Power Cuts

[Murciano]

Living in Spain has its advantages ie great outdoor growing weather, it also has disadvantages ie power cuts. Shortly im planning to go stealth and set up a grow cupboard in the house. We generally have around 1 power cut per week lasting for the most around 10 minutes, in winter when the weather changes to bombarding rain this can be as high as 3 or 4 a day, will these power outage's spoil things in particular when vegging?

 

[Ruin]

Dear Murciano,
Yes they will, if they happen during the day i suggest u run your lighting in your garden during the day as it is better to interupt your day time light(clouds) compared to interupting your night period whitch will cause hermaph.

 

[SeenTheLight]

They are bad all round - your ballasts and lights wont like it, plus you may experience a surge when it all comes back on.

I would spend some money on a UPS - best to be safe

Good luck with your grow

 

[Murciano]

Thanks for the info chaps!

@ SeenTheLight what exactly is a UPS, some kid of thing that when tripped generates electricity?..

 

[SeenTheLight]

UPS = Uninterruptible power supply

Clever unit that checks the power being fed to the device from your mains, and has a battery backup that will keep the devices powered in event of mains power failure. Small Battery should be enough for a Spanish Blackout.

Peace