Got some movement going on the GTxSBR seedlings. The paper pots are working out pretty well so far.
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Hey man, it’s been awhile, was great to see the transformation of you kick ass new grow room. Hat’s off, well thought out and executed.
Can’t wait to check back and see that bitch full of beautiful ladies.
Keep r green man
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By far my favourite thread on the internet right now.
Looking stellar brother!
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The Ghost Rose (Ghost Toof x Sugar Black Rose) autos were getting a little leggy so I transplanted them into 16 oz. cups. Each plant has two cups, both cups have drainage holes, but the inner cup has been cut down the middle. When it comes time to transplant them into the 3-gallon pots, all I will have to do is remove the inner cup and it should open right up.
My bonsai mothers needed trimming, so I took some clones. Will have to see if the paper pots work as well for them as they did for the seedlings. Back left in the rapid rooters are Jabba’s Stash I had to get back from my brother, back right are Skywalker Kush (HDR Cut), front left Zak Haze, and front right Cherry Tart.
Still fighting with these thrips. The sponosad is keeping them in check, but as soon as I ease up on that, they come right back. The bottle is about empty and three years old, I just ordered a new one. They got a foliar with spinosad, aloe, and a drop Dr. Bronner’s soap anyway.
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All looking good, nice to see you have gone straight into full on production.
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Good Show.The devil is in the details!!!
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Just some autos in the veg room. Hope to work on the lights a bit more tomorrow.
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looking great as usual really coming together and goodluck with the thrips I guess that’s my one advantage to growing in my own little worldup her in cny worst thing I have to deal with is soil mites be safē out there folks
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Had a setback in the workshop last night. The night before, I had tested the PWM on my Emerson boards connected directly to the controller. No problem, so I decided to test out the wiring harness I made for my remote drivers. My multi-meter battery gave out on me, so I just wired it up anyway. I turned it on and one of the boards was flickering. Next thing I know the board LDD driver on the board is smoking. I turned it off. I disconnected the PWM and plugged everything in again, and again the LDD started smoking. I tried to clear out a piece of wire that seemed stuck in the connector and plugged it in one more time with the same results. I’m still trying to figure out what happened, but with a broken multi-meter I couldn’t really get any info. My best guess is I got positive voltage on the negative pin somehow, apparently that will fry these units. I tested the other board and the PWM controller and they both appear to be working. The driver is surface mounted, but I may be able to solder it on myself. The driver is only about $5 plus shipping, compared to $80 for the whole new board. What do you sparky’s think? Is it even worth my time?
I also got my new bottle of Captain Jack’s Dead Bug Brew I went ahead and mixed up a foliar spray and gave all the plants in there a good soaking. I then removed any damaged leaves and left them in the dark for a few hours to dry off. While spraying I noticed the Jabba’s Stash cutting had roots!
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If you plug it in multiple times and it smokes each time, you’re probably not completely killing it.
If you fix your mis-wired harness (which is what I bet it is at that barrel plug, I’ve done it myself so many times) and plug it in, it still might work, if you’re willing to trust it.
Otherwise, if you have a good iron and a decent solder sucker, a few helping hands, maybe a heat sink and a fuck ton of patience, you might be able to unsolder the driver, which is going to be the hardest part without cooking the board. Putting the new driver in will be easy.
Me?
I’d just buy another one. Fuck that noise. But my fine motor skills aren’t great.
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Uh oh, you let the magic smoke get out 
I suck at soldering surface mount stuff, and suck even more at removing it cleanly. I’d have to buy a whole new one to have any confidence in it 
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Yeah, it has that awful smell too. 
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Ah, you let the magic smoke out of the driver huh? such a pain to get it back in there! 
Honestly if you got a spare driver already or can get one cheap, swapping it should be cake work. I could do it in 10 minutes if you were near here or wanted to mail it to me. Just need some flux and good solder wick, some low melt solder would really help too to get the old one off the board, and then a decent sized and powerful iron and some good solder, I still prefer leaded solder myself but you need an airfilter to use that stuff really. but yeah, should be cake to swap it.
Clones and mom’s lookin good tho! I have that same rack so you’re giving me idea’s here 
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that equals badness 
I have done that to many severs over the years
so hard to put it back 
nice build 
for my skill set epic
all the best
Dequilo
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Been watching a few videos, ordered the new LDD chips. Should be within my skill set.
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I’d forget de-soldering and take a small sharp pair of side cutters to each of the legs and just cut the thing away. Then it’s easy to clear away what’s left on the pads with the tip of your soldering iron.
I do this with most chips which have been soldered to a board. Done right it causes much less damage to the board than trying to de-solder the things.
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Yeah this for sure. What seems like an easy job to un solder something aint so easy when it has many soldered points. This saves the headache snipping them first.
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You can replace it.
Do as @Albannach recommended and clip the leads. Those aluminum clad boards need more heat than regular FR4 (can’t tell for sure but suspect you have aluminum clad).
You want a longer skinny tip for the soldering iron to reach in on the inside (between the parts).
Cheers
G
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Oh noes! You let the smoke out!
Weren’t we discussing the importance of the smoke just the other day!?!? You know that’s what makes it work, why would you let it get away?
Sorry… Couldn’t help myself…
Seriously though that sucks. Sounds like a cheap enough fix though if you’re up for a romantic evening with your soldering iron.
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I know right? I get my new multi-meter today, should be able to diagnose the issue. From the reading I think I shorted the pins with a stray piece of wire.
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