Growing now inside now and outside in 2024 here in the NorthEast

the month that comes after month 17 :wink:

of course :slight_smile:

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waiting on parts to build lights :frowning:

plants are looking like ass :frowning:

8 dollars strip lights work but you get what you pay for eh? not well :frowning:

bored to tears :cry: what to do?

I know plants seeds :wink:

maybe

SnowHigh’s Blackberry Spacewreck

and

Annunaki Genetics Epoxy Og x Huckleberry Soda

or

AG Seed Co Skunk 1 x ( UK Cheese '89 x Skunk Bud # 18)

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“Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob the world.”

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Good Day Folks

I have been wanting to build some LED lights for the last couple of years

I will be redoing my grow room this spring and hope to never use my HIDs

again

I will be building two 2 foot by 4 foot 200 watt lights to use over

a couple shelves for seedlings and clones

each of these lights will be on 2 x 4 foot Aluminum frames with

14 - BXEB-L0560Z-35E2000-C-B3 they are 2 foot strips running at 24 volts

@ 13.6 watts per strip for 191 watts total

I will be driving them with the HLG-240H-24B MEAN WELL which have external

dimming

I will also build five more light on 20 inch by 4 foot frames to use for

veg/flower each light will be 300 watts on 20 inch by 4 foot Aluminum frames with

11 - BXEB-L1120Z-35E4000-C-B3 these are 4 foot strips running at 48 volts

@ 27.3 watts per strip for 300 watts a light

I will be driving these strips with the MEAN WELL HLG-320H-48B

which also has the same dimming feature

this will give me about a total of 1900 watts of LED lights to replace all

my HIDs and Florescent lights

I went with 3500K so they can be used from start to finish

will do 2 veg 3 flower or 3 veg 2 flower we will see

all the best and enjoy the day

Dequilo

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I stand corrected :frowning: they do not suck ass it was an IO error as they say

IO error = Idiot operator or maybe a ID10T error

I had the plants way too far from the lights so no growing

just maintaining the plants

moved them about 18 inches closer all is better

now they are growing but 6000k is not the best :frowning:

so we will build some lights :slight_smile:

all the best and grow well

Dequilo

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plants on10/18

not so bad

that is all for 10/18/2022

more to come

Dequilo

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this is 10/28/2022

plant the cops missed

plants the cops were too lazy to pull just cut them off but

made buds :slight_smile:

and seeds for every three grams of bud you get 2 grams of seeds

all the best

Dequilo

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metal :slight_smile:

will be lights soon

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plants on 11/26/2022

looking better after being moved closer to the light

hempys making a go

plants so we can get up to date and talk about LED light builds

all the best

Dequilo

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since I do not need any more plants

I planted some seeds

10 seeds of Centripetal Force - MAC F2 x Mimosa

8 seeds of Pure Michigan F1 x Gold Ca$h Gold

there are three marked as UME from the plant the Police missed

so it is being call you missed me :slight_smile:

some unsexed plants of a purple diesel x holy goddess

I do love Jack’s Classic greens them up nicely

clones and mother plants to be the clones are going to a grower here

a couple of group shots

55 - 4 foot Bridgelux gen 2 strips in 3500k for the 5 lights to

veg and flower under they will be 300 watts each

metal and drivers will come in on Thursday

I still need to find a deal on 4 - 320 h - 48V Mean Well

I found As or Bs for around 99 dollars new I was hoping to find

some ABs but they are weeks and weeks out for lead time

I will troll Flea Bay with hope of finding 4 used ones

I found someone who had a bunch of them in 24 volt but the 4 foot strip are 48 volts

I will be starting with the 2 lights for my shelves to do clones and seedlings

which I am using 14 - 2 foot strips that run at 24 volts driven by

a couple240 -H 24 B for around 200 watts a lamp

all the best and be well

Dequilo

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Gold is the money of kings Debt is the money of slaves

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today is 12/01/2022

it time to start working with LED strips :slight_smile:

