Grow room electrical and general safety

[nivek]

there are folks out there who actually have concern for their own,, and others safety,,, i thank you all,,,, auggie,, smok,, upth,, for contributing,, most appreciated,,

i have both a smoke alarm and a fire extinguisher in my studio/labooratoory,, no help if i am not out there,, but if i am,,, big help,, and a necessity,, me missus says so,,

appreciated friends,, cheers

 

[Stinky Snid]

the components for the lights are simple as shown,, properly connected of course, least my version of 'proper'.

i knot the cord so it does not pull through the back of the panel

the bulbs are two inches from the closest anything and that anything get's nothing more than slightly 'warm', though the room is now hotter, which is my next issue i will need to 'plug in' to solve

please chime in with your thoughts and ideas and concerns (for my safety), cheers, nivek

I'll add my design to yours it's got the boxes on top for extra safety from arcing Sparks.

I had the t5's and up to 18 cfls in this piece. Three plug in cords leading to 3 separate junction boxes. Powering t5's separate from cfls which are drawn from 2 separate boxes aswell.. Total of 380 watts from the wall. Too much. Do I invested in some LEDs. More penetration and half the watts

 

[nivek]

excellent,, great stuff snid,, great minds think alike eh?? ha, well, maybe yours be great,, mines a mess,, ha,,

just a note on the pics of 'mine' you reposted in your post,, those pics are not my final design, just in case anyone else sees that and copies mine,,

just to be totally clear,, that is my final design,, thanks to a tremendous amount of help from great 420mag members,,

 

[Stinky Snid]

Nicely done nivek, every improvement towards a safe and happy grow environment is worth the time designing and remodelling and redoing.. Take care man, I'll be checking out the journal when I have time. Good luck.

 

[Kriaze]

Have just read this after seeing the link on another thread. Very informative but looks like it's going to be painful on my wallet lol, thanks for a great thread.