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I'm not too worried about the light. Its fixable for the most part.Hey man, sucks that it broke. The last one looks good. Have you tried / considered making light bar style?
I don't have any experience with the lights you're building and I'm interested in learning. My big thing now is the cost to convert too led's from hps. My electrical consumption for my grow alone is $120/mth. It would be a fraction of that price without my 1000w & almost 500w in the 7- t5's I'm using for veg.
After looking at the parts and a google search of a cob build I've decided no. Not for me, Too many little things for my little fat fingers and unsteady hands to fk with. I didn't think there were so many piddly little things to do to do it right. I haven't the patients. I was hoping more lights,ballast,tubes plug it in sorta build. I can cut and work with aluminum and electrical components but too much of a learning curve and added costs when In inevitably screw up.I would just take some of the builds and piece them together. You wouldn't want to go the route I did. CobKits has a lot of parts you will need and worth checking out. Not the cheapest if you plan on building a lot but a good place to get ideas and part numbers. You can then buy them at digikey or mouser if you prefer. Some products are also found on amazon much cheaper, such as Wago connectors. For wire I use delcity I believe. Aluminum I use heatsinkusa
I'm going to try the UV light this year if I get any bugs. I have one we used to use for our water when we sold coffee to purify before brewing. I can modify it so i can expose the light and suspend it in my flower room on a timer. First sign I have anything crawling its going up.The first step was to actually get rid of many of my fan leaves. I find most of the thrips are on the older ones.
Step one. I add a teaspoon of canola oil or any vege oil and some dawn soap to my sprayer along with a gallon of water and spray the plants down. Let them dry for a few minutes and spray again until it's gone.
Step two. Wait ten minutes then spray the plants down with warm water to remove the soap and oil.
I will then use spinosad to finish.
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Not sure that would work without killing your plants in the process but I would be interested in watching. I don't mind these bugs so much. Thrips are the norm for me. As long as they are under control before flower. I use BTi as well so that may help too.I'm going to try the UV light this year if I get any bugs. I have one we used to use for our water when we sold coffee to purify before brewing. I can modify it so i can expose the light and suspend it in my flower room on a timer. First sign I have anything crawling its going up.
I'm old I thought in my grey matter ( what's left ) I read here UV lights on timers 15 min on a few times during lights on would kill the fkers without harming plants. I asked ( who ever here ) if doing so was hard on the eyes if in the room they said not for short exposures.Not sure that would work without killing your plants in the process but I would be interested in watching. I don't mind these bugs so much. Thrips are the norm for me. As long as they are under control before flower. I use BTi as well so that may help too.
I'm going to try the UV light this year if I get any bugs. I have one we used to use for our water when we sold coffee to purify before brewing. I can modify it so i can expose the light and suspend it in my flower room on a timer. First sign I have anything crawling its going up.
Okay now I need to find out who what and where my old grey matter got that faulty info...More than 1 kind of UV light then....I don't want to fry my girls just kill their pests. By next year this time I'll have forgotten this conversation and be looking at my UV light wondering if it's the kind of light that kills bugs on my plants. Side effect of heavy doses of my favorite of medication and age.please reconsider exposing uvc light. Dangerous to plants and you.
Okay now I need to find out who what and where my old grey matter got that faulty info...More than 1 kind of UV light then....I don't want to fry my girls just kill their pests. By next year this time I'll have forgotten this conversation and be looking at my UV light wondering if it's the kind of light that kills bugs on my plants. Side effect of heavy doses of my favorite of medication and age.
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