Bluntroll86
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Have a 600w hps is a 4x4x8 6 inch air cooled with another 6 inch intake and have all fans turned on low to keep the temp in the right area could I get away with a 1000w aircooled hps?
Upgrade to 1000w hps?
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Bluntroll86
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Also have an extra 4 inch inline fan not in use if I do need extra intake
Bluntroll86
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Not in the budget at the moment but looks pretty bad ass I've always be hid lighting gonna do some reading on it cheers
twalte
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Are you venting out of your grow room?
What's your base ambient temperature in the room the tent is in? Are you venting the hot air from the tent to the same room the tent is in?
Bluntroll86
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It's in a wide open huge basement
Bluntroll86
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Its 20 to 21 on average wide open basement just vents in there lots of air movement in the basement constantly letting the dogs in and out
Bluntroll86
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Hell ya
xtsho
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Yes you can but all you need to buy is a 1000 watt dimmable ballast and if it gets too warm just dim the light. Most dimmables are 1000/750/600. All you should have to do is swap the ballast and light. You won't need to do anything with the hood or exhaust. A bulb and a ballast. Plug and play.
Bluntroll86
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Really that's mint thanks a ton
Bluntroll86
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So really I just have to replace the ballast not the hood and everything?
twalte
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You need a 1,000 watt ballast, 1000 watt bulb (ideally two...a metal Halide and Eye Hortilux HPS bulb) and a hood. If you already have an air cooled hood with your 600, you’re set. I really liked the Phantom 1,000 watt ballast that I used before converting to LED (due to heat).
Typically, you can swap out ballasts and bulbs with the same hood without problem.
Personally, I'd just buy an entire new kit. That way, if you ever decide to set up another area/tent, you've got a complete 600W lamp kit for it. The cost of the ballast and bulb isn't a whole lot less than a kit that includes a new hood as well (in some cases, it's even cheaper to buy the entire kit).
xtsho
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A 600 watt bulb and 1000 watt bulb use the same Mogul socket. so a 1000 watt bulb will screw right into your existing hood fixture. Most ballasts have the same connections. So you should be able to just disconnect one and connect the other. But a 1000 watt dimmable light kit with ballast, bulbs, hood, timer, and hangers is under $200. It's not a bad idea to have some spare equipment around.
.Smoke
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Your hood is good. I swapped from 600 to 1000 with just ballast and bulb.
Its cheap but hasn't failed me yet.
Its cheap but hasn't failed me yet.
Bluntroll86
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Well thanks everyone just ordered a whole kit but fml I could be totally set up for 4x8 now bahahaha does it ever end
