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Issue #380 - Sunday, July 28, 2019
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- Have you seen one of those news stories where a grower sets their house on fire? Have you seen it so much you're sick of it? Good, me too! Let's all due our duty to not burn down our grow rooms!
- After watching tons of videos of houses burned down, and reading stories of it almost happening to astute growers, we are no officially paranoid. Below, we'll show you how to be well-prepared and fire-proof like our grows!
- So many good trophy pics came in this week and it was hard to pick! I chose 3 growers to showcase, but I easily could've done 50 and still had pictures left over. You all went crazy this week!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake."
~Frederick Douglass
Only You Can Prevent Grow Room Fires!
by Sirius Fourside
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We’ve all seen it way too many times by now: a news story where some “careless pot farmer” accidentally burns their own house down. In a few cases, they accidentally burn down someone else’s house, too.
Some of these cases really are people who’ve turned a rented house into a cannabis grow operation. But some cases, like this one, are especially sad because when you look at pictures of the plants it’s obvious the grower was clearly growing for personal use. Not only did they lose their home, their weed, and all their growing equipment, but they likely lost their freedom, too.
A beautiful home in San Diego up in smoke.
FYI: Median house prices in San Diego are over $480,000 😥
Image credit: Fox5 San Diego
What makes this all especially painful is that many of these fire-related accidents can be prevented for cheap and with very little work.
Today, we’re quickly going to teach you how to make it so your grow room is the most fire-safe room in the house. Follow these instructions and not only will you prevent fires, but you’ll prevent yourself from accidentally showing up on the evening news.
Note: Some fires aren’t caused by grower negligence at all, but rather by faulty equipment. Every grower should observe good fire safety protocol because sometimes, even a fan can start a house fire. Thanks to grower “Toff” for pointing out this Reddit post which was the inspiration for this article. Shout out to r/microgrowery! 🌲🌳🌴
Preventing Fires
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. At this point, you’ve probably heard the phrase so much that it seems cliché. However, it’s as true today as it is when you first heard it. If you take steps to prevent fires in the first place, there’s a good chance you’ll never need the second half of this article. I hope you never need to fight a fire in your lifetime and this next section will help make that a reality.
General Tips:
- Keep a tidy grow room – Not everything in your grow room can start a fire and some things won’t ignite even when they touch fire. But certain things (like dry leaves, a towel with lots of lint, or Styrofoam from a newly opened product) just need a small flame to ruin your year.
- Keep plugs, ballasts and other electronics away from water – this goes for everyone since we all have to water our plants, but it’s especially important for hydro growers.
- When possible, keep plugs, ballasts and other electronics off the ground – This greatly reduces the chances of them coming into contact with water.
- Don’t overload your circuits – Each plug in your house is on a “circuit” and that circuit can only handle a certain amount of electricity. To find your limit, go to your power box (aka breaker box) which is where you can shut down all your lights. Find the breaker that corresponds to your grow room and note the number of amps. Stay below these wattages:
- 1444W on 15A circuit breakers
- 1920W on 20A circuit breakers
- 2880W on 30A circuit breakers
GFCIs:
GFCI stands for “Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter”. GFCIs automatically stop the flow of electricity once it senses that there’s “current leakage”. Current leakage means electricity is going somewhere it’s not supposed to which usually equates to a person being electrocuted, a pool of water being electrified, or a fire being started. You can install an outlet with built-in GFCI capability, or you can get power strips with built-in GFCIs (so there’s no need to change
out your outlets).
A GFCI prevents electrical current from leaking where it’s not supposed to go (which can be extremely dangerous!)
Stopping Fires
It would be great if we could prevent 100% of fires, but there are some that may occur no matter how careful you are as a grower. Life happens. Even good devices from reputable companies can fail and leave you to deal with the aftermath. In those cases, it’s best to be ready. If you’re prepared enough, you won’t have much reason to worry.
This is where we get to the heavy-hitters, the problems solvers, the fire-stoppers!
Prevention is the best route, but you need to be prepared in case you have to be reactive!
Your Grow Room Should Be
A No-Fire Zone!
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We went through quite a lot of material on making your grow fire-proof. In the end, it's a boring subject...until it's the most important thing in your life!
Click on the link or picture below to see what we recommend growers to have around just in case.
Be ready!
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"Growing cannabis can be a relaxing hobby in and of itself, but it also saves you money and keeps you from having to deal with shady characters. Cannabis is much easier to grow than people give it credit for, and growing in water
doesn't increase the difficulty much, if any. But whether you want to grow in water, coco, or a different medium, we'll show you how easy it can be!"
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