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[Agent-Smith]

That is a sweet ass picture of that mantis. The contrast between the green and black make the colors pop. Good to see things moving along. Any pics coming soon ?

stu

Thanks stussy, I'll take some pics later when I get home and try to throw them up, my computer's been giving me shit lately.

Great Setup!

Have you seen results from Gavita's before? If so, how comparable per wattage do they perform against their HPS/MH counterparts?

Also, how much Heat do the lamps generate? How comparable to HPS/MH counterparts?

Thanks

Thanks man
I haven't personally seen their final results in person but I believe the numbers I've seen in their tests and the results that I am seeing with my own eyes
As far as heat goes, they generate basically the same amount of heat as a regular 1000W but the ballast stays a bit cooler than most ballasts I've seen and used. Also, this ballast can be overcharged to 1150 watts unlike the other companies who only go to 1050 or 1100. The bulbs only lose 5% efficiency over an entire year of use and don't need to be changed for 12-24 months depending on how efficient you like your rooms to run. The reflector is also easily replaceable for less than $40 (suggested replacement every year) so that you can keep maximum reflection in your room as well.
Here's a couple of great videos that will tell you all you need to know about them.
This first one is from my friend Jahir:
GAVITA LIGHTS
This second one shows you the factory and more info
PART 1
PART 2

Thanks redbudduckfoot and ~shhh~

Hum...

just checked out some videos on the Gavita lights.

sounds like they know what they are doing, being horticultural for the past 35 yrs.
Having over 30K lights.


Sounds pretty promising for a feasible light choice for any application.
They run cooler... and offer you the most efficient light and most useful.


For sealed setups these lights seem to be the shit :-D

Def interested in them AgentSmith :-D
probably gonna have to grab a few of these myself

Cheers

They really are an amazing choice of lights and I'm so stoked to see the results with my own eyes.

 

[~Shhh~]

Thanks for those video's very informative, one quote from the gativa guy talking really made me wanna grab some of these tomorrow!

"Were not a bullshit company you know were about science... This is light science"

 

[Agent-Smith]

They MSRP for $599.95
I can sell them to you guys for $549 + tax and give you free shipping if anyone wants one just shoot me a PM

 

[redbudduckfoot]

gonna check ur progress in veg and early flower.

i am planning on purchasing a 2nd 1k hps, but if ur Gavita performs the way i hope they do,

then im down, for sure.

 

[MPL]

Yeah, if I hadn't just invested in a new Phantom/Blockbuster set up I would give the Gavita a try. I've used DE lamps on my reefs in the past and have always wondered (may have even posted about it here) why no one develops them for horticulture.

 

[Bonzo]

very nice agent smith, lookin' forward to progress, thanks for sharing

 

[Adrift]

did you ever get those growgles? if so how r they working out,, im very interested also which model did you go with???


nice grow! keep up the great work

 

[Agent-Smith]

gonna check ur progress in veg and early flower.

i am planning on purchasing a 2nd 1k hps, but if ur Gavita performs the way i hope they do,

then im down, for sure.

Then I hope they perform the way you hope they do, LOL

Yeah, if I hadn't just invested in a new Phantom/Blockbuster set up I would give the Gavita a try. I've used DE lamps on my reefs in the past and have always wondered (may have even posted about it here) why no one develops them for horticulture.

Oh well, maybe next time. My buddy from Gavita was telling me that the big hoods are worse because the light has to bounce around in the hood for a while before finally coming down onto the plants which effectively weakens the intensity as well as losing 10% through the glass and who knows how many percent by cooling(dimming) the bulb. Light Science...can't argue with that

very nice agent smith, lookin' forward to progress, thanks for sharing

Thanks for stopping in

did you ever get those growgles? if so how r they working out,, im very interested also which model did you go with???


nice grow! keep up the great work

Sure did! I tried taking some pics through them but they didn't turn out as well as I had hoped they would. It was mainly because light from the bulbs could get around the lenses so it threw off the pictures slightly but the one shot I used them in gives a somewhat decent idea of what it looks like before and after.
The difference with these glasses is really amazing, it makes the room visibly shift from HPS to MH basically by eliminating a lot of the reds and yellows out of the visible spectrum. I got the blue/green IQ model with the side shields, exactly like the picture I posted before.

So this is what they looked like 2 days ago. This is with using white balance on the camera but is actually what it looks like with the growgles on:

What they look like without the glasses:

And here was my attempt to show the difference with and without, it just didn't come out as well as I would have liked it to:

Thanks again everybody for watching the show, I'll have more to update soon

 

[Bassy59]

I may have missed it, but cpl questions:

What size chiller are you using and where in the line is it?
Mind showing the return hose/pump setup from the buckets plz?

Looks good.

