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So the other day my wife asks...what if the power goes out? I tell her than for the veg room it doesnt matter but if it happens when the flower room lights are on, we have to unplug everything and leave it off until the next on cycle.
So naturally, since it was fresh in my mind, last night I had a dream. In my dream my wife was shaking me saying..baby wake up..the power went out. BABY..WAKE UP..the power is out! I go..SO? She says..well what should I do? I say.."just close the door." ....?? Close the door?? WTF??
At like 5:30am I get up to go pee. I go to the shroom..click.....click.....CLICK CLICK...no lights!!...OH SHIT...I wasn't dreaming...the power really IS out.
I run downstairs and stumble around trying to quickly unplug all the lights before it comes back on. I go back to bed and get up alater and still no electricity.
I call the company and they say they'll get someone to our street to check it out.
by noonish there were a few electric company trucks outside. I go out to chat and it turns out that a tree fell and our tranny blew up. It's gonna be several more hours.
No biggie...lights don't come on till 9pm anyway...BUT...yikes...I do RDWC! It's been at least ten hours with no air bubbles and no circulation!
I fired-up the generator and plugged the water pumps and air pumps in.
Power came back on in the mid/late afternoon.
What's the moral of the story you ask? When you have a dream that the pow...uhhh..wait..that's not it...
GET A GENERATOR!!!
I bought this 3000W (4000 surge) unit the year before last for camping. This year we bought an RV that has a built in gen. I was gonna sell this one. Thank GOD I didn't.
It's a cheap brand. Regular like 500 bones but they go on sale all the time for $299 and...when I bought this one, something fucked-up and they only charged me $199 (didn't notice until about 2 weeks later when I got my VISA statement otherwise I woulda said something..really I would).
It isn't unreasonable to think that we could realistically have an outage that lasts for days. Especially in the winter.
A 300W generator isn't gonna run your HID lights but it WILL keep your pumps, fans, and if necessary..a bunch of CFLs going just to keep the light cycle intact..as well as your fridge and modem and router and computers and shit.
I was gonna say that a generator is inexpensive peace of mind..but now that I think about it...500 bucks isnt busfare.
You CAN get a 1kW or 1200watter for under $200 though and that would keep you safe too.
Anyway...just wanted to share my goofy scary story and let everyone know that it CAN happen to YOU and if you're doing DWC, RDWC, NFT, Aero, E&F etc...well..without power for your air and water pumps...I recon you could be completely wiped out in like 24 hours-ish?.
Now 2 or 3 or even FIVE hundred $ doesn't seem so bad if you're saving tens of thousands or more worth of plants does it!
PEACE and sweet dreams.
So naturally, since it was fresh in my mind, last night I had a dream. In my dream my wife was shaking me saying..baby wake up..the power went out. BABY..WAKE UP..the power is out! I go..SO? She says..well what should I do? I say.."just close the door." ....?? Close the door?? WTF??
At like 5:30am I get up to go pee. I go to the shroom..click.....click.....CLICK CLICK...no lights!!...OH SHIT...I wasn't dreaming...the power really IS out.
I run downstairs and stumble around trying to quickly unplug all the lights before it comes back on. I go back to bed and get up alater and still no electricity.
I call the company and they say they'll get someone to our street to check it out.
by noonish there were a few electric company trucks outside. I go out to chat and it turns out that a tree fell and our tranny blew up. It's gonna be several more hours.
No biggie...lights don't come on till 9pm anyway...BUT...yikes...I do RDWC! It's been at least ten hours with no air bubbles and no circulation!
I fired-up the generator and plugged the water pumps and air pumps in.
Power came back on in the mid/late afternoon.
What's the moral of the story you ask? When you have a dream that the pow...uhhh..wait..that's not it...
GET A GENERATOR!!!
I bought this 3000W (4000 surge) unit the year before last for camping. This year we bought an RV that has a built in gen. I was gonna sell this one. Thank GOD I didn't.
It's a cheap brand. Regular like 500 bones but they go on sale all the time for $299 and...when I bought this one, something fucked-up and they only charged me $199 (didn't notice until about 2 weeks later when I got my VISA statement otherwise I woulda said something..really I would).
It isn't unreasonable to think that we could realistically have an outage that lasts for days. Especially in the winter.
A 300W generator isn't gonna run your HID lights but it WILL keep your pumps, fans, and if necessary..a bunch of CFLs going just to keep the light cycle intact..as well as your fridge and modem and router and computers and shit.
I was gonna say that a generator is inexpensive peace of mind..but now that I think about it...500 bucks isnt busfare.
You CAN get a 1kW or 1200watter for under $200 though and that would keep you safe too.
Anyway...just wanted to share my goofy scary story and let everyone know that it CAN happen to YOU and if you're doing DWC, RDWC, NFT, Aero, E&F etc...well..without power for your air and water pumps...I recon you could be completely wiped out in like 24 hours-ish?.
Now 2 or 3 or even FIVE hundred $ doesn't seem so bad if you're saving tens of thousands or more worth of plants does it!
PEACE and sweet dreams.
