Carolina Dream'n
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Nanolux are supposed to be run with maxpar bulbs
Club 315w lec
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thccbdhealth
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Ok, can you elaborate-
from my understanding the Philips ballast isn't available in 120V
the Philips bulb performs better then the Maxpar bulb according to the growershouse.com comparison on youtube.
Evil-Mobo
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What ballast and hood do you run with these ?
genuity
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Galaxy ballast with sun System AC/DE hoods..set to 600
Evil-Mobo
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Perfect thanks you this would run too hot for a 3x3? I am testing some LEDs now but usually run my 600w hps/blue mh in there.........
genuity
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Way hot for a 3x3..
Evil-Mobo
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Ah damn ok .......Well will see when I have the proper space to run one.
Guess I will give the 600 ceramic hps a try if I can get a hold of one
ttystikk
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That's not going to run any cooler!
Lots of people are very happy running a good 315W lamp in a 3x3 space. A good one means using a LFSW ballast.
Evil-Mobo
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I agree I just don't think it's the right fit to flower the way I grow with more than one plant is all............
And as far as the ballast thanks to you and a couple of other members I learned that early on before getting the SS 315 I use to run.
thccbdhealth
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Nanolux 315cmh would be LFSW?
I thought thats what made the cmh, was the LFSW ballast's and how they drive the bulbs.
Are there any cmh fixture' known of that dont operate on a low frequency square wave?, for others to avoid?
I thought thats what made the cmh, was the LFSW ballast's and how they drive the bulbs.
Are there any cmh fixture' known of that dont operate on a low frequency square wave?, for others to avoid?
Bad Karma
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Good call, Nanolux will serve your garden much better than the Sunplix model pictured. Also, that Sunplix has the same ballast, and frame, as the Growers Choice CMH advertised here on RIU. Which tells me those Growers Choice lamps are nothing but rebranded junk from overseas with a different reflector.
MichiganMedGrower
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Yes the new tech Phillips cmh bulbs that we are using have a new more stable base connection and are made to run only on square wave ballasts.
The LFSW ballast is the reason that the par is so high with such low wattage. And it enables the gasses to hold the better spectrum. It is also is meant for a vertical fixture and the par advertised is in specific cmh vertical reflectors.
The old tech was a mogul base 400 watt lamp not made for horticulture but retail showrooms and store displays. They explain this on the Phillips website somewhere I found while researching these bulbs.
I am not as familiar with the old tech 860? But same mogul old mag driven design.
gr865
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I am using the Nanolux 315W, got a hell of a deal on it.
Was going to do a vertical grow with it but shit happened and am doing a horizonal grow with a SS400 LED and the 315W.
After this grow is complete I will be going with a stacked vertical grow with the upper light being the 315W and the lower light being the 400W HPS. If I can get the right price on another 315 I will replace the 400 with the 2nd 315W.
My hydro shop guy, gave me a great deal on this 315 and I checking into another one to see if he can give me the same deal.
GR
Was going to do a vertical grow with it but shit happened and am doing a horizonal grow with a SS400 LED and the 315W.
After this grow is complete I will be going with a stacked vertical grow with the upper light being the 315W and the lower light being the 400W HPS. If I can get the right price on another 315 I will replace the 400 with the 2nd 315W.
My hydro shop guy, gave me a great deal on this 315 and I checking into another one to see if he can give me the same deal.
GR
Carolina Dream'n
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Philips uses a step down to get the ballast to 120v.
The Phillips bulbs will outperform maxpar bulbs with a Phillips ballast. They comparison only used the one ballast. Not quite fair.
Nanolux says to match there ballast with maxpar bulbs. Whether that's because they own maxpar, not sure. But I normally stick to manufacture suggestions.
thccbdhealth
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Really, i havent seem that anywhere on their website or anywhere on the instruction pamphlet thats included in the box..
http://nanoluxtech.com/products/cmh-315w-fixture/
http://nanoluxtech.com/products/cmh-315w-fixture/
How is it that you have taken that ballast and made it remote...is that the cord that can be 15'?
ilovetoskiatalta
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@Bad Karma @DemonTrich @Growdict anyone else is welcome.When I was switching and taking out a 3100K bulb and replacing it with a 4200K I noticed the jacket became loose. Has anyone experienced this? All I did was twist it gently and now it is loose. The bulb goes in tight but the jacket is loose. Is this bulb now finished?
gr865
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I believe the cord is 15', I hang the ballast outside the tent and it cuts down on the heat.
I tried getting the cord shorter but that was the only size it came in. I don't think there is any power loss with a cord that length. It allows me to slant the fixture.
You can see the extra length. It does not make for a clean look to the tent.
May cut it down some, but don't it's needed. But run it through the upper accessory port at the top of the tent. Will definitely move it to the upper port when i start my vertical grow in about 8 weeks.
GR