digital ballast

[Taproot]

which of these ballast are preferred by growers on this site ? Galaxy,Next Gen, Lumatek ,Quantum or other manufacture. this will be for 1000 240. my main concern is RF interference. I have a main waterway for large boats close to home. now that digital ballast have been out for a while, people can give better opinions. Taproot.

 

[Throwgar]

I use lumatek 1000w 240v. I haven't used any other brands, but lumatek is solid.

 

[Mr. Bongjangles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svUk74khIFk

That's a new model Lumatek with the superlumens thing, years after they claimed to have resolved this issue.

My 2010 model lumatek got me a visit from the cable company. They damn near cut me off when I refused to let them inspect all the cable outlets in the house.

I personally wouldn't use a digital ballast of any kind if RF interference is an issue.

 

[Taproot]

my estimation is that the channel is about 1000 ft from my home. can tugboats electronic's be affected, this is size of vessels. Taproot

 

[BLUNToPOTomuss]

My Nexgen 400/600 hps its the best. Its VERY small, and runs SUPER cool with its TWO fans. Great price too.

 

[zeppelindood]

Good thread Tap... I'm going to be adding to the stable so I will be watching carefully. Thanks man

 

[One Love 731]

They all seem to have radio interference http://www.google.com/search?q=digi...ved=0CEQQqwQ&bav=on.1,or.&fp=a25c88762e85b39f. I wouldn't chance it. I run Galaxy Dial-a-watts, there great for dialing it down for veg then back up for flower but don't always fire the next bulb when ran on a relay/flip flop. Peace, pot and karma. One Love

 

[medwa]

my estimation is that the channel is about 1000 ft from my home. can tugboats electronic's be affected, this is size of vessels. Taproot

In that case, I would not worry about them at all. The tugs are around industrial RF noise all the time.

 

[Taproot]

I live in a area that is rather remote and towers ( not cell) are my neighbors. the towers are located on the opposite side of water. they are farther than me from shoreline. I can run mag ballast, but starting over again and want to upgrade. Taproot

 

[Lazyman]

I jave 16 Quantum 1k's all in one spot, and the tv and electronics 10 feet away work fine, as does the radio. Thats about as solid a field report as you can get. Lumateks still have a higher failure rate according to my busy local shop.

 

[Phillthy]

i have no issue with new 1000w 240 lumateks. i have 4 of them and a 600w one.

 

[gingerale]

I've run 8 different Lumateks before, six 1kw and two 400W, and never had a problem out of any of them. They are solid.