Howdy folks. Two questions:
1. Been reading up a lot on CMH grow lights. Here in South Africa, you will pay through your ass for these. Is there such a thing as a CMH bulb that works on an old HPS magnetic ballast with ignitor? I know new CMH bulbs use square waves so it may be a long shot.
2. I use HPS with magnetic ballasts. I want to put some 6500k LEDs onto a seperate timer but within the same array. Basically so that HPS turns on first and 3 hours later the leds kick in, then the same process happens the other way round at the end of the "day" cycle- my theory being this should mimick sunrise and sunset with the colour change of light throughout the day. The ratio is 4x400w HPS at 2200k, 4x100w LED floods with 6500k. What I want to know is a) is the ratio correct?, b)is the sunrise/sunset theory correct?, and c) will the led floods work as daylight bulbs? Here is a link to the LEDs I want to try https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/318746114/100W_LED_FLOOD_LIGHT.html
1. Been reading up a lot on CMH grow lights. Here in South Africa, you will pay through your ass for these. Is there such a thing as a CMH bulb that works on an old HPS magnetic ballast with ignitor? I know new CMH bulbs use square waves so it may be a long shot.
2. I use HPS with magnetic ballasts. I want to put some 6500k LEDs onto a seperate timer but within the same array. Basically so that HPS turns on first and 3 hours later the leds kick in, then the same process happens the other way round at the end of the "day" cycle- my theory being this should mimick sunrise and sunset with the colour change of light throughout the day. The ratio is 4x400w HPS at 2200k, 4x100w LED floods with 6500k. What I want to know is a) is the ratio correct?, b)is the sunrise/sunset theory correct?, and c) will the led floods work as daylight bulbs? Here is a link to the LEDs I want to try https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/318746114/100W_LED_FLOOD_LIGHT.html
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