LED AFTERGLOW

[Rocket Soul]

Ok, the thread is the algorithm

But....

I know that by time there will be more posts of people asking questions and blaming anyone between light manufacturers, God and the neighbours

 

[Absorber]

Ok, the thread is the algorithm

But....

I know that by time there will be more posts of people asking questions and blaming anyone between light manufacturers, God and the neighbours

% thats where the feature might be helpfull for people in the future .

 

[Rocket Soul]

% thats where the feature might be helpfull for people in the future .

I like keeping a few good threads when peeps ask me and referring: thats why i asked for one final post above but i agree its not easy to get everything into one post or answer. I get the same with "Tell me a bit about diy led" and i just start wondering if its going to be me or the questioners eyes glazing over with the "too much..."-look first

 

[Absorber]

I like keeping a few good threads when peeps ask me and referring: thats why i asked for one final post above but i agree its not easy to get everything into one post or answer. I get the same with "Tell me a bit about diy led" and i just start wondering if its yoing to me or the questioners eyes glazing over with the "too much..."-look first

 

[4maggio]

Well, I don't know squat about electricity, cept it'll kill ya. Since I first noticed afterglow of this light, I've had more miscues in this one grow than in 5 of any others. Wrapping my head around the use of a controller and VPD caused : once light stayed on for 20 hours before realizing it happened. Kept lights OFF for 24 hours. Again later lights stayed on for an extra 6 hours.. And again 3-4 hours a third time. Couple times forays into the mid 90Fs for most of a day and many light on in dark time happenings.. all in the 2nd to 5th week of bloom nd other miscues. BUT! no signs of hermis or seeds.. Tooka bud last week (day 41 bloom, clear to cloudy trichomes) no sign of seeds. Yes EVERONE agrees some part of my household electrical ground is funky. But I did nothing and afterglow persists.. Might it be possible that afterglow might help sensitize the plant to light discrepancies? Or am I puffin up too much?

 

[Ca++]

If the afterglow isn't enough to read a book, then the plants may of seen it as nothing more than moonlight.

Something must be happening around your home, or even one nearby. Some sort of ground offset, where it's not at neutral potential. Perhaps you use a ground rod, rather than the neutral conductor at the service intake. A shot of that main fuse could be useful. If an earth wire comes out that big block, I would be surprised. Perhaps instead, the big earth from your fuse board, just ties to some pipework that used to go outside, but it's now plastic in the street. The question would then become why anything is actually sending power to ground. It's often a PC, just doing what it should do. Though to be lighting your lights, this suggests no earth leakage disconnection device. I would like a look in person tbh, it's interesting. It's not worth a flight though.

 

[4maggio]

If the afterglow isn't enough to read a book, then the plants may of seen it as nothing more than moonlight.

Something must be happening around your home, or even one nearby. Some sort of ground offset, where it's not at neutral potential. Perhaps you use a ground rod, rather than the neutral conductor at the service intake. A shot of that main fuse could be useful. If an earth wire comes out that big block, I would be surprised. Perhaps instead, the big earth from your fuse board, just ties to some pipework that used to go outside, but it's now plastic in the street. The question would then become why anything is actually sending power to ground. It's often a PC, just doing what it should do. Though to be lighting your lights, this suggests no earth leakage disconnection device. I would like a look in person tbh, it's interesting. It's not worth a flight though.

No, Ca, can't read a book under it and it glows red/pinkish.. if it's not gonna affect the plants life style/sex why would I fix it? Am I more susceptible anything bad or more costly with a faulty ground? I will get to a pic of the panel and would appreciate anything you might see.. when I post it. thanks Ca

 

[greyfader]

hey buddy! sounds like something wrong with your house wiring. that could be very hard to find. i moved out of an old 1940's farmhouse last year that had metal sink traps. i was working on the water line to one of the sinks and i touched the metal trap with a pipe wrench and it sparked. scared the shit out of me. i do own a volt/ohm meter and began checking everything but never did find what was causing it before i moved out.

i think @Hiddenjems mentioned using a relay to positively cut all power to the lights.

i've been using these to control lights for years;

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they are built like trucks. 40 amp contact rating. this one has a 120volt solenoid so it can be hooked to a cheap timer. i would put one on the power supply to the lights.

i've been using these timers from amazon for 3-4 years. very reliable and can be programmed for any cycle you like.

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[chilliwilli]

If the afterglow isn't enough to read a book, then the plants may of seen it as nothing more than moonlight

I think that depends on the genetics.
Some( 10 iirc) years ago i got some jamaican bagseeds and manipuri turn hermie from the red glow shining from the switch of a power strip.
First i thought it's just one plants genetic but the other turned hermie within a few days standing on the place of the first. When i went in during dark phase to check for lightleaks i barley noticed the faint red glow from the switch. Put some duct tape over it and no more hermies.