Space heater when needed
Acinfintiy cloud line T6
Humidifier when needed
Currently use a controller 67 to control the exhaust fan(T6)
I also have a controller 76 to turn on a space heater or humidifier.
In order to have independent control of the lights I have them hooked up to plug in smart outlets. I am not a fan of these as they emit a blue glow from the body of the plug. I do like to have individual control of each light to turn off the UVA when working in there. Plus, I may not need all the lights all the time.
In a perfect world I would like one controller that has inputs for all of the above.
I am eyeing the ACInfinity Controller 69 Pro Plus along with the outlets it can control. I just worry it may be overkill for just switching the outlets on and off. I looked into adapters for my lights and I donât think my lights are compatible.
Any other suggestions or thoughts? Or is the AC the only option?
If your lights have external dimmer pots they can be part of the controller 69 pro plus using one of their 4 adaptors depending on specifics for the lights.
I recently upgraded my old tech to AC controllers with adapters and was able to eliminate most timers with controller connections for my lights. The only lights I wasnât able to bring into the controller was a couple I had that uses internal pots in driver where you use a small Phillips to adjust up or down.
I have attached a HLG scorpion diablo using their Rj-11 adapter
An older HLG 600H using their adapter and 2 home built lights as well.
Call AC Infinity if your unsure and they can help.
As far as temporarily shutting off your UV you can get a simple plug with a switch if it concerns you them being on while working in tent. I run much more powerful UVA/B lights in my tents than what that HLG puck puts out and if Iâm in tent while they are on I get free vitamin D and donât look at them or you can wear UV blocking sun glasses if you want to.
As far as the blue light on the smart plug a piece of black electrical tape over the light will do the trick.
Same with the switch for easily turning of UV.
My x3-330 has an external dimmer with the pictured 2 prong - would I just remove the 2 prong connector and expose the wire for the type D AC connector?
Looks like the HLG has the type A internal dimmer and there isnât an adapter for that. Only way around that would be to replace driver with type B.
The X3-330 light yes you would cut the plug coming from the driver (female end) - cut it with enough left in case you ever want to reconnect it and strip back some wire off and reference the driver label for proper color coated wires for hooking up to the Type D adapter.
One word of caution is the instructions from AC stipulated connecting the positive wire from power supply to the negative on their adapter and negative from power supply to positive on adapter. When I read this it seems totally ass backwards but I hooked it that way to see and it didnât work so I switched to positive to positive etc and works fine.
More tape lol or locate the plug outside the tent.
Years ago I would be worried about that light in tent during flower but based on experience and what Iâve watched from Dr Bugsby a light guru (check you tube) itâs takes a lot more light to disrupt plants in flower to cause problems.
I guess I have some deciding to do. I know there are switched outlets that connect to the controller 69 as well, so I could get a few of those for my non adapter lights and then the type D for my x3.
Or I just use the smart outlets I already have, and save the cash.
Smoke a little
Sit back and look at your plants
Smoke a bit more
Look at your set up and your plants
Repeat for a day or two and the answer will come to you.
Is your environment so unstable that you have enough variations throughout the day to need all this stuff? I ditched my controllers and run fans in manual. My lung room is typical about the same temp, so I set fan speed to maintain about 80f with lights on and take the 8-10â° drop when lights are out.
If you need all of this stuff run a successful grow is one thing. But if you can tweak stuff to avoid it is a lot less headaches. You save money, have less components to fail, and donât have to worry about finding proprietary replacement parts.
Yea, I agree with your sentiments. Originally I wanted to have everything go through a single controller for ease of use, but I can get the same functionality out of plug in light timers or smart outlets for a fraction of the cost.
It seemed cool in theory to have the single controller, but I can just achieve the same use through smart devices and my phone.
If anything, I can save the money and put it towards a future light purchase whenever that may be.
