Electric Panel burned out GIRLS WILL BE WITH NO LIGHT PLEASE HELP!

hydrotran · May 8, 2012

Hello,

Recently my electric panel caught fire and my electrician has to order a brand new panel wont be in till thursday. This will mean my girls will not have any light for 7 days.

Does anyone know the effect of my girls? They were just about to be flipped when this happened. It was on the end of week 4 of flower. I usually keep them in darkness for 2 days when I flip but this time will be 7 days. Will my girls be ok? I'm really worried. Thanks for any help.

Chobble · May 8, 2012

Its kind of iffy. Your yield is going to be lost but if you have a generator, Run the generator with as many of the lights as you can for 2-3 or cycles and atleast keep the normal light cycle going...

Chobble

nebulius · May 8, 2012

It will cause them stress and they might turn into hermaphrodites. Can you put them in the sun?

deep buddy · May 8, 2012

i would just use the click light led stick to the wall thingies ceiling they are batt op and will keep you from messing up their cycle. good for a pinch in power outages too.fwiw

420bliss · May 8, 2012

do you not have a spot you can out them outside?

hydrotran · May 8, 2012

nebulius said:
It will cause them stress and they might turn into hermaphrodites. Can you put them in the sun?

Cant put them outside unfortunately. The tops of the girls are starting to yellow.

deep buddy said:
i would just use the cick light led stick to the wall ceiling they are batt op and will keep you from messing up their cycle. good for a pinch in power outages too.fwiw

The room is kinda big where would I be able to buy one at? thanks for the help

420bliss said:
do you not have a spot you can out them outside?

Theres too many girls to put outside.

420bliss · May 8, 2012

are you in the city, can you run a gen?

hydrotran · May 8, 2012

420bliss said:
are you in the city, can you run a gen?

I m in the city but the gens cost couple grand? or do you know a cheaper one?

deep buddy · May 8, 2012

you can get em at wally world or any other such store. mind you its just a bandaid. if you cant find the click lights led lanterns/flashlights will work. this is all assuming you are trying to maintain light cycle cause thats all it will do you wont get any growth.

420bliss · May 8, 2012

hydrotran said:
I m in the city but the gens cost couple grand? or do you know a cheaper one?

you can rent them at home depot

hydrotran · May 8, 2012

420bliss said:
you can rent them at home depot

sweet thanks bro!!!

420bliss · May 8, 2012

hydrotran said:
I m in the city but the gens cost couple grand? or do you know a cheaper one?

depending on how much wattage you need you could just buy a 1k-8k for 150-1000

hydrotran · May 8, 2012

going to rent one tommorow need a 8k generator.

Chobble · May 8, 2012

420bliss said:
depending on how much wattage you need you could just buy a 1k-8k for 150-1000

Thats about spot on. Get a honda Generator, They're the best and the most fuel efficient.

hydrotran said:
going to rent one tommorow need a 8k generator.

How many watts are you running? Just because your running 8K watts doesnt mean the gen will support it.

Chobble

cctt · May 8, 2012

Honda does make great generators. The model names indicate peak power output, though, rather than sustained, which will be about 20% less. Also note a "1000 watt" ballast may draw more than that. Inductive ammeters are very useful. Aim to under-load the generator rather than risk overloading. As it's only 7 days you can get away without running all the lighting if you want to cycle through which lights are on - you really just want to keep the photoperiod stable for the plants. If your ballasts are dimmable that can help reduce load too.

Chobble · May 8, 2012

cctt said:
Honda does make great generators. The model names indicate peak power output, though, rather than sustained, which will be about 20% less. Also note a "1000 watt" ballast may draw more than that. Inductive ammeters are very useful. Aim to under-load the generator rather than risk overloading. As it's only 7 days you can get away without running all the lighting if you want to cycle through which lights are on - you really just want to keep the photoperiod stable for the plants. If your ballasts are dimmable that can help reduce load too.

A full light 1000w setup draws ~1100-1200 watts at a time your spot on. Like I was saying he should only run 2-4 lights and run them for 3 hours a day as to not ruin his generator. Also I think your ballasts can get messed up by putting to many on a gen, So dont mess around with that.

Chobble

Electric Panel burned out GIRLS WILL BE WITH NO LIGHT PLEASE HELP!

Electric Panel burned out GIRLS WILL BE WITH NO LIGHT PLEASE HELP!

hydrotran

Chobble

nebulius

deep buddy

420bliss

hydrotran

420bliss

hydrotran

deep buddy

420bliss

hydrotran

420bliss

hydrotran

Chobble

cctt

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