Intro/room setup/first grow journal

Adam Sandler would be proud.

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Can you post a link to where you got the 288s?
Thanks

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I’m pretty sure we cant post links there, but mine are the Atreum 288.8. I think you can search that.

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Hotel Transylvania 3. For the 111113th time.

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I feel your pain. Toy Story trilogy in our house…

I’ve watched them so many times, mostly medicated, that I’ve picked them apart, top to bottom.

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I never knew the time I’d give up to be a dad… I had no clue.

I love it, wouldn’t change it. But having unlimited free time is a not even a memory anymore… More like a myth.

Next time I get to work on anything grow related - Sunday.

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Ours was Lion King and Blues Clues. We used to sing and dance every night before bed with Blue. Both boys are out of house now…some days I miss dancing to Blue with those little people.

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Free time = cannabis cultivation time

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That’s it man! Love every minute.

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Are you planning to light up the neighborhood? Jeez.

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@dbrn32 some questions. The three RC wires coming out of the driver. I don’t need to do anything with them, and they can be capped off? Second, the two leads that actually go to the quantum boards, they will be mounted on a wall in another room. Is it still best to use the 18 gauge solid copper wire, because that’s a lot of wire? Or is there something I can pick up at the big box store in bulk that is already paired wire?

Last question. Which of the two is the actual potentiometer? The Ioadjustment, or the Vo adjustment?

Cap each of the rc and 5v wires off individually. Both vo and Io will dim the light. If it were me, I would get board voltage from manufacturer and set driver for that using multimeter. Then use current to dim from there.

Another room isn’t very descriptive. I would measure out the runs of wire and check them on voltage drop calculator, several available online.

Sorry @dbrn32 By another room, I mean the same wall as the grow room, opposite side of the wall. Max length would be <10ft.

I can mount the drivers on the fixtures or even somewhere close in the room… I figured they produce heat so get them on the other side of the wall.

This is the controller I got. I’m going to run 240. Thank you again for the help man. This is some project.

Hydrofarm MLC-4X 4-Light HID… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008NP7HNM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

10’ not a problem with the 18awg. I’m not familiar with that light controller though.

Trying to be neat and clean…

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