About A Pound

[xox]

Do you have c02 pumping in all the time the lights are on? Never really looked into c02, but the ppfd numbers you're pushing is crazy!

nah not really the burners click on and off as needed its not something thats constant per say. its hard for me to tell how often it clicks on and off because when im in the room my own breathing brings the co2 concentration easily above what my sensor is set at to trigger the burners coming on. the room itself is not very large in terms of cubic ft. and the room is almost built like a fridge so its very efficient.

 

[Rocket Soul]

Love to see you work those high ppfds, thats pretty much the light of 2 flower setups!

 

[xox]

day 51, in the home stretch now seeing the flowers ripening i think im going to leave it at 1400. i suspect the limiting factor now isnt the light, co2, or cooling. i think the weakest point is the dehumidifier i suspect if i had something better it would hold the vpd better.

 

[Laughing Grass]

What do you keep your humidify at?

I’m usually between 55-65%

 

[xox]

What do you keep your humidify at?

I’m usually between 55-65%

thats a tough question lol, i had to look at some charts my average is at 62% thats over the past week my canopy is around 78-79f i work in American units as my mini split is in those units. that will put me at an average vpd of 1.3 in flower. however the humidity level jumps around too much in my opinion. its like the dehumidifier waits too long to shut off and then waits too long to come back on. what i really want is a quest 100 with the wireless humidistat near the canopy mounted outside the room and ducted in to further reduce cooling costs on the minisplit. these residential dehumidifiers suck lol

 

[Laughing Grass]

What are you thoughts on that light compared to quantum boards?

 

[xox]

What are you thoughts on that light compared to quantum boards?

pros

- better light spread
- overall more wattage / better light intensity ideal for co2 enriched rooms
- all anodized aluminum construction vs mdf cut outs

cons

- no analog dimmer option.for people with light meters analog dimmers are better in terms of adjusting light intensity in a way thats more precise.
- manufacturer advertises remote mounting of driver while simultaneously advertising its for commercial growers ie: co2 enrichment. it is very difficult to properly remote mount equipment without an electrician and specialized connectors due to the length of cord supplied.

over all i like the lights construction super heavy duty. i wish there were better factory options for remote mounting that don't involve voiding the warranty there should be higher gauge extensions available for separate purchase for people that would like to do this. id like if the light had an analog 0-10v dimmer with a separate RJ45 connection port if your interested in connection to the ac infinity app this would be the best of both worlds in my opinion there just doing that intentionally to lock you into the aci eco system. to have an anolog dimmer you would need to purchase two new drivers and the dimmer and completely rewire the lamp which is too much effort. how they have it setup was obviously done on purpose to discourage diy options which i dont find surprising after reading the threads teaching people how to reverse engineer their older fans wiring.

 

[Laughing Grass]

pros

- better light spread
- overall more wattage / better light intensity ideal for co2 enriched rooms
- all anodized aluminum construction vs mdf cut outs

cons

- no analog dimmer option.for people with light meters analog dimmers are better in terms of adjusting light intensity in a way thats more precise.
- manufacturer advertises remote mounting of driver while simultaneously advertising its for commercial growers ie: co2 enrichment. it is very difficult to properly remote mount equipment without an electrician and specialized connectors due to the length of cord supplied.

over all i like the lights construction super heavy duty. i wish there were better factory options for remote mounting that don't involve voiding the warranty there should be higher gauge extensions available for separate purchase for people that would like to do this. id like if the light had an analog 0-10v dimmer with a separate RJ45 connection port if your interested in connection to the ac infinity app this would be the best of both worlds in my opinion there just doing that intentionally to lock you into the aci eco system. to have an anolog dimmer you would need to purchase two new drivers and the dimmer and completely rewire the lamp which is too much effort. how they have it setup was obviously done on purpose to discourage diy options which i dont find surprising after reading the threads teaching people how to reverse engineer their older fans wiring.

that's a pretty in depth review. I wouldn't hate it if ACI gave us small increments for tuning the brightness. I spoke to ACI technical support about my EC/PH probe. It was pretty brutal. I suspect tech support is just reading docs. I was trying to figure out how to use the 500 Scale and tech support told me to just adjust the offset to where I want it. I thanked them and ended the call.