bought me a new lumatek

gogrow

gogrow

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Hello all.... work doesnt permit me to be around too much lately, but here's whats been goin on.. my ballast went out, so this grow got trashed.... rather than get the same ballast again, i opted to buy a new lumatek dimmable ballast.

I understand that they are supposed to be the best brand on the market... who else runs lumatek?? what do you think about their products??? anything i should know?
 
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Dirty Harry

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I have a lumatek 400W digital. I like it due to the smaller size, nice heat dissipating case, and how much cooler it is compared to my 400W transformer ballast. Not to mention you can run MH or HPS off it.

That said, mine died 6 months in use. The place I got it from worked on my behalf to RMA exchange it, even though I was past their 30 return window. I could of went to lumatek direct, but chose my dealer as that is where I got it from.

You can't beat the 3 year warranty on them. My replacement is due Thursday (about 2 1/2 weeks turn around).

I chalk up my bad unit as simple bad luck. I am sticking with the lumatek and expect to buy another one so I can keep my HPS transformer ballast as a backup. In fact it was next to the transformer ballast when it went bad so I am thinking the heat from the transformer may of gotten onto the lumatek. I will keep them spaced apart from now on.

I was very happy with the ballast and with my dealer who acted as the middle man with lumatek to get it exchanged.
 
gogrow

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well, no bad reviews thus far... definitely a good sign... i just wish the damn thing would be here already:cuss::-P
 
dhhbomb

dhhbomb

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yea i have done my reading and peoples either work great or die pretty quick im going with a nextgen made by cap cus it runs 400 and 600s and same warrenty and my local dealer said cap wont even ask any questions just exchange ur ballast i heard some peeps fighting with lumatek
 
aknight3

aknight3

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gogrow said:
Hello all.... work doesnt permit me to be around too much lately, but here's whats been goin on.. my ballast went out, so this grow got trashed.... rather than get the same ballast again, i opted to buy a new lumatek dimmable ballast.

I understand that they are supposed to be the best brand on the market... who else runs lumatek?? what do you think about their products??? anything i should know?
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i have a dimmable lumatek, the orange one to be exact i forget what brand as my growing equipment is put away atm but ya they are by far the best ballast i ever owned
 
gogrow

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aknight3 said:
i have a dimmable lumatek, the orange one to be exact i forget what brand as my growing equipment is put away atm but ya they are by far the best ballast i ever owned
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does it make any noise whatsoever? I think this damn thing is faulty.... not much between the ballast and bulb that can go wrong:-|
 
tom__420

tom__420

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sorry to hear about the faulty ballast... have you contacted the place you bought it from yet?
 
Mr.Therapy Man

Mr.Therapy Man

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What kind of bulb are you burning ,my shitty lumiteck wont fire my Hort. eye.Fuck LUMITECK,Im back to using my old faithfulls and have two new lumitecks 600s in the fucking floor.I hope someone gets their lights to fire but I had to send two back and the so called ( lumiteck support) will not return your phone call Good luck getting your money back, you better take that junk back,I fucked up and bought mine on line at hydo wholesale 5 months ago
 
Mr.Therapy Man

Mr.Therapy Man

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No decent inside grower wants a ballest that wont fire an eye.Mine fires normal HPS fine but who wants to use a 30 dollar bulb, thats a not for me
 
gogrow

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aknight3 said:
ya mine makes noise, no more noise than a regular ballasts makes though...
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this is what i expected to hear.... there is NOTHING coming from the ballast... not even a slight hum....

tom__420 said:
sorry to hear about the faulty ballast... have you contacted the place you bought it from yet?
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you're damn right i did!! they are willing to take it back and ship me a new one... no problems from them so far; but they would like me to try another bulb before that.... which i dont have access to locally... have to order that too:wall:
 
gogrow

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I finally got it all sorted out today.... I have yet to test the ballast from HTG, but the lumatek that I bought was returned, and the seller said it fired fine for him. So I had him send it back with a new bulb... fired right up. And their claims are true.. whisper silent. Now it appears I have 2 good ballasts:dunce:.... i guess now i need to get started again; and then expand:mrgreen:....

I should be starting some fem Violator Kush (barneys farm), a few fem WW (seedsman), and another attempt at some hijack (mythical).... Keep an eye out for the new thread:eyesmoke:
 
thesmokering

thesmokering

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My 600 is great, totally silent and very little heat. Never tried to fire an eye, but sylvania's work fine, and they are next best thing to hortilux i think. Can you confirm that they won't fire up an eye? Is this true for the newer models? I would get one but I'll wait for my sylvania to wear out first.
 
gogrow

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thesmokering said:
My 600 is great, totally silent and very little heat. Never tried to fire an eye, but sylvania's work fine, and they are next best thing to hortilux i think. Can you confirm that they won't fire up an eye? Is this true for the newer models? I would get one but I'll wait for my sylvania to wear out first.
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I dont have enough experience, but I have heard that from a few sources, including the seller of my ballast... my old bulb was an 'agromax'.... lasted a whole 4weeks:evil:
 
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