Leo’s Garden

Grow from Home
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There are some really good Smartphone app light meters like Korona (one I reco, can measure PPFD fairly well) check em out

My local hydro guy and I were laughing cuz hes got a $300 meter, and some guy walked in and said hey i wanna see the reading i get on a couple lights here…

Whips out the iPhone and uses a white sheet of paper, cpl min later BOOM, he’s got pretty accurate readings after checking with the $300 meter - go figure!

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That it!!!
@hellraiser what brand do you use again?
I’ll write it down this time

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This the one I made for four lights use this one in veg room

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Hold a second I’ll get u a link

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Go to eBay type this in search
233708520120
That one says unbranded but is identical to thenone I have mine has a name I’m sure that one does too I’d guess. Can’t recall the brand name of mine.

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Better pic

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This is the 8 light controller I made. It has amp meter volt meter kWh meter on the bottom ya can’t see it. Didn’t have room plus that metal front was heavy duty thick stuff. I actually dont pay much attention to it anymore since imma pay the electric bill regardless :joy:

Note: maybe you dudes know but if you don’t with breakers in your breaker box should try to level out loads on each side actually save a tad on electric too. Just saying!

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Thanks.
I agree with @automatik.
The money we spend on those lights it take much for them to put on a different dimmer

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You are big timing it. I need to catch up

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Naw not really. Been into electronics for many yrs figured I’d build my own there easy to build. Fancied them both up with meters and each one has washable filter intake and out take. Figured I’d cool the contactors and the fans were 12 volt so fans run off of a Chinese cheap 3 amp power supply and green 1” dia.led on light runs on the same power supply

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2 of these runs 8 1000 watt lights.
Double pole Contactor, went up a bit on amperage 2 40 amp…
Have push breakers on each 2 sockets so 2 on each side. Didn’t have to do that since dedicated 240 volt lines on separate wall breaker.

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Lol I’ve seen that app
Have a app called kushscan supposed to scan ya bud tell you what it is and I think says thc of that strain… forgot I had that never tried it yet thanks for reminding me…

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When I get soil tomorrow I will see what my guy has for meters.

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Dang mark. Those are jungles. I could get lost in there forever! Looking good.

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Son has a meter Unk what it is now he wants to buy this one meter (light values) $2000.00 I said he’ll got by this long why spend that much dough? He wants to anyways his money oh well…

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Kids like technology. I kinda watch the plants. And let them tell me if I’m doing something wrong.

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Yeah but he’ll I like technology too lol

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I forgot to tell you. I went to put my shoes on this morning and turned my head. I found a full mason jar of AK that must have rolled under there when I was jarring. Pleasant surprise. Lol

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Buzz on brudda lol

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I think I am going to retire early tonight. Gonna make some more foot hash tomorrow too.

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