Are 315 CMH lights worth it?

gwheels

gwheels

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I would go 3500.
I have 3k 3.5k 4k 4.5k and 3 and 3.5 are the best all rounders with 315/COB and i am working with QB. Its new for me. I finally busted out the 2nd 5 footer (and parked my 4 x 4)
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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gwheels said:
They are one of the best 3 x 3 coverage lights on the market. I had great success with my 3k phillips and got a 4k master color and i think 3k start to finish works fine.
Great light. Great trich coverage and good finished product. For personal it works very nice. You can get a pound with 4 plants and a 315 in a 3 x 3. Strain/skill dependant etc. 8 to 12 oz is easily attainable with 4 plants (photo)

I have a killawatt meter and measured it

315 with a 6 inch vortex fan and 2 other fans drew a total of 4 amps

So if you are careful and dont have microwave or whatever on the circuit it runs on a standard house circuit pretty easy no where near full load.
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Yah i try new shit all the time. Lucky for me when I built my rooms I put two breakers per room to offset the current and future load. All the wiring I ran is 12/2 with a ground. My wife hates when I get to researching new stuff because it generally means I’ll be spending money lol. But at least she’s all on board when I start looking to genetics.
 
Deltagreen

Deltagreen

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pinner420 said:
You'll want some nice grow sunglasses to go with the new rig. Don't get the cheap one from growershouse. Had 2 ballasts fry in last 6 months. And don't buy a dual ballast either. You will like the light though.
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What's wrong with a dual ballast?
 
Hugo Phurst

Hugo Phurst

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Bump.

Two of the four 315w CMH that I bought have failed, out of warrantee of course.

Replacing them with LED's
 
gwheels

gwheels

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I had a fixture (Cheapo) blow at 16 months.

I replaced it with quality LED...they dont do that.
 
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