Home | Community | Message Board


World Seed Supply
Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Growery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

North Spore Shop: Cultivation Supplies

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
InvisibleNightGrower
Proficient Horticulturist
Male


Registered: 11/17/09
Posts: 204
Controller versus Relay
    #458659 - 08/12/10 03:45 AM (13 years, 7 months ago)

I'm sorry if I've been at this so long that it stopped making sense but I wanted to know what you all think.

I want to eliminate light spikes and manage the power usage by having them connect to a controller with a 240v "dryer" plug, having all my lights on a single breaker.

I ALSO want to utilize the lack of spike and use a relay to switch the lights from one area to the other, alternating 12/12 cycles.

Am I forced with buying both? A controller to power the ballasts and a relay to alternate the lights? All the ads say that the controller has a relay but I believe they are referring to simple timer off/on stuff.

Anyone familiar with this, use this setup and can shed some light?

Here are links to the two products I have been looking at.

4000w Controller
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sentinel-HPH-4-High-Power-HID-Controller-Relay-4000w-4-/120603472134?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

4000w Relay
http://www.progressive-growth.com/proddetail.php?prod=43015


--------------------
Learn of Terence Mckenna. Check out the Shroomery to learn more about what one man did for mushies. Thank you, Terence.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleNightGrower
Proficient Horticulturist
Male


Registered: 11/17/09
Posts: 204
Re: Controller versus Relay [Re: NightGrower]
    #459962 - 08/14/10 11:38 AM (13 years, 7 months ago)

bump


--------------------
Learn of Terence Mckenna. Check out the Shroomery to learn more about what one man did for mushies. Thank you, Terence.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineDieselB
High Watt Closet
Male

Registered: 02/10/10
Posts: 1,156
Last seen: 9 years, 28 days
Re: Controller versus Relay [Re: NightGrower]
    #460005 - 08/14/10 12:26 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

The relay its talking about having is for switching on and off your lights without having to go through the timer that you supply. Because most timers are rated around 1500w, so it uses the timer as a 'remote' switch to signal the relay to power up your lighting system(s).


So, in short, yes you need the seperate relay too, if you want to control two different rooms with opposite lighting cycles.


--------------------
If you ain't smokin' dro, you're smokin' reggie. :shrug:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinefungi
.
 User Gallery

Registered: 05/03/10
Posts: 168
Loc: Silicon Sizzle, CA USA Flag
Last seen: 13 years, 6 months
Re: Controller versus Relay [Re: DieselB]
    #460142 - 08/14/10 02:50 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Honestly, I would believe that having individual ballasts for both rooms would benefit the ballast life cycle, as keeping them on 247 forever would get them very hot forever, and thus wear the components in the ballast faster.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleNightGrower
Proficient Horticulturist
Male


Registered: 11/17/09
Posts: 204
Re: Controller versus Relay [Re: fungi]
    #460475 - 08/15/10 01:07 AM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

fungi said:
Honestly, I would believe that having individual ballasts for both rooms would benefit the ballast life cycle, as keeping them on 247 forever would get them very hot forever, and thus wear the components in the ballast faster.




I also believed this until I read that ballast wear and tear comes mainly from the spike in power needed to start and stop the ballasts. Then again, it is difficult to discern information about relatively new equipment.


--------------------
Learn of Terence Mckenna. Check out the Shroomery to learn more about what one man did for mushies. Thank you, Terence.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleNightGrower
Proficient Horticulturist
Male


Registered: 11/17/09
Posts: 204
Re: Controller versus Relay [Re: DieselB]
    #460476 - 08/15/10 01:08 AM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

DieselB said:
The relay its talking about having is for switching on and off your lights without having to go through the timer that you supply. Because most timers are rated around 1500w, so it uses the timer as a 'remote' switch to signal the relay to power up your lighting system(s).


So, in short, yes you need the seperate relay too, if you want to control two different rooms with opposite lighting cycles.




Thank you for your input, this was killing me.


--------------------
Learn of Terence Mckenna. Check out the Shroomery to learn more about what one man did for mushies. Thank you, Terence.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

North Spore Shop: Cultivation Supplies


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Fan Speed Control 101 Dr. Penguin 13,382 7 12/14/09 09:42 PM
by Dr. Penguin
* Looking For a Timer KaptKid 2,255 8 12/19/09 10:38 PM
by Inverted
* arduino based grow control yellownotepad 6,963 4 09/30/11 07:55 AM
by Nikg92
* Programable Logic Controlers drSE 8,648 11 06/24/11 11:03 AM
by encryptor
* HPS power! Switching on and off automatically.. Dephect 4,626 11 02/23/10 10:42 AM
by Dephect
* growroom design/setup help please!!! black sheep 2,033 0 08/13/10 02:13 PM
by black sheep
* 2x2x5 tent with a 400 watt or 2 150's? phantom 6,678 7 01/15/10 02:08 AM
by phantom
* Cheap HPS
( 1 2 all )
Glaucoma 12,513 20 05/07/10 12:15 PM
by brifunforme

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: FurrowedBrow, Magash, Data, Dr. Siekadellyk, phychotron
2,732 topic views. 0 members, 272 guests and 263 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:
Royal Queen Seeds Cannabis Seeds
Please support our sponsors.

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.02 seconds spending 0.005 seconds on 12 queries.