I will warn you all I am not an Electrician nor do I play one on TV

but I can follow an electrical diagram and instruction

Also I own my place and have no insurance so burning it down is not

an option

Safety First

here are some shots to give you an idea where I am going with these light

I have all kinds of bits and bobs that are riding around with different shippers

I am playing the waiting game all should be here today

these are the 4 foot Bridgelux strips I will be using to build 5 lights with

11 strips @27.3 watts each for 300 watts

in the photo there are 14 strips which gives you 382.3 watts

bit more light than I need for the 20 inches by 4 foot frames

also on 320 A it puts it into constant voltage mode which give you

very little dimming

stuff :slight_smile: it is nice to work for a manufacturer it gives me access to

a well stocked maintenance shop

I may go with the B model I wanted to go with an AB model lead time

23 weeks :frowning:

basic lay out I will be using 11 not the 14 you see here

wired and ready to light up

let there be light, this is dimmed to about 300 watts from 382

all the best and grow well

Dequilo

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Ohhh i love building and fabricating stuff! It excites me a lot! I like to do things myself and i like to learn how to do it properly and i love tools! I just got 4 new ryobi toys! You know my garage remodel was quoted at $28k i bought all the tools and 2x4’s drywall, mud tape paint cabinets and did it myself $6k and i have like a bunch of cook tools like 10 more tools. My friend was like why you buying the tools? I said i just saved $22,000 tools are a bonus at this point.

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Looksgreat now. I did have my friend come diamond grind the floor and do the flakes industrial floor.

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I love to learn new things and build also :slight_smile:

and when stuff breaks ( as you know it will) so much easier to repair

when you built it

I am doing around 1900 watts total for 7 lights and with everything

it will be just under a dollar a watt to build them myself

I get to make stuff which is great as what I do is so non hands on

@PreyBird1 Love your garage :slight_smile:

all the best and enjoy the day

Dequilo

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Thankyou! It took me like a month and i did it by myself!! The wife literally held 1 piece of dry wall and that didnt work out so well and I work 11hrs a day. So i had to come home and work a few hours a night and on my days off to finish it. I rented a drywall hoist/hanger for $20 and my brother lent me his .22 caliber powered concrete nail gun to anchor all my wall framing to the floor. I did 3 coats of mud so its nice like inside the house and its all insulated with encapsulated insulation. I was able to get 25% the insulation from lowes because it was more than i needed but only $50 more but the kickback was $75 so i got 4 rolls extra and $25. Then i turned around and submitted to thermwise here the upgrades to the insulation and the rebate was $250. All the insulation was $125 woohoo. Then my wifes friend works at lowes. So i pulled another discount trick. Employee price for $2800 cabinet set and on black friday. $1200??? Yep -$1600.00 discount. And of course i did the install. I will and DO! Hunt the best prices and ways to get it lower priced!

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Dude…and the stripper Pole…party at Preys Garage… Wait a minute, your not dancing right…I mean you ordered the strippers…girls… right.

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Lol great joke about that pole! We got strippers on standby yes sir! Lol stripper pole! this poles thick and will probably hold some big strippers!

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Awesome garage. I’m a tool guy as well, so good to have everything in house ready for the job!

Man I love the 2005 gen ZX-10R!!! Beast of a different class!

@Dog_Fart1 Where can I sign up for the Preybird garage party? I’m in!!! I’ll bring the European strippers lol :rofl: :rofl:

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Yes that bike is insane. I have mine heavily modified. Mine does 116mph in 1st gear and its also de governed so top speed is like 230mph because of the regeared final drive i installed. Also it’s been weight reduced 55 lbs. And has y2k carbonfiber from japan. My best 1/4 mile is 161mph at 8.733 seconds. Its also bored out .40 over power commander 5 with a custom map. Also it has a T.R.E installed aka timing retard eliminator. This particular year has full power in 1st and 6th gears only. Now the timing retard eliminator removes 3 things. Ecm control over Wot throttle in all gears are set to 100% also it removes top speed limiter from 186mph to as fast as the bike can go with the power and weight and wind drag. And it remove 100% engine brake from the federally mandated rule that the fuel injectors must shut down when the the throttle is closed or there is no throttle response. All three of the together make this bike really really scary lol. This bikes wet race weight is 388lbs and it has zero down revving so when you roll off the gas to zero throttle the injectors do not turn off and the bike just rolls its an odd feeling but when your racing at 185mph throttle input at speed can cause the fuel injectors to light up and make the bike jerk and make a pop sound. At hard angles and knee down you want smooth input on the gas not a lurch or jerk because it can kill you. This bike is thee most dangerous bike and i made it worse lol. Zero traction control to start with just a raw race bike and serious horespower. The starter and alternator/generator are set back in this motor so it skinny like a 600cc bike. I de badged it so people think its a 600cc 3 piece titanium scorpion race exhaust! Man what a machine!
love my lap button computer on board! But only drawback is i can burn 4.5 gallons of fuel in 125 miles. This a Race bike not a daily driver. Its what i take to the track to dominate. This is the Big DOG and hes coming off the porch! This bike doesnt suffer fools at all! It just kills them. Man i want to ride it now!..

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