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Anyone using a Light Rail Mover?
russrahlstarted grow question 4 years ago
Anyone have any experience with the Light Rail movers? I have 2 of the Light Rail 4.0 systems each in a 4’x8’ tent. I’ve been trying different motor speeds and pause times, just wondering what others do for there pause timings and motor speeds? Cheers 💨
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NobodysBudsanswered grow question 4 years ago
I think the biggest decision is how much do you bounce off the wall and lose 7-10% or more as well as the loss of intensity on other side vs. improving overall spread of light.
finding that negligible returns of one direciton and how much is lost on other side at that point? a simple light meter can give relative intensity.
if the time to reverse directions causes uneven dirstribution of time, that's something to counteract with programming, if it is that sophisticated/robust of an option. If not, 2 well-timed, fixed locations that don't causes significant loss on either side might average out best. a light meter can help. par meter and some resulting maps would help more.
russrahlanswered grow question 4 years ago
Ya I’m trying to match the speed it takes to go across with the pauses and even out the amount of time each spot is under direct light. Seems to work better with faster Motor speeds and less pause time. I have 2 tents set up the same and have one going faster and one going slower, both still equaling out the light amounts evenly, but the faster one seems to be keeping the plants shorter. Mind you they are 2 different strains so that will also impact it. But the one going slower seems to have stretched way more and some outer branch bud tops are even growing towards the middle with the light. So I think I’m gonna speed it up as well soon and end my little experiment. Lol I also have an app on my iphone for a light meter, It’s supposed to be fairly accurate, and my lights are 1000w HPS so lux is not an issue anywhere in the tent really. Even when the lights on the other end of the tent it’s still lighting up the other side good, not great, but equivalent to a cloudy day maybe.
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