Help with my light, found a melted wire

[MDK]

Been having issues with my light for a while, today i gave it a look over and noticed melted plastic where all the bars plug in. It only appears to be one cable from what I can tell, going to take it down at lights off



Couple questions.

1) can I just unplug this bar and use the light to keep my plants going til I can get it replaced?

2) is this repairable? I dabble with electronics and some soldering...could the connector be replaced or is this indicative of larger issues inside the driver?

Appreciate it

 

[TomH]

5 months? Whoa, I'm like a crack baby when I push the order button.

I actually want it at the door immediately! 5 months, I would lose what ever is left of my mind!

 

[Pipecarver]

Nah, an herb grinder! Lol, but i have a Bosch angle grinder here, wish i had a bench grinder though. Would really come in handy!

I hope it was at least an electric grinder/ coffee grinder. otherwise my wrist hurt thinking about using my manual grinders

 

[GoodShit97]

I hope it was at least an electric grinder/ coffee grinder. otherwise my wrist hurt thinking about using my manual grinders

Manual
Was only 10 bucks so i couldnt pass it up.
Im not an electric fan.
I load this 5 or 6 times and thats usually enough for the day.

 

[Pipecarver]

Manual View attachment 22894
Was only 10 bucks so i couldnt pass it up.
Im not an electric fan.
I load this 5 or 6 times and thats usually enough for the day.

Not an electric fan? lol do you still use candles to light your home?.....I've heard of folks like you, the horse and buggy kind. Good carpenters I hear too....lol..... Really? whats not to like?

 

[GoodShit97]

Not an electric fan? lol do you still use candles to light your home?.....I've heard of folks like you, the horse and buggy kind. Good carpenters I hear too....lol..... Really? whats not to like?

Just electric grinders. I feel the pulverize the weed lol.

 

[Pipecarver]

Manual View attachment 22894
Was only 10 bucks so i couldnt pass it up.
Im not an electric fan.
I load this 5 or 6 times and thats usually enough for the day.

Mine

 

[Pipecarver]

Just electric grinders. I feel the pulverize the weed lol.

I call it fluffing the weed. If you go too long sure it goes to dust but there's an art to it with a few short pulses I can hear when the buds have been chopped to my desired fluffyness...lol

 

[MDK]

Thank God the brick weed of 20-25 years ago went away lol...had to break it up by hand to get the seed out

 

[GoodShit97]

MineView attachment 22898View attachment 22899

I may get one some day but for now manual works lol.

 

[Pipecarver]

I may get one some day but for now manual works lol.

I paid I think $25 new Amzon then the day it arrived we'd been at a Value Village store where they had a new Magic Bullet for $5 so I had 2 until my son saw I had 2 now I have 1

 

[GrumpAzz]

All this talk of grinders made me go waste some money on a new one for myself...

 

[TomH]

do we all have to pull out our tool?

 

[Habosabin]

Question...I've been considering (because of stuff like this) just buying 5 or 6 100w full spectrum boards and daisy chaining them together....then if one goes out it's easier to recover..

Seen some nice plants grown under small 100-200w lights....surely there are drawbacks to this though...heat comes to mind first

Is this a viable option or should I just get a light that fits the 5x5?

One argument for smaller fixtures is you can customize the height if the canopy is uneven. Not sure if more heat is created per total watts.

 

[Rootsruler]

One argument for smaller fixtures is you can customize the height if the canopy is uneven. Not sure if more heat is created per total watts.

Yup! I've been thinking the same thing. Better to have, in my 5 x 5, three small lights like I have now but a Gavita 1700e Pro is still looking mighty tasty.

My only worry on this next run is heat. I have two 275watt COB style lights that lit the last run but I didn't get the coverage that I would like versus a bar style light so I'm adding the 150watt VS1500 I won at THCFailure. That's 700watts of photonic goodness. I could keep temp below 80* through most of it but with the addition of this light that's going to be a challenge.

 

[Habosabin]

That gavita looks looks legit. I'm running two 150w hyperlites at 60% in my small tent.

