Fuzzy Duck
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Cool beans an out door grow with amended soil 
We can not get half of that sizzle in the United Kingdom.
We can not get half of that sizzle in the United Kingdom.
420 Magazine's Official Girl Scout Cookies Comparative Grow By BoBrown14
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Last year I did in the ground and in container. The container WAY outdid the in the ground plants. We hadda drought tho and it wasn't easy watering. My patch was in the brush so had to tractor the water to the patch.
Difference was 12 footers vs 14 footers. lol It was a lot of trimming.
Difference was 12 footers vs 14 footers. lol It was a lot of trimming.
Kismet
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Hey Bo! Thought i was already subscribed to this thread but am now. Been thinking about doing a 100 gallon pot outside with the legalization. Thanks for the coots recipe. And looking forward to seeing how the new MH light does your 5 by 5. In for the show.
Missed you bro.
Missed you bro.
I just planted two of the GSC seeds in the ground today. I'm really interested to see how they grow differently/ faster (if at all) with not having to deal with the uppot stress. I ran out of light and energy but I meant to get a couple more seeds planted in containers. I'd like to see the growth difference. What size containers did you use by the way?
i like your soil mix.
i've been contemplating something similar. don't have the space for it at the moment.
fantastic start and set up.
it's budget driven. lm's come in k from 2700 up through 7000. the bridegelux are just cheaper.
the bridgelux probably has ir which lm's do not.
aside from lifespan there's nothing wrong with bridgelux. they run a bit hotter.
the drivers usually don't make too much heat. it should be fine attached.
what driver is that bo ? FC's originally came spec'd with mean well. i see they've added inventronics as a possible driver as well since they released the rig. i'm curious as that is neither. i'm not impressed when builders pull a mix and match and don't inform the buyer.
i've been contemplating something similar. don't have the space for it at the moment.
fantastic start and set up.
it's budget driven. lm's come in k from 2700 up through 7000. the bridegelux are just cheaper.
the bridgelux probably has ir which lm's do not.
aside from lifespan there's nothing wrong with bridgelux. they run a bit hotter.
Power supply - can be remote or attached to the light bar frame. Plenty of extra chord for remote if heat is an issue. I'll go with attached to frame.
the drivers usually don't make too much heat. it should be fine attached.
what driver is that bo ? FC's originally came spec'd with mean well. i see they've added inventronics as a possible driver as well since they released the rig. i'm curious as that is neither. i'm not impressed when builders pull a mix and match and don't inform the buyer.
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This lamp has Bridgelux chips and a MOSO driver.
Looks like the MeanWell drivers are being used in the less wattage lamps in the FC and the FC-E series lamps.
thanks for the answer bo.
there are increasingly ethical issues with the supply chain.
it's good to be informed.
mean well is a taiwanese company. they and other semiconductor / driver companies are under severe political pressure.
there are increasingly ethical issues with the supply chain.
it's good to be informed.
mean well is a taiwanese company. they and other semiconductor / driver companies are under severe political pressure.
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Meanwell be my goto normally. Fer sure.
I did just have a mean well driver failure yesterday tho. One of my VEG lamps kicked off on me. Hadda Meanwell driver.
Here's my little GSC girls they doubled in size since I took the pic.
I did just have a mean well driver failure yesterday tho. One of my VEG lamps kicked off on me. Hadda Meanwell driver.
Here's my little GSC girls they doubled in size since I took the pic.
Freak Brothers
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It alright to hang around for a while 
Meanwell be my goto normally. Fer sure.
I did just have a mean well driver failure yesterday tho. One of my VEG lamps kicked off on me. Hadda Meanwell driver.
Here's my little GSC girls they doubled in size since I took the pic.
driver itself could be warrantied up to 5 yrs if it's an aluminum body mean well..
7 yrs if you are the builder (accredited).
3yrs open warranty. or whatever the builder backs if you go through them.
i have rigs 5+ yrs out there still pounding away.
Big Sparks
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The babies are looking great Bobrown! Keep up the good work!
Kismet
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I fried a Meanwell driver a couple years ago. Was camping for a week in early October and had a heatwave here. Temps in the grow were 95 to 100 F. Been meaning to take it apart just to see if i blew the fuse.
there is an internal fused link that will snap before the unit heats to the point of fire hazard. they can be replaced. it's one of the reasons to use a mean well. lots of lesser drivers will simply go up in flames.
Big Sparks
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Exactly! I'd rather come home to a burned driver (fuse) than to come home to a burned home! And I'm pretty sure that most of us feel the same way. Just my two cents worth.
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Need to get my meter out and see if its an LED or the power supply. I have backups so I'm good. The one that went out was my first COB LED and I used it 18/6 for probably 6 years straight. It did a lot of work.driver itself could be warrantied up to 5 yrs if it's an aluminum body mean well..
7 yrs if you are the builder (accredited).
3yrs open warranty. or whatever the builder backs if you go through them.
i have rigs 5+ yrs out there still pounding away.
I ran the COBs at 100w per and 100% full power. Could be the dimmer pot too. They have the full amps running thru them all the time - they will burn out too. I've had that happen. The dimmer pots are not very heavy duty.
pots only have a tiny fraction of the power running through them. they send signal not much more.
Kismet
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Don't care for the dimmer pots just because they do burn up. Like the Meanwells you just adjust with a screwdriver to dim but to be honest i usually just run full blast in the flower tent anyway. Maybe dim them a bit when i switch some girls over to the flower tent for a few days let them adjust to the different light.
Fuzzy Duck
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The GSC's are coming along well bud
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The setup I have, the meanwell driver and a separate pot not the one that is incorporated into the driver itself. This driver in non-dimmable.
I dont think there's an internal circuit on this one that does the dimming.
I could be wrong but I thought the pot is tied to the positive rail on the DC side of the PSU output??
I've burned out at least 2 over the several years I've been using these power supplies. I've switched over to the dimmable versions the last 3 or so years.
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