I have looked up about It & I believe the problem Is not In my house but with the power cables coming to my house (Its windy as hell so that could be It ) I dunno I have taken my plant out of the box for now & In day light untill I notice the flickering has stopped IF It does :/
Could be your cap on your ballast going too; how old and heavily used is your set up? I kind of doubt its your line into your house unless you live in the sticks or on a solar grid... As for the plants as long as its not long durations of dark; I doubt they could tell, but better play it safe and keep them out in case it's your lamp.
No trust me I have done alot of research on the place Im living & This estate has a shocking Power supply ... & the Wiring In the house was ridiculous - looked like someone on a apprenticeship had done the Job ; ] Anyway I have asked Neighbours if they are experiencing the same problem & both houses on either side are noticing Up stairs light's flickering ... This tells me the problem Is not with anything In my house or my Grow Its outside So no doubt there's going to be a construction site outside In a week or two & no F***In Electric , Great stuff :/ Thanks for posting though man I appreciate It ... yOu know If Its going to be effecting my plant ? Im in flowering ( 14 days into 12/12 )
That's supper shitty man! Don't think it's going to hurt your plants much as long as there is no long period of dark. However if your using a HPS it's going to wreak havok on your cap and ballast. So I'd keep them in the sun and pick up a large battery backup UPS. should smooth the incoming current enough to rid of the flickering. You can also build a large smoothing circuit.
Yh my mate said he could sort It out for me , But It wouldn't be cheap I think he was planning on re wiring up stairs : / & I don't like the sound of that at the time been anyway ... Hopefully It wont do them any harm - i'm using CFL's so It should be fine Thanks very much for helping me out thou man , much appreciated .
