Yep go get ya an HID, and if you live in a non weed friendly state, they may come to your house with a search warrant because your electric bill went up to far!!! It just happened in Kansas, to a couple that was just growing vegetables....Man, go get a HID ballast and quit trying to be cheap.
Yeah, if you want to pay 3/4 MORE for energy just to HEAT your grow space, then choose HID!Man, go get a HID ballast and quit trying to be cheap.
my bill went down after switching to hidYeah, if you want to pay 3/4 MORE for energy just to HEAT your grow space, then choose HID!
It seems unreal, but IMO the closest thing to sun for growing indoors is a bunch whole lot of cfl. That or 1000w HPS bulbs, but price difference with energy savings considered makes the CFL the winner in efficiency. I believe that a WELL CONSTRUCTED CFL fixture will get MORE PRODUCT at the end of the day with LESS COST. I made my own 2000w equivalent running on under 500w of actual consumption! It grows dense buds. I put it side by side with my 600w HPS and it actually produced much more resinous buds (I believe it is because of added UV from the CFL) So cool! Here's a pic from week 3 of flowering under my custom 2000w Mixed Spectrum CFL Flowering Lightthey will take longer to get ripe with cfls so the HPS speeds the process up too. Sun speeds it up even more
pot vs watt, HID winsYeah, if you want to pay 3/4 MORE for energy just to HEAT your grow space, then choose HID!
I respect your opinion.. was just doing the math - if you put up 15 splitters with 2 in each @ 27 watts a pop.. you'd be pushing 800ish watts total, and that's 4/5 the wattage of a 1000W light, all things the same. As for lumens vs watts, it may work out to more or less depending on the manufacturer, standards, etc.. and then you'd have to safely have said 30 bulbs wired so they're not running off of piggybacked extension cords, etc.Really? I think it's the opposite, but then again.... I am 'learning how to roll' HAHA
Wasn't going to argue bro, was just stating that to me.. I'd rather have HID lighting for the plants so I can focus on other things grow-related, and other real life things is all.Lol, never mind you guys. I don't want to strike up any drama. I've actually done the math and calculations, so I know that my info is accurateIt is true that the design of a cfl fixture MUST be just right to provide enough light for it to beat out HPS. I'm just in this section to help out others who are open to new ideas... and improvements. Happy smoking
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