Kind regards

 

[eyes]

too bad they dont have an air cooled reflector option. i know the do on there 300 plasma light.

 

[mpd]

A most excellent set-up. K++ on the execution.

 

[~Shhh~]

W'sup agent

Have you tired holding the flat side of the lense (outside) against the camera lens, should eliminate the HPS light bending around edges and getting into camera lens. They do look promising though even from the shot you've taken. HPS screws up pics but also makes it harder to see what's going on in the grow room.

Plants are looking good, nice and healthy

 

[Adrift]

very cool! i think ima order some and save my retinas

 

[Agent-Smith]

I may have missed it, but cpl questions:

What size chiller are you using and where in the line is it?
Mind showing the return hose/pump setup from the buckets plz?

Looks good.

Kind regards

Thanks for the compliment. I am using an EcoPlus 1/10th Horsepower chiller and it does the job just fine. The pump is in the bottom of the reservoir and pumps into the chiller which is sitting next to the reservoir and then returns back into the reservoir. The setup for the hoses has been shown in previous photos in this thread.

too bad they dont have an air cooled reflector option. i know the do on there 300 plasma light.

They are working on one

A most excellent set-up. K++ on the execution.

Thank you sir

W'sup agent
Have you tired holding the flat side of the lense (outside) against the camera lens, should eliminate the HPS light bending around edges and getting into camera lens. They do look promising though even from the shot you've taken. HPS screws up pics but also makes it harder to see what's going on in the grow room.
Plants are looking good, nice and healthy

I haven't tried it yet but I'll mess around with it a bit more and see what I can get out of it.

very cool! i think ima order some and save my retinas

Great idea, everyone should have a pair, lol

UPDATE:

Currently in the process of switching out the nutes, I'll let you know what I put in there tomorrow. Thanks again everybody for stopping by

 

[trichrider]

why did you scrunch all the buckets together in your last post?
is your lightmover giving trouble?
curious.

nice fucking setup.

 

[Bassy59]

Thanks for the compliment. I am using an EcoPlus 1/10th Horsepower chiller and it does the job just fine. The pump is in the bottom of the reservoir and pumps into the chiller which is sitting next to the reservoir and then returns back into the reservoir. The setup for the hoses has been shown in previous photos in this thread.

Cool, I use a 1/10 hp chillers too so was wondering.

However, what I was referring to on the pump & return line is in reference to the buckets.

I'm used to the idea that at the end of the line all the feed lines route into a return line which the pump then sends to the chiller and then to the res. Constant recirculation, nice cool water flowin through all the tubs etc.

So are you using two pumps? one rerturning from the plants to the res then the pump in the rest going to the chiller? That would seem odd. And if you ran your return hose/line from the plants into the res and the pump, that seems like a waste in some small way because you add heat having the pump in the reservoir.

Enlighten me! I gotta be missing something here.

 

[Agent-Smith]

why did you scrunch all the buckets together in your last post?
is your lightmover giving trouble?
curious.

nice fucking setup.

Thanks man. No trouble here, I just figured while they're small I might as well put them all together and not use the light mover until they get a little bigger and then I'll space them out and turn it back on. No sense in them getting partial light half the time when they could be getting full light all of the time

Cool, I use a 1/10 hp chillers too so was wondering.

However, what I was referring to on the pump & return line is in reference to the buckets.

I'm used to the idea that at the end of the line all the feed lines route into a return line which the pump then sends to the chiller and then to the res. Constant recirculation, nice cool water flowin through all the tubs etc.

So are you using two pumps? one rerturning from the plants to the res then the pump in the rest going to the chiller? That would seem odd. And if you ran your return hose/line from the plants into the res and the pump, that seems like a waste in some small way because you add heat having the pump in the reservoir.

Enlighten me! I gotta be missing something here.

Sorry, guess I didn't understand the question correctly. The chiller has it's own pump that isn't connected to anything but the chiller, which is located in the reservoir. There is also a recirculating and aerating pump in the reservoir as well as the fill pump for the ebb and flow setup. It's a busy reservoir LOL

 

[Agent-Smith]

Have you tired holding the flat side of the lense (outside) against the camera lens, should eliminate the HPS light bending around edges and getting into camera lens.

Took your advice and got the camera to show the difference way better.
As you can see in the pics, there is a very slight purple tinge that it gives to white objects but everything is WAY clearer!

 

[Agent-Smith]

Adding the nutrients now:

SensiGrow A & B : 400mL each
Pro-Cal : 100mL
Rhino Skin : 100mL
Aussie Tonic : 100mL
Root Builder : 500mL
GPF : 250mL
Zyme Caps: 5 caps

I'll let you know what the ppm and ph are tomorrow after it has settled overnight.

 

[Agent-Smith]

The final total is, 5.8ph and 700ppm