 

[MDK]

Yup! I've been thinking the same thing. Better to have, in my 5 x 5, three small lights like I have now but a Gavita 1700e Pro is still looking mighty tasty.

My only worry on this next run is heat. I have two 275watt COB style lights that lit the last run but I didn't get the coverage that I would like versus a bar style light so I'm adding the 150watt VS1500 I won at THCFailure. That's 700watts of photonic goodness. I could keep temp below 80* through most of it but with the addition of this light that's going to be a challenge.

Yea I think that's the main downside to running some smaller lights chained vs a big bar light....heat dissipation.

I think I read the board style leds tend to be hotter....so I could see that being a little bit of an issue. So I went with a big light again....it was just priced better...5 100w boards was gonna run me up about another $140

You make your own cobs roots?

 

[Habosabin]

Yup! I've been thinking the same thing. Better to have, in my 5 x 5, three small lights like I have now but a Gavita 1700e Pro is still looking mighty tasty.

My only worry on this next run is heat. I have two 275watt COB style lights that lit the last run but I didn't get the coverage that I would like versus a bar style light so I'm adding the 150watt VS1500 I won at THCFailure. That's 700watts of photonic goodness. I could keep temp below 80* through most of it but with the addition of this light that's going to be a challenge.

Yea I think that's the main downside to running some smaller lights chained vs a big bar light....heat dissipation.

I think I read the board style leds tend to be hotter....so I could see that being a little bit of an issue. So I went with a big light again....it was just priced better...5 100w boards was gonna run me up about another $140

You make your own cobs roots?

Do those big bar lights have an external power supply?

 

[MDK]

Yea the one I bought does....10ft cable on it as well which is real nice..I got it hanging above the light in the tent currently but can move it if heat becomes and issue

 

[Habosabin]

Ya those small lights usually have built in power so it stays in the tent.

Sorry about that weird quote. Not quite sure how that happened.

 

[MDK]

No problem you hit backspace once and it took you up into the prior person's reply. If it happens again space once or press return once

 

[Observer]

Those lights actually look pretty dope for the price Samsung diodes and meanwell drivers...nice

This light is some cheap Amazon light my buddy gave me. Updayday is brand and the model I got isn't even being sold anymore. It wasn't super cheap or expensive when he got it but the new ones from same brand are super cheap (as they should be for quality). He got me onto growing spending all sorts of money to go with my free light but I knew I should have bought something better along the way, life just got me caught up and broke. So my buddy ordered the light it was "delivered" and when he got home he had no light. He called amazon griped and got them to send him another one. 2 days later one shows up, another 2 or 3 days later another showed up. Since then, he sold all his grow stuff. Probably smart on his part the reviews on the lights leave alot to be desired.

Yes that's not a bad price for that either

 

[Observer]

So I figured it out a bit...viparspectra offers a limited warranty for components and stuff, so i went with Assurion. Assurion will send me out a gift card or some form of credit for the total of my purchase. The light was 379.99 with 6.99 shipping and 60.99 3 year protection...so about 460 and they cover me for 450....so the assurion if I have to use it will basically almost cover itself too in the cost....only out like 10 bucks if I have any issue in next 3 years.

Went with the ks5000...supposed to get here on the 27th...put my stove on hold but the wife n kids can wait

Only issue with the ks3000 so far for me is, I wish it was the KS5000.

 

[Observer]

Just electric grinders. I feel the pulverize the weed lol.

10$ coffe grinder.

 

[MDK]

Only issue with the ks3000 so far for me is, I wish it was the KS5000.

Runs cool so far no extra heat in the tent my other light didn't put off so that's good. Using the books recommended 26 inch hang height. We shall see. So far seems real nice, less red in this light tho I can tell ya that.

I'm honestly impressed with what you are doing with the 3000. I can't wait to see if you get your 420 cups in there under that light....still planning a big solo cup run?

 

[Rootsruler]

Yea I think that's the main downside to running some smaller lights chained vs a big bar light....heat dissipation.

I think I read the board style leds tend to be hotter....so I could see that being a little bit of an issue. So I went with a big light again....it was just priced better...5 100w boards was gonna run me up about another $140

You make your own cobs roots?

Naw! Almost cut off my hand. Don't need to electrocute myself too.

 

[Observer]

...still planning a big solo cup run?

yes

 

[Observer]

...still planning a big solo cup run?

I may not use the ks3000 though I'll probably put it in a veg tent when I can do the 420 solo run.

Be easier to use my 4black panels and add the other panels to it.

My 4 black panels are 600watts and that keeps the spectrum the same, if needed i could easily put the SF2000 in there and the 2 other older LEDs I have, for 1470~watts.

But I need to go vertical/racks/platform mid way to do the extra 210 so I'd have to rig lights for the top and bottom, I'd need more of the same kind for uniformity.

I don't see how I would set up auto-watering for 420 solo cups in a 5x5 space so a drip is out of the question, so i would probably be hand watering.

id have to keep to a schedule to do high-freq-fert and literally using a syringe to accurately water each and every single one for proper run offs and E.C management and dry back and moisture control, all that jazz.

And then draining top and bottom?

That's another beast, and then the weight from the watering event for the top half? -if I flood and drain.

Need a sturdy rack lol, I would probably run 5 gallons at bottom and 5 at top if not up to 20gallons+ a day once flower hits, for optimum.

And 420 regular seeds or 420 feminized seeds? That sounds expensive, I suppose I could get colloidal silver and make my own fems.

Or I take 420 clones, but I need that apical dominance to be there like it is from a seed.

@MDK

 

[MDK]

I may not use the ks3000 though I'll probably put it in a veg tent when I can do the 420 solo run.

Be easier to use my 4black panels and add the other panels to it.

My 4 black panels are 600watts and that keeps the spectrum the same, if needed i could easily put the SF2000 in there and the 2 other older LEDs I have, for 1470~watts.

But I need to go vertical/racks/platform mid way to do the extra 210 so I'd have to rig lights for the top and bottom, I'd need more of the same kind for uniformity.

I don't see how I would set up auto-watering for 420 solo cups in a 5x5 space so a drip is out of the question, so i would probably be hand watering.

id have to keep to a schedule to do high-freq-fert and literally using a syringe to accurately water each and every single one for proper run offs and E.C management and dry back and moisture control, all that jazz.

And then draining top and bottom?

That's another beast, and then the weight from the watering event for the top half? -if I flood and drain.

Need a sturdy rack lol, I would probably run 5 gallons at bottom and 5 at top if not up to 20gallons+ a day once flower hits, for optimum.

And 420 regular seeds or 420 feminized seeds? That sounds expensive, I suppose I could get colloidal silver and make my own fems.

Or I take 420 clones, but I need that apical dominance to be there like it is from a seed.

@MDK

Hey @Observer idk how you do it but I find it to be some of the most visually pleasing grow images I've ever seen.

I find watering a couple times a week to be a chore. Hand watering with a syringe my my I strive for your patience. I wonder if you could do it with soil to slow the dry backs and cut back the watering?

Now I'm getting ideas, voices telling me to just do a 100 solo cups start small

 

[TomH]

Naw! Almost cut off my hand. Don't need to electrocute myself too.

I think we need to publish the number of days without an OSHA incident in the builder of bud universe!

 

[Scotty 420]

 

[TomH]

I saw a sign similar to that that said 12 days since Veloceraptor incident, of something to that effect.

That just struck me funny!

 

[Observer]

Hey @Observer idk how you do it but I find it to be some of the most visually pleasing grow images I've ever seen.

I find watering a couple times a week to be a chore. Hand watering with a syringe my my I strive for your patience. I wonder if you could do it with soil to slow the dry backs and cut back the watering?

Now I'm getting ideas, voices telling me to just do a 100 solo cups start small

Indeed, I'm not even a patient person either at all, it's just "not work if you enjoy it" type thing, all though it does get repetitive.

They are only supposed to be 3-4month grows anyways too.


1month veg or less and then 2mo flower.

I posted some more pics of it on my thread.

It does look fuckin cool, about half of why I like to do it too.

I am itching to do it again just need the supplies and gear

 

[steamroller]

We have accidents everyday on site.
Everybody comes back the next day is the caveat.

Poor Pete~!