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really, i think as a community we should do more to raise awareness around safety protocols in this hobby. commercial cats have extensive fire suppression systems simply because they're required by modern building codes.
we should follow their lead, though, because if one loses a domicile to a fire caused specifically because of a grow, it's likely renters or homeowners insurance won't pay out unless the individual can prove they took all necessary precautions (not overloading circuits, alerting and suppression systems being present, proper separation of water and electrical line routing, etc).
Somewhere that all got lost.
I learned a lot about indoor growing from how to grow books in the 90's/2000s and chapter one was always security and safety so when I moved from outside to indoors the first thing to do was run the sparky separate from household currents and not use outlets in the room for anything major like lighting.
Sure it can be expensive but dual 25amp GFCI circuits is worth it and safe and it's ez to build it to code even if you don't get a permit for it.
Next was fire suppression. Seen enough shit like fans, dehueys, air pumps, and power strips scorch and burn up. Luckily no actual fire but plenty of times I've seen a fried plug on an outlet. Power transformer in a dehuey cord melted down and had evidence of fire burn but extinguished itself and was a melted down blob after the fact. I'll never plug in one of those things again and was lucky it didn't set off the fire extinguisher.
One feature I always look for especially in fans is a fused plug. It's ez to see because the plug will be blue. Cheap Chinese made fans are known to burn out at the plug or motor. That simple fuse can save the day from fire just like does for Xmas lights.
Usually the first questions from a newbie is what light to buy and how much yield can I expect. I think we're well past that first question being how can I have an uber safe grow space before I pop my first seed. I don't think it's even considered much if at all really these days. And you can preach safety but more often than not it's ignored. Too much * that'll never happen to me * mentality in heads these days, now tell me how much yield I can expect
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