[Hammerhead]

Witch one is 1k??? I dont see that one

[rocket high]

Must have picked it up wrong....it's $299..sorry about that .

[Hammerhead]

Np worries, I dont know what ballest you are loooking at??

The Cap Nano I paid 197.00 from my local shop. The cheapest I have seen them are on Horticulture source@ 190$ but they have the highest shipping out of them all. With ship 210$..

https://www.horticulturesource.com/pr...ducts_id=11259

[ChaosCatalunya]

Digis analyse the bulb constantly and adjust the zap they send to suit, this is why they fire up at 100%, but also manage to keep an old bulb producing lumens when in a Mag ballast it would be down a good % after a few crops.

In a Mag ballast you get a % drop in Lumen output after just one crop, based on published figures at the time we worked out that, obviously totally theoretically, if your bud was valued at say £5/g, you harvest 600g from a 600w, SonT600s cost £30... that after just one crop the bulb in a Mag ballast was going to loose you at least £60 worth of bud, more and more after each crop... So in theory it would be better to change bulbs after each crop. With a Digi ballast, you do not Yes the bulbs can last 3 years not one, but you have to be a bit mental to be running one so long anyway.

[Sativa Dragon]

Originally Posted by BongRipkenJR.

buying a $250-300 ballast every year seems uneconomical.

I have not heard of anyone having to do this, I bought my first no name 400w digital ballast used a few years ago. Couldn't tell you what brand it is so it is likely an Asian built one. Truth be told the manufacturing processes they use in China have improved a lot in the past 20 years. So has the quality control.

Peace

[Sativa Dragon]

Originally Posted by compost

Depends. I bought the cheaper digital ballast and instead of humming you have a small fan that puts out about the same amount of noise. The higher quality digital ballasts don't have the fans. I really don't notice more light, however I do see a lot less amps being used for the same amount of lighting.

My Badass 1K has a fan it is high tech has the low frequency square wave, the fan in my unit puts out as much noise as a bathroom exhaust fan.

[Sativa Dragon]

Originally Posted by rocket high

WoW a 1000$ for a digi ballast ... i suppose if you have the cash ..why not.

im still using my mag's ...money is tight right now so i still have to wait to upgrade :(

It was a premium but it wasn't a Thousand dollars LMAO!!, I paid $600 and change US for the ballast a Sunmaster MH Cool Deluxe 1k, and a Eye Hortilux HPS 1k and a Coolsun Cool tube. That was before shipping and brokerage fee, to bad Digi ballasts weren't covered by NAFTA Bummer... Anyhow it performs as advertised and I am in love with it. If you check on Ebay right now there are more than five of these ballasts selling for $250 to $300.

Peace

[Hammerhead]

That is expensive ouch..

[Sativa Dragon]

Originally Posted by Hammerhead

That is expensive ouch..

I forgot to add the two bulbs and the coolsun tube to the previous post so I edited it. Final bill was six hundred and change for all the lot.

Peace

[rocket high]

It seems digi's are a lot cheaper in the US for some reason ..i found a cheaper one on amazon it the Extreme Range ..

https://www.amazon.com/Xtreme-Nano-10.../dp/B008OKYJ4Q