150 HPS Sun Budget Complete- $28.75

SCARHOLE

SCARHOLE

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For that price, I would buy em, usualy about 80$.
And they take the mini bulbs, cool.


Hps ballast also run MH bulbs of equivelant voltage. So you could Run MH in em if you need to make a vegg/clone rooom later.
 
mrkushy420

mrkushy420

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get it! i payed 155 for two sunlight supply 150w. the only problem is, the light spread isnt to great. so if you let the plant get 4ft tall 4weeks into flowering, the plant flowers a lot slower. but for small supercropped grows their great. i tried topping under two of these and i was able to fit 10 plants after keeping them short with topping
 
ExDex1x1

ExDex1x1

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Always be wary of things that seem too good to be true. If you can get that from the actual store in person and make sure there's a warranty. If not I'd walk. Something fishy about growing equipment for the cost of a toaster.
 
NoGutsGrower

NoGutsGrower

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SCARHOLE said:
For that price, I would buy em, usualy about 80$.
And they take the mini bulbs, cool.


Hps ballast also run MH bulbs of equivelant voltage. So you could Run MH in em if you need to make a vegg/clone rooom later.
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digital ballasts run both, not hps ballasts. unless you have a conversion or a ceramic m/h bulb. a while back (second or third grow) I had a switchable ballast, accidently bumped the switch. when lights came on my bulb was putting off a funky light and popped.
 
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usblues420

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SCARHOLE said:
For that price, I would buy em, usualy about 80$.
And they take the mini bulbs, cool.


Hps ballast also run MH bulbs of equivelant voltage. So you could Run MH in em if you need to make a vegg/clone rooom later.
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Is that true? you can run a MH bulb of equivelant voltage in a hps ballast. I thought you had to either have a conversion bulb or have a switchable ballast
 
mrkushy420

mrkushy420

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ive been told you can run a mh in regular hps ballast, the only problem is the bulb life gets reduced. im not sure about the 150w though, the ballast might not be able to take it
 
ExDex1x1

ExDex1x1

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mrkushy420 said:
ive been told you can run a mh in regular hps ballast, the only problem is the bulb life gets reduced. im not sure about the 150w though, the ballast might not be able to take it
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You can also ride your bike on the freeway its just not a good idea.
 
xebeche

xebeche

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ExDex1x1 said:
Always be wary of things that seem too good to be true. If you can get that from the actual store in person and make sure there's a warranty. If not I'd walk. Something fishy about growing equipment for the cost of a toaster.
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At least a toaster comes with a power cord. This ad says, "no power cord included, diy"

I wonder if the ballast is included.
 
Psychild

Psychild

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xebeche said:
At least a toaster comes with a power cord. This ad says, "no power cord included, diy"

I wonder if the ballast is included.
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info@mdhydro.com to me
show details 7:03 PM (17 minutes ago)
Maryland Hydroponics Kensington said:
Ballast is included.
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MARYLAND HYDROPONICS KENSINGTON
3809 FARRAGUT AVE
KENSINGTON, MD 20895
Phone 240-551-4625
WWW.DCHYDRO.COM


MARYLAND HYDROPONICS LAUREL
10051 NORTH 2ND STREET
LAUREL, MD 20723
Phone 1-301-490-9236
WWW.DCHYDRO.COM


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Question about 150 HPS Sun Budget Complete
From: Psychild'se-mail@gmail.com
Date: Mon, May 02, 2011 4:45 pm
To: info@mdhydro.com

email: psychild'se-mail@gmail.com
message: To whom it may concern:
I was just wondering if the item on this page: http://www.dchydro.com/product/3661/150-HPS-Sun-Budget-Complete/ comes with a ballast. I noticed it said no power cord included, but there wasn\'t anything said about a ballast.

Thanks,
Psychild
 
xebeche

xebeche

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Interesting. You gonna order one?

Could be a really sweet deal if it works. A power cord is cheap and should be easy to install.
 
OregonMeds

OregonMeds

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I bought a couple of the 150w hps econolights a while back that were $20 ea, never had a problem with them. Well made chinese stuff, but didn't use more than 2 crops to be honest.

They are too small unless you just have no choice but to tinker with a tiny grow in a closet on a shelf or something. I tried them, then 400's to support a whole closet, then 1k's. It's the same amount of work with 1k's and much more pleasant results. And the power difference and heat difference isn't what you would think. One of my last grows was over a year ago in a tiny bathroom and it took the floor space of two normal bathtubs and yielded 2 pounds dry with a single 1k vertical. With 2x150 you'd be lucky to get a few z's, given the same amount of time and work it's kind of pointless not even enough to stay in smoke between crops unless you go perpetual and that's even more work.
If you can at all find space and money for larger lights, do it.
 
HokieBud

HokieBud

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i have some autos going on in the same tent as non autos. i figure why not get the autos some cheap lights so they can keep going at 20/4 when the tent goes to 12/12
 
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