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leeroy420 · 02-08-2018, 11:36 PM

I think I'm going to go with this HPS
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...eNv9DM0KfJeCiQ

starke · 02-08-2018, 11:54 PM

I'd do a search here on iPower. I seem to remember some posters having electrical issues with the iPower ballasts, I think with the ballast power cords specifically.

Found it: https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread....readid=341985o

Easy7 · 02-09-2018, 12:16 AM

I'd go with name brands only unless they are a pioneer in some new area.

LED is great for veg and scrog or short sog. Light is a wave of vibrating particles. Lose some spectrum (a range of vibrations) and the whole wave loses potency of effect. Mostly in penitration.

Look into cmh 630s. Excellent for flowering or oreflowering veg. Too much for seedlings and mother plants unless you are a big rich fancy dealer. Otherwise why choose a 600 hps over 639 cmh? Cmh outperforms hps.

Spaventa · 02-09-2018, 02:24 AM

I had a pretty low opinion of HPS when they were the best option. Now, with CMH, i'd have to dislike someone intensely to even give them a HPS rig for free. Its like giving someone a faulty gun or moonshine or both. Point is a lot of people got away with it, but with CMH now available cheap, you would have to be crazy or just not not know better.

stim · 02-09-2018, 04:06 AM

just a thought whatever digital ballast you do go with the fully sealed ones with no fan are thought of as higher quality gear they can run without the assist of cooling and are more well engineered higher quality units usually as a rule of thumb. CMH is probably your best bet.

leeroy420 · 02-11-2018, 02:45 AM

Should I just buy this? if I do will I need to buy anything else?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...MAAOSw1blZpInk

Phaeton · 02-11-2018, 09:09 AM

The bud room runs various LED units, right now the favorite is Dwarf Star by Black Diamond.
At 230 watts each of excellent spectrum and no failures in three years the four Dwarf Stars feed almost a plant and a half, about 700 watts per plant. Standard in the past with other brands (Platinum, Black Dog, Advanced) has been a shade over 800 watts per plant.
Penetration is better than many, definitely kicks Black Dog's butt.
Photo is a six foot Blueberry, the lower buds are pushing an eighth ounce each. The foot long cola looks to be an ounce.

The room also has 1400 watts of CMH. Short plants like the CMH and tall plants like LED. Could just be the strain choices as only a few strains are used with any regularity.

leeroy420 · 02-18-2018, 11:37 PM

will this work then?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...EAAOSwevdaQwTB

leeroy420 · 03-13-2018, 08:15 PM

so I ordered my light today and I ended up going with this
https://www.thegreatdealsonline.com/..._18419640.aspx

Spaventa · 03-13-2018, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by leeroy420

so I ordered my light today and I ended up going with this
https://www.thegreatdealsonline.com/..._18419640.aspx

I just googled it. Apparently theres an issue with its compliance and certification. You need to check the label apparently to see if yours is affected. It probably doesn't matter but I'd feel bad if I said nothing and then you come on here next week saying your light caught fire.
https://forum.grasscity.com/threads/...-600w.1432754/

02-08-2018, 11:36 PM	#1
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02-08-2018, 11:54 PM	#2
starke Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Between Key West and Perdido Key Posts: 669	I'd do a search here on iPower. I seem to remember some posters having electrical issues with the iPower ballasts, I think with the ballast power cords specifically. Found it: https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread....readid=341985o __________________ “We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.” ~Robert Wilensky "Spread the knowledge, be humble if you don't know, be helpful if you do, if you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically, and overgrow the world." (SuperWeed 2017) "Always keep in mind that when the hearse pulls up to pick you up, there is no trunk or luggage rack on that bitch." (Author unknown) Current Grow: https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread....343153&page=20 Page 20 forward Last edited by starke; 02-09-2018 at 12:27 AM.. Reason: Add link
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02-09-2018, 12:16 AM	#3
Easy7 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,575	I'd go with name brands only unless they are a pioneer in some new area. LED is great for veg and scrog or short sog. Light is a wave of vibrating particles. Lose some spectrum (a range of vibrations) and the whole wave loses potency of effect. Mostly in penitration. Look into cmh 630s. Excellent for flowering or oreflowering veg. Too much for seedlings and mother plants unless you are a big rich fancy dealer. Otherwise why choose a 600 hps over 639 cmh? Cmh outperforms hps. __________________ This is username Easy7, NOT username EasyGoing. They say geniuses pick green
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02-09-2018, 02:24 AM	#4
Spaventa ... Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,505	I had a pretty low opinion of HPS when they were the best option. Now, with CMH, i'd have to dislike someone intensely to even give them a HPS rig for free. Its like giving someone a faulty gun or moonshine or both. Point is a lot of people got away with it, but with CMH now available cheap, you would have to be crazy or just not not know better. __________________ ACE New Malawi cross test grow https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread....=1#post8189894 Delicious Critical Jack Herer ACE Panama Haze https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=349398
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02-11-2018, 02:45 AM	#6
leeroy420 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 43	Should I just buy this? if I do will I need to buy anything else? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...MAAOSw1blZpInk __________________ DEEZNUTS INC.
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02-09-2018, 04:06 AM	#5
stim Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 158	just a thought whatever digital ballast you do go with the fully sealed ones with no fan are thought of as higher quality gear they can run without the assist of cooling and are more well engineered higher quality units usually as a rule of thumb. CMH is probably your best bet.
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02-11-2018, 09:09 AM	#7
Phaeton Speed of Dark Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Interior Alaska Posts: 1,554	The bud room runs various LED units, right now the favorite is Dwarf Star by Black Diamond. At 230 watts each of excellent spectrum and no failures in three years the four Dwarf Stars feed almost a plant and a half, about 700 watts per plant. Standard in the past with other brands (Platinum, Black Dog, Advanced) has been a shade over 800 watts per plant. Penetration is better than many, definitely kicks Black Dog's butt. Photo is a six foot Blueberry, the lower buds are pushing an eighth ounce each. The foot long cola looks to be an ounce. The room also has 1400 watts of CMH. Short plants like the CMH and tall plants like LED. Could just be the strain choices as only a few strains are used with any regularity. Attached Thumbnails
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02-18-2018, 11:37 PM	#8
leeroy420 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 43	will this work then? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...EAAOSwevdaQwTB __________________ DEEZNUTS INC.
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03-13-2018, 08:15 PM	#9
leeroy420 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 43	so I ordered my light today and I ended up going with this https://www.thegreatdealsonline.com/..._18419640.aspx __________________ DEEZNUTS INC.
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