sunlight supply makes these flame defender tanks that put out any possible fires keeping the fire dept out of your grow. They have always scarred me a little though that there would be some kind of premature failure and ruin a perfectly good crop...
A closed growing environment differs from the traditional grow room set-up in that it does not "connect" to the external environment and runs on a closed loop. Typically, grow room air is vented to the outside while outside air is drawn in to replace the CO2 being evacuated. This creates an...
In core & Coil HPS ballasts the ignitors are used to ignite the bulb. So if it initially fires up then the ignitor is not the problem.
If you had a capacitence meter that measures uf (microfarads) then you could check the Capicitor (90% of core & coil ballast issues) it should read 26uf for a...
Spectrum has more of an effect then you might think. Although an MH more then double the luminosity of the HPS may keep up. If you want to stay at that low a wattage I would suggest just sinking the money into a 150w HPS. They are not very pricey.
Great thread doc! The importantce of water can be paramount. I know too many people who will sink hundreds of dollars into snake oils but overlook the simple investment of an R/O Filter. Keep up the good work.