 12 volts. Wiring three 12 volt batteries in series like you suggested, would send 36 volts total to my lights and fry them. The batteries need to be wired in parallel to keep the 12 volt output.
freezeland2
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I’m looking at a 20kw propane generator.
Goodshit97
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Yeah thats what i meant to say, thats what happens when the weed works... uhhh what a day.
Goodshit97
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Thatll take care of it, wish i had the space for one but i gotta work with my 1991 5500 watt free honda generator lol.
RootsRuler
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GuySmiley
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I wouldn't have posted my 2-bit backup system, had I known your budget lol.
freezeland2
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You ain’t BS’n there but that’s what it’s going to take to power my house and all my shit.
freezeland2
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I do appreciate your input. I started my thinking at that scale and then the wife said if you do that for your plants you better power up the whole house for me. So there you go, I got her blessings lol.
MIGrampaUSA
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Might power the whole country block ... what are those, about a square mile? lol. How much does a unit like that run?
Goodshit97
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freezeland2
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The Kohler I’m looking at is $5,500 if not mistaken. Then you got installation cost, tax and maintenance etc
Not a cheap endeavor for sure.
MIGrampaUSA
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So it could easily run $11,000 - $12,000 by the time the work is finished. And that's not including the maintenance.
Are there any viable solutions for you using renewable energy? There's going to be a lot of tax benefits and rebates for renewable energy and other high efficiency upgrades in 2023. Just tossing that out there as food for thought. I don't know enough about the new technology out there to know if any of it makes any sense in 2023. I know it exists, but at what cost?
freezeland2
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I’m gonna look at all options. I was looking at a 48kw that will power everything on a 200 amp panel. Those start at $18k. Don’t know if I’ll be staying here long enough to want to make that kind of investment although it would help with my homes resale value in the future.
Oldchucky
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That ought to be more than enough to keep her happy!
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