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poth_ead_homer · #1 (**permalink**) 02-28-2008, 11:55 PM

Hey GC,

just stopping by to let you guys know I am growing again! Anyway...it aint illegal where I live (thank god) and I have my plant under a light right (duhh)

I have the light doing a 18/6 veg cycle

I have it go on a timer like this 9 hours on --- 1 hour off --- another 9 on --- 5 hours off

Would this be fine??? It just makes it easier to grow because of the system I am using I want the light to cool off every 9-12 hours.

Will this affect anything? I need to know quick b4 I fuck everything up.

Thank-you!

andynotandy · #2 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 12:02 AM

why does your light need to cool off?

poth_ead_homer · #3 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 12:20 AM

It heats up lol.... idk I am never around and I dont want tha stupid light burning my house down...

I am just wondering if the 9 hours on --- 1 hour off --- another 9 on --- 5 hours off will b just fine because the plant will b getting a full 18hours... just in 2 intervals

weedman040 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 01:26 AM

not really sure, but it sounds like it would put the plant under some un-needed stress...

poth_ead_homer · #5 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 01:28 AM

ok well thanks I guess I am gona just put it on a full 18hour w/out stop... i have never used the light I am using so I was never sure how hot it would get...my vent system seems to be doing fine for now...I might need to go and grab another fan though ;D

andynotandy · #6 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 03:38 AM

your light probably takes less than an hour or two to get it's hottest, so letting it cool after nine hours would be pointless. as long as you wired everything the correct way and the light is not on top of a pile of dry leaves it should be alright. what kind of a light is it?

poth_ead_homer · #7 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 04:30 AM

nice, thanks for the support guys... it is a HPS bulbnot too too high of a wattage though... so i guess it will b fine, I have already put my timer to correct new settings

I can not wait for this bud (indoor skunk haze)

Segue · #8 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 05:07 AM

Your light doesn't need a cool-down cycle, especially an hour-long one. If it's your grow space that needs a cool-down, you should redesign your grow space. More ventilation.

That said, a short dark period during "daytime" won't hurt anything, except slow growth a little. It's the dark cycle that can't be interrupted.

poth_ead_homer · #9 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 02:10 AM

Ok, well it was just a new light I was using I was not sure if my vent system in my grow room would work well with it,... and it does... been going for 13hours strait now...

Thanks guys

OldSkool1010 · #10 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poth_ead_homer

Hey GC,

I have the light doing a 18/6 veg cycle

I have it go on a timer like this 9 hours on --- 1 hour off --- another 9 on --- 5 hours off

your fluctuating light/dark cycle does not equate to 18/6. It is 9/1/9/5

I've never heard of such, but it can't be good.

poth_ead_homer · #11 (**permalink**) 05-15-2008, 05:38 AM

yea.. i got it going good now lol it just sucks i had to move outdoors

Villain Mobster · #12 (**permalink**) 05-15-2008, 11:58 AM

If its your light thats hot an not the air in the room then its fine. Its made to run for long hours like 24/0

If the air in the room is hot then ducked the lighting air out

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#1 (permalink) 02-28-2008, 11:55 PM
poth_ead_homer Stoned User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: US Posts: 350	Lastest grow - need some help Hey GC, just stopping by to let you guys know I am growing again! Anyway...it aint illegal where I live (thank god) and I have my plant under a light right (duhh) I have the light doing a 18/6 veg cycle I have it go on a timer like this 9 hours on --- 1 hour off --- another 9 on --- 5 hours off Would this be fine??? It just makes it easier to grow because of the system I am using I want the light to cool off every 9-12 hours. Will this affect anything? I need to know quick b4 I fuck everything up. Thank-you!

#2 (permalink) 02-29-2008, 12:02 AM
andynotandy thinking inside the box Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 108	why does your light need to cool off?

#3 (permalink) 02-29-2008, 12:20 AM
poth_ead_homer Stoned User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: US Posts: 350	It heats up lol.... idk I am never around and I dont want tha stupid light burning my house down... I am just wondering if the 9 hours on --- 1 hour off --- another 9 on --- 5 hours off will b just fine because the plant will b getting a full 18hours... just in 2 intervals

#4 (permalink) 02-29-2008, 01:26 AM
weedman040 mmmmm bud Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 69	not really sure, but it sounds like it would put the plant under some un-needed stress...

#5 (permalink) 02-29-2008, 01:28 AM
poth_ead_homer Stoned User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: US Posts: 350	ok well thanks I guess I am gona just put it on a full 18hour w/out stop... i have never used the light I am using so I was never sure how hot it would get...my vent system seems to be doing fine for now...I might need to go and grab another fan though ;D

#6 (permalink) 02-29-2008, 03:38 AM
andynotandy thinking inside the box Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 108	your light probably takes less than an hour or two to get it's hottest, so letting it cool after nine hours would be pointless. as long as you wired everything the correct way and the light is not on top of a pile of dry leaves it should be alright. what kind of a light is it?

#7 (permalink) 02-29-2008, 04:30 AM
poth_ead_homer Stoned User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: US Posts: 350	nice, thanks for the support guys... it is a HPS bulbnot too too high of a wattage though... so i guess it will b fine, I have already put my timer to correct new settings I can not wait for this bud (indoor skunk haze)

#8 (permalink) 02-29-2008, 05:07 AM
Segue Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 173	Your light doesn't need a cool-down cycle, especially an hour-long one. If it's your grow space that needs a cool-down, you should redesign your grow space. More ventilation. That said, a short dark period during "daytime" won't hurt anything, except slow growth a little. It's the dark cycle that can't be interrupted.

#9 (permalink) 03-01-2008, 02:10 AM
poth_ead_homer Stoned User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: US Posts: 350	Ok, well it was just a new light I was using I was not sure if my vent system in my grow room would work well with it,... and it does... been going for 13hours strait now... Thanks guys

#11 (permalink) 05-15-2008, 05:38 AM
poth_ead_homer Stoned User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: US Posts: 350	yea.. i got it going good now lol it just sucks i had to move outdoors __________________ If I do not reply back, it means I forgot and was probably stoned, so PM me! Coming soon... (beta coming in August)

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#12 (permalink) 05-15-2008, 11:58 AM
Villain Mobster Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 20	If its your light thats hot an not the air in the room then its fine. Its made to run for long hours like 24/0 If the air in the room is hot then ducked the lighting air out