150w HPS Club: Inspirational Resource

how hot does the ballast get on the econolight?

I actually separated the socket from the ballast (2 screws, 2 wires, and I didn't even take the main housing apart) the ballast sits outside the room and it is very hot.

bxke1414 said:

I actually separated the socket from the ballast (2 screws, 2 wires, and I didn't even take the main housing apart) the ballast sits outside the room and it is very hot.

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Yeah, I did the same thing. It sits on the shelf above my grow and does get quite warm...

I cant wait till my econo light gets here. I just put some CFLs in my gorw room, and those lil fuckers get hot!

lol i just got my econ light, its a sick little badass light, it was really wasy to take apart nothng really to it..i did the remote ballast, i would say to do it, cuz it keeps alot of the heat out of the box, i have it in my dresser and it doesnt get to hott, check it out.

reppin the 150w hps haha lol

how do you do the whole remote ballast thing? My econo light is gonna be here friday..I bet they sell so many of those lights to growers..Thats some funny shit.

Once you take the glass and metal grate off, you will see the socket. On the outside of the socket there are two screws that hold the round metal piece on. Remove screws to expose the black and white wire leading from the socket to the ballast, just cut and extend with an extension cord. Here is a pic of what to unscrew.

Notice in this pic how I never took the ballast portion apart, there was no need to fuck with it.

hello everyone!
i havnt started my 150 hps grow yet but i thought i might show you guys my box cuz im high and im high. i ordered 2 of the econo 150 watt lights and they should be here soon. and im gonna use a 105w CFL with a few 42w for suplimental lighting. watchyal think? i was thinking either 2 big bushes or a sea of green. i havnt decided yet.

I think with a box of that size, you are better off with two big, fat bushes rather than a sea of green. For SOG grows, you need quite a few plants growing in order to continuously maintain a schedule of harvesting once every two weeks. Even if you planned on only harvesting one plant every two weeks, yielding about an ounce to an ounce & a half, that would still require about 8 clones in various stages of development, plus a mother plant in perpetual vegetative grow. So you're talking a minimum of 9 plants growing at all times. I just don't see you having enough space to make it work with what you got.

rolla8 said:

I think with a box of that size, you are better off with two big, fat bushes rather than a sea of green. For SOG grows, you need quite a few plants growing in order to continuously maintain a schedule of harvesting once every two weeks. Even if you planned on only harvesting one plant every two weeks, yielding about an ounce to an ounce & a half, that would still require about 8 clones in various stages of development, plus a mother plant in perpetual vegetative grow. So you're talking a minimum of 9 plants growing at all times. I just don't see you having enough space to make it work with what you got.

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ya you're probably right. i cant wait till i start growing in there

Did you just get regular black and white wire and splice it to make the socket extend? I just got my light and I want to make it a cool tube. Im not trained in wiring shit so I dont wanna fuck it up.

bxke1414 said:

Notice in this pic how I never took the ballast portion apart, there was no need to fuck with it.

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Ya after you take the metal piece off that the glass screws into, the whole piece socket included should come off and expose a black and white wire, I used a 2 prong extension cord, stripped all ends, used caps and tape to splice it back together to extend the socket. Just make sure you keep white with white and black with black on both ends.

right on man...thanks for helping me out with this +rep..

No prob, check out his thread,

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/127167-150w-hps-cfl-winter-harvest.html

sorry for the delay MM but here's the pics of the Lifesaver2 (2wks in flower, and as always 12/12 from seed) and one of my mystical grapefruit fems.
The other lil ladies in the rear are kerala krush,sour diesel, and a skunk of unknown origin..

I cant wait to quit using this big bud nute, it fuckin fries plants super easy,and i have a hard time findin the right level for the diff strains i grow....
Back to organics next round!!


Update: i also now have some (not many) uk cheese x auto ECSD beans...

These will be going in on the next run...should be approx mid jan as these grows will finish just before christmas, and i'm gonna tweak the setup a lil more over my vacation.
The Cheese fem i used (Shown earlier in the thread and which i'm currently smoking)smokes soooo nicely, and as to be expected with the real cheddar, it'll flatten you real easy.

Go steady folks

Frosty

nice, nice.
great looking healthy plants everybody.
i havent started flowering yet, but my plant (bagseed)
is 3 weeks into veg, and im hoping within the next 2 weeks
to put her into flower. I have a question tho.
I recently bought a sun system 150w hps enclosed ballast/reflector
from a guy off craigslist. It didnt come with the bulb, so i have to go buy one.
My question is what kind of bulb do i need to buy? ive seen mogul and medium
base bulbs and im confused as to which one i need. The enclosed ballast/reflector
says to use with ED style bulbs only. Can you point me in the right direction?
much appreciated fellas.

150w HPS bulbs are always medium socket from what I know.

frostythesnowthug said:

sorry for the delay MM but here's the pics of the Lifesaver2 (2wks in flower, and as always 12/12 from seed) and one of my mystical grapefruit fems.
The other lil ladies in the rear are kerala krush,sour diesel, and a skunk of unknown origin..

I cant wait to quit using this big bud nute, it fuckin fries plants super easy,and i have a hard time findin the right level for the diff strains i grow....
Back to organics next round!!


Update: i also now have some (not many) uk cheese x auto ECSD beans...

These will be going in on the next run...should be approx mid jan as these grows will finish just before christmas, and i'm gonna tweak the setup a lil more over my vacation.
The Cheese fem i used (Shown earlier in the thread and which i'm currently smoking)lol niiiiiiiice smokes soooo nicely, and as to be expected with the real cheddar, it'll flatten you real easy.

Go steady folks

Frosty

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Real cheddar? lol. funny shit.

You just convinced me to go organic. if you cant do it with the experience you have, shit idk about it. I am very very pleased to hear some of your beans have finished up. i just got a 100% legit place to start growing. This multi millionaire is renting out a 4 br office in a holy of humungous humongous storage building. Its the trippiest place to man, you get the weirdest vibes, its something straight out of the twilight zone. like theres storage for cars and boats then you walk through a door and its a carpeted prefesional office space, then you go upstairs on this oldschool elivator with the kindof caged in by 2 by one beams of wood pull cord to oberate kind of deals and theres packacked good everywhere, then yet another office yonder. it has so many godamn rooms its insane. and id have access to the whole building. mwuahahahhaHAHA! ill have to upