spearwarrior
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always too much month left at the end of my paycheck, researching arduino and will document progress
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10k biobucket vpd dream
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spearwarrior
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help
help
framing is mostly done, just need to add some bracing. I've started electrical and here is where I need help.
I'm running 10 1kw lights and planned on running 3 20amp 240v circuits. 3k, 3k, 4k is this ok? i'm using 20am outlets and using 10/2 wire. my concern is about the last circuit being 4.5/4.16 amps per brings it to over 16amp(80% rule).
my final room dimension are 19'4"x10'x11' and I have 40 buckets(almost built). I've installed the lights so that they are lighting the whole floor and would like to take advantage of that by putting as many buckets as possible. i'm planning on laying them out like this:
OOFOOFOO
OO_OO_OO
OO_OO_OO
OO_OO_OO
OO_OO_OO
OO_OO_OO
D___FF_OO
D___FF_OO
SF_OOOOO
SF_OOOOO
D= door into room
O are 5gallon buckets
FF=floor fan
SF=scrubber with fan(I'll also have a carbon scrubber on exhaust)
_=walk way
Do I have to run 4 circuits for 10 lights? or will running 4k on one circuit be fine?
Will buckets being only couple inches apart be a problem?
help
framing is mostly done, just need to add some bracing. I've started electrical and here is where I need help.
I'm running 10 1kw lights and planned on running 3 20amp 240v circuits. 3k, 3k, 4k is this ok? i'm using 20am outlets and using 10/2 wire. my concern is about the last circuit being 4.5/4.16 amps per brings it to over 16amp(80% rule).
my final room dimension are 19'4"x10'x11' and I have 40 buckets(almost built). I've installed the lights so that they are lighting the whole floor and would like to take advantage of that by putting as many buckets as possible. i'm planning on laying them out like this:
OOFOOFOO
OO_OO_OO
OO_OO_OO
OO_OO_OO
OO_OO_OO
OO_OO_OO
D___FF_OO
D___FF_OO
SF_OOOOO
SF_OOOOO
D= door into room
O are 5gallon buckets
FF=floor fan
SF=scrubber with fan(I'll also have a carbon scrubber on exhaust)
_=walk way
Do I have to run 4 circuits for 10 lights? or will running 4k on one circuit be fine?
Will buckets being only couple inches apart be a problem?
alotawatah
Member
Just to address the lights per breaker, I would not run more than 3 1,000 w lights on a 20 amp breaker, just go up to a 30 amp breaker. My only put 3 outlets max per 20 amp breaker and told me I need 30 amp to do more. That is consistent with the 80 percent rule. I've heard it can be disregarded but I wouldn't with something that's going to be on for 12+ hours. I'm trying to upload a pic from a shut down room, but it's some 240 outlets, three 20 amp breakers in total, 3 outlets, 3 outlets, and 1 outlet (for ac). Lights were double enders turned up to 1,150.
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alotawatah
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I highly recommend you only use 2 rows of 4 lights in there, I keep seeing people lowering the what's per sq foot down below 50 and crushing it on yield/quality. The overkill infrared from de par can fry your trichomes, but having such high ceilings, you are one step ahead of the game. Def keep 30 inches from glass to canopy. My boy kept less than 24 at the end, and made it, but his yield and quality suffered, lacking the improvements he expected when he switched to de. He was in a basement though.
spearwarrior
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fcuk, I was afraid to ask about the 4 lights per circuit. Is it ok to run the 20amp outlets on 30am breakers? There is no chance of anything other than lights being plugged in to the outlets.
If i run only 8 lights i'd have to redo my layout and I've already started the electrical and not looking to forward to that. though it would be nice to have 2k for a clone/veg/mom room. Think I'm gonna keep the 10k setup. If money gets tight and bill are too high i'll address it at that time.
Any other opinions on the electrical and bucket layout?
If i run only 8 lights i'd have to redo my layout and I've already started the electrical and not looking to forward to that. though it would be nice to have 2k for a clone/veg/mom room. Think I'm gonna keep the 10k setup. If money gets tight and bill are too high i'll address it at that time.
Any other opinions on the electrical and bucket layout?
spearwarrior
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strains
strains
Order details
2x Cookies Kush - Feminized £6.75
1x 2x Free Feminized Seeds - Free £0.00
1x Blackberry - Regular x10 £25.00
1x Chemdawg - Feminized £9.50
1x PPP (Pure Power Plant) - Regular x10 £20.00
2x Tutankhamon - Feminized £6.50
2x Incredible Bulk - Feminized £8.75
2x LSD - Feminized £7.50
1x THC Bomb - Regular x10 £30.00
1x Aurora Indica - Regular x10 £20.00
my order of Aurora Indica from Nirvana never showed up, and they reshipped and that didn't show up. Found it on single seed centre site but things got out of hand quickly.
strains
Order details
2x Cookies Kush - Feminized £6.75
1x 2x Free Feminized Seeds - Free £0.00
1x Blackberry - Regular x10 £25.00
1x Chemdawg - Feminized £9.50
1x PPP (Pure Power Plant) - Regular x10 £20.00
2x Tutankhamon - Feminized £6.50
2x Incredible Bulk - Feminized £8.75
2x LSD - Feminized £7.50
1x THC Bomb - Regular x10 £30.00
1x Aurora Indica - Regular x10 £20.00
my order of Aurora Indica from Nirvana never showed up, and they reshipped and that didn't show up. Found it on single seed centre site but things got out of hand quickly.
spearwarrior
Member
The order that Nirvana reshipped arrived in the mail today, very stealthy. I'll be ordering more from them in the future. Guess I'll have to learn to pheno hunt.
So i'm going to run 4 lights on one 25 circuit. 80% rule will be 20 amps and 4 lights will be just shy of 20 amps so I think that will be good.
I need opinions comments suggestion on bucket spacing layout. I only have 40 buckets and it looks like I can fit twice as many, more like 70. From my measurements it seems that plants will have little over 5.5 feet to grow. I don't plan on doing any training. I just want to top them once or twice. Not sure how to add a screen or two to support the colas, I would really like to have this setup need minimum manual labor.
I'd appreciate any input on bucket spacking/layout. Pack them in or give them room?
So i'm going to run 4 lights on one 25 circuit. 80% rule will be 20 amps and 4 lights will be just shy of 20 amps so I think that will be good.
I need opinions comments suggestion on bucket spacing layout. I only have 40 buckets and it looks like I can fit twice as many, more like 70. From my measurements it seems that plants will have little over 5.5 feet to grow. I don't plan on doing any training. I just want to top them once or twice. Not sure how to add a screen or two to support the colas, I would really like to have this setup need minimum manual labor.
I'd appreciate any input on bucket spacking/layout. Pack them in or give them room?
spearwarrior
Member
making progress:
alotawatah
Member
How are the cookies kush doing?, we popped 20 of them and they are struggling in veg.
