CMH + Strips Coco Cavern

Only 2nd year having a veg space.

I need some furniture.

Veg - Active intake / passive exhaust.
Intake - fan pulls intake air from the adjacent flower space.
Exhaust - can recirculate the exhaust back into flower via the 2 spring loaded dampers up top -or- configure to vent exhaust into lung room.

Needed paper behind this 2x3 flower expansion strip.


Shelving and Water heater behind the access door. I seal it when growing.

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She’s coming along nice! Can’t wait to see your grow, what are you planning to grow?

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Thanks @cdnBuddy
After being shutdown since Feb, I’m growing everything I can find! :smile:

Strip fit in flower. Fly-by-wire 18awg mounts. WIP

Eager to apply power for the first time in the space! :no_smoking:

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Its turning out great. So your running 575watts in roughly a 4x5 flowering room? Do you use any type of meter to check light distance from top of the plants?

One day id love to run co2. Until then I’m waiting to see you work some magic.

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Panorama attempt.

Currenly set to 810ma max via pot adjust. Good for about 145watts.
I will probably run them around 780ish for about 125 per. So 250watts total strips.
315cmh

315+125+125=565

One of my DROKs is showing the correct MA, but wattage displayed is lower. 145 vs 121. Swapping drivers, no change. Swapping frames, no change.

Waiting for a new DROK.

@cdnBuddy
I’m going to do my best with a LUX meter to learn about setting height.

Santa is not ok with a $600 Apogee Blue PAR meter. Lol

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The reason I started using Co2?

I had no choice. Forced to run AC due to heat, so I needed a sealed room. Sealed rooms need Co2.

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Pulling 191 and 195 from the wall according to my Kill-a-watt.
The inaccurate drok is a couple years old, was borrowed off my vero cob array.

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Santa loves me more. Promised a par meter under my tree this year. :slight_smile:

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:thermometer: Nice! (not jealous - yes!)

Tried to get this in proportion. 44x96x96.
Hatched area represents my 36x36 drain tray.

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Veg - W.I.P. (40"x48"x60")
Temp furniture, just until my new sofa and love seat arrive. :laughing:

Itching to drop some beans. Maybe next week if it cools off.

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Almost exactly 1 year ago.

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Found this vintage reflector.


Worthless…yet I admit I have trouble throwing things like this in the bin.

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Flower factory to be…

Holds my 3x3 tray - gravity drain.


Re-do on Intake vent. Using 20x30x1 Merv13.

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Hoping this is the last heat wave for the summer…

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90+ temps. These will either germinate, or be roasted like coffee beans.

No worries. Just bagseed being used for experimental fun.

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I dig my light controller, but kinda T-O’d that it’s discontinued. It’s working fine, but IF it fails, what will I replace it with??? (3+ years old, out of warranty)

Titan Hades 2.

Looking around, stumbled on this “LTL Stage 3”…same China unit, just re-branded.
https://growace.com/ltl-stage-3-recycling-lighting-timer.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw7sz6BRDYARIsAPHzrNKpfrPd7Bigg4VU9ItFiOKjHEo4Sv8rZnmCx_HgVhvGQVeLrwGiOgAaAkBHEALw_wcB#product_tabs_description_tabbed

Handles my hobby flower room lighting just fine.
Super bonus having a night output, and a recycle timer all in one.

My veg light is on a basic stand-alone timer.

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