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I was thinking first that it may be good to put this thread on "Artificial lighting". But if you repair your pots, stands etc. this thread may stand here.
The problem :
My fluorescent lamp would not stay on when i position the fixture up or down or even if i rotated the lamp in a new position. Sometimes was on again.
The fix :
I have solder again the wire, which have been released by itself because of corosion. Sometimes it touched the metal part it needed, if i position the fixture up or down
Shut down your electrical current !
FIrst you may clean it

Get a mirror without removing the plastic part

See if you have screws or the plastic part slides, than remove it


Clean the inside if you can

My problem was that the wire have been removed by itself because of corrosion

Unsnap the plastic part from its holes

The corrosion

Loosen up the wires to make space

Get a metal tweezer and scrap it off

Fixed

Plastic part slides back on

Criss cross the wires

Put in a diagonal way your adhesive tape

And back again ...

Hold your cable with something if you want to sit in a loose position on top of your light stand

This is not actually repair but I thought I should post it here, as it relates to main topic.

Problem:-
Lack of space to keep more pots.

Solution/Repair:-
Buy hanging pots(image below) or make holes on the pots and hang them.
I know this is quite obvious but it really helped me.

Added modding in title.

Great idea for a topic. I hope to see it last a long time full of good updates, and ideas!

The plant nerds handyman thread! I love it, since I'm a build it or fix it myself kind of guy. I'll add some things as I get time.

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The problem:
My growlist is tiny

The solution
I bought a utric and a sarr

Sakaaaaa wrote:The problem:
My growlist is tiny

The solution
I bought a utric and a sarr

Not quite repairing and modding.

Ok heres mine. I had an old light stand for reptiles that was meant to hold one dome light. It didn't really fit my needs. I needed more light. So I welded a bar across it and added two more hooks.

roarke wrote:

Sakaaaaa wrote:The problem:
My growlist is tiny

The solution
I bought a utric and a sarr

Not quite repairing and modding.

I'm repairing my growlist
Ok I'll do a REAL repair today sometime...

Hungry Plants wrote:Ok heres mine. I had an old light stand for reptiles that was meant to hold one dome light. It didn't really fit my needs. I needed more light. So I welded a bar across it and added two more hooks.

It has more than a few kilograms ?

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You can mod your artificial light place by using a reflective surface glued on two or more cardboard pieces with the aid of a stick from a tree branch. The stick stands on the far end on small wooden pieces. On the right there is a plant pot support, which now act as a stand for different things. The whole modding i did stands on two inverted drawers, for which i will talk about some other time in another video.

My most recent mod was because my Repti-Fogger took a dump. Since I was in a hurry as I didn't want my Heli's to suffer I ran by Walmart and picked up a humidifier. The first pic shows what I had setup, and what I will be setting up. The Repti-Fogger (here out will be RF) had a flex tube that was about three feet long that would reach from the floor into the tank. The new humidifier is a room humidifier, so I needed to adapt it to release into the tank and not the room.



My first thought was just adapt the exit from the RF to the top of the new humidifier, like here. Obviously cutting away any excess plastic, and taping or gluing it down. There was a big gap on one side allowing humidity to just go everywhere. That just won't work for me. I like my stuff clean, and efficient.



Back to the drawing board. I noticed the top of the RF was a two piece design, so I carefully pried the two pieces apart, leaving my with this.



This piece actually seats almost perfectly in where the vent piece was on the new humidifier. Almost. Hmm. A flexible gasket should fill any small cracks, crevices, or imperfections. I happen to have some clear heavy duty vinyl that should hold up to the moisture quite well. I cut my gasket out, and got some Lock Tite stick and seal. Be careful of which glue you use, as most strong adhesives will eat plastics.

I glued my gasket in, and glued my top on. Let the glue set, this takes awhile. After that was set up I attached the flex hose and turned it on. No leaks, and we have humidity pumping into the tank.

After about twenty minutes I noticed the fog wasn't rolling anymore, so I looked a little closer. The new humidifier isn't quite as powerful as the RF, and the tube had filled with water because of the ridges in it, basically causing a vapor lock. Okay, now I need to raise the humidifier and ditch the flex tube. Off to Home Depot. I grabbed a 5 foot section of 3/4" ID PCV tubing, and two 45 degree couplers, and two 90 degree couplers.

I pieced together a stand to raise the humidifier, and started piecing together my tube to go into the tank. I just used pressed fit, and glued the pieces together, since there's really no pressure in the line. I know the humidifier isn't very strong so I pieced the tube together so it will be uphill all of the way into the tank. That way the condensation build up will drip back into the humidifier and be recycled instead of just dripping into the tank only to be sucked out later and dumped down the drain.

All done. No leaks, no vapor lock.



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Edit: two things I overlooked mentioning. One, I went with PVC because they were out of the size vinyl tubing I was looking for, and the Home Depot guy wouldn't leave me alone so I could think.

Two, if you decide to use this with the PVC piping then leave one coupler closer to the humidifier unglued. A sort of quick release, so things can be moved around if needed.

Not sure if this counts, but I had to make tiny shelves out of wooden rulers and foam so my plants can get more light.




-The Waka

Wikiwakawakawee wrote:Not sure if this counts, but I had to make tiny shelves out of wooden rulers and foam so my plants can get more light.




-The Waka

Are those shot glasses?

And what are in those glasses (if they are made of glass) besides sphagnum moss ?