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Banjhakri
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Warning for heating mat / pad !
#27285291 - 04/28/21 03:05 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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First of all, thanks a lot for all the useful information here. The quality of knowledge and self-made research here is awesome. Also thanks for providing all that for free!
But most important, I want to give a warning to all the heating mat users! Clever (noob) as I am, I wanted to save money by not heating the whole room, so I put a heating mat (7 watt) under my SGFC, to keep temperature. It burnt (!) a hole in the bottom of my fruiting chamber! See pic...


Luckily nothing worse happened, but I dont think there was ever a danger for a fire breaking out.
The idea was also, to have some chimney effect, by warm air going up and therefore getting FAE. It actually just kept RH high, at 99% all the time, even when not misting, which is ofc a sign for having no FAE at all... Result was small caps with fat dwarf stems. Still banging though... When turning the heating mat off, RH immediately dropped to 80%, so FAE working now!
Finally, babies are fine and me looking forward to harvest!
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Re: Warning for heating mat / pad ! [Re: Banjhakri] 1
#27285600 - 04/28/21 07:41 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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We strongly advise against heating mats
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Re: Warning for heating mat / pad ! [Re: Feasoghorm] 1
#27286161 - 04/29/21 06:11 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Electrical Fire TEK
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Ashtray161
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Re: Warning for heating mat / pad ! [Re: seldom seen]
#27300338 - 05/08/21 03:45 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Mate I dont always agree with peoples attitudes here at times, but Id really suggest you start listening. One of the best bits of advice Ive gotten here (and I still struggle to follow it at times, dont get me wrong) was "Read more, post less." Youre opening yourself up to kind of justified raggin on at this point. This is listed in your "teks I like and follow" and this isnt a tek. Its well known that heating pads are a bad idea.
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Banjhakri
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Re: Warning for heating mat / pad ! [Re: Ashtray161]
#27301056 - 05/09/21 03:41 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ashtray161 said: This is listed in your "teks I like and follow" and this isnt a tek. Its well known that heating pads are a bad idea.
I read a lot here, before doing stuff. And of course I admit, that heating mat is a bad idea. Thats why I posted this.
But I also thought it was clear, that its not a tek but a warning. I have seperated it now, to make it more clear.
And I think it can be a help for other people, because I have just read that people don't use them, but never ever anybody gave a proper reason for WHY not doing it. Now we have one. :-)
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Aspergillus
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Re: Warning for heating mat / pad ! [Re: Banjhakri] 1
#27301074 - 05/09/21 04:15 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Banjhakri said: And I think it can be a help for other people, because I have just read that people don't use them, but never ever anybody gave a proper reason for WHY not doing it. Now we have one. :-)
Then you need to read more, I'm a noob and have read plenty of people say that it's difficult to control temperature, easy to kill mycelium, easy to create conditions favorable to bacteria, easy to start a fire, etc. etc. etc.
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Banjhakri
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Re: Warning for heating mat / pad ! [Re: Aspergillus]
#27301605 - 05/09/21 12:44 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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antmanmax said: Then you need to read more, I'm a noob and have read plenty of people say that it's difficult to control temperature, easy to kill mycelium, easy to create conditions favorable to bacteria, easy to start a fire, etc. etc. etc.
True, there is plenty to read... :-) But I am stubborn sometimes and tend to trial and error by myself... Temperature control was the reason, why I started it. And fire the reason to stop it...
Btw, your signature picture tells me, that you are not a noob, if I may say so. I assume this growing technique is not for beginners...?
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Ashtray161
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Re: Warning for heating mat / pad ! [Re: Banjhakri]
#27301658 - 05/09/21 01:47 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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i feel your desire to warn people of stuff mate. A couple weeks ago I made a thread called "If it smells like soil, toss it!" cuz I wanted to let everyone know this amazing discovery I found that if a jar smells like soil it has trich! Cuz it just happened to me like 4 whole times! EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE THAT NOONE KNOWS I MUST SHARE FOR DA NOOOOBS! No.
Not only was it already very common knowledge that anything but mushroom smell=toss, not only had this been discussed and posted about many a time and was actually already posted in the sticky thread at the top of the forum under "contaminates and how to ID them" or whatever its called, BUT it also potentially scared new people who smelled a bit "earthiness" from their coir coir or verm and tossed a good jar because I posted this thread that in my mind couldnt possibly do any harm! If one noob got something out of it I had done my job! Thats not my job. And its not yours either.
Our job here atm is to learn from the people who have spent 20+ years collecting and testing all of this info. If you really wanna share your experiences as they come thats great! But make a grow log or a questions thread so your not spamming up the boards like I am still learning how not to do at times as well lol.
Im just tryna help u avoid some of the pitfalls I fell into when first interacting w this community. These folx aint got no time to repeat themselves or deal w our bullshit, the fact they do at all shows how awesome of a community they are but its still on us to do some reading and try to lessen that burden lol.
IMO, this isnt the time or place to be stubborn. Humility is key when learning a secret art >:p
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Edited by Ashtray161 (05/09/21 01:49 PM)
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Banjhakri
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Re: Warning for heating mat / pad ! [Re: Ashtray161]
#27301706 - 05/09/21 02:39 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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I understand whats your point!
But in this case, I dont think a warning like mine can do any possible harm or cause false alarm. Seeing a pic of a heating mat that burned a whole in a SGFC can only be of use... No? ;-)
I also don't ask people do deal with my shit, like asking questions: is this right? Is this contamination? Should I do...?
So I am neither spamming, nor stealing time, or asking them to repeat themselves. No burden to anybody. IMHO.
And yeah, I am very grateful for their support and I read here as much as I can spare time. And with my own stuff, I do my "research" and just post the results... ;-)
Thanks for your input and cheers!
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Aspergillus
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Re: Warning for heating mat / pad ! [Re: Banjhakri]
#27303784 - 05/11/21 03:43 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Banjhakri said: Btw, your signature picture tells me, that you are not a noob, if I may say so. I assume this growing technique is not for beginners...?
Lol, I appreciate the compliment, but the photo was taken in a monotub. I've only ever used monotubs, they're really simple if you have the space for them. Cakes seem more complex to me, honestly.
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Re: Warning for heating mat / pad ! [Re: Aspergillus]
#27303796 - 05/11/21 03:58 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Agreed!
For sure it`s a fine way to push out some cakes for small yields. BRF is magical for its power against bacteria, i love that stuff. But i`d never wanna build a sgfc again. They work best when fully loaded, and instead of making up such a bunch of cakes it`s way easier for me making shoeboxes. We all have our preferences, that`s good all the way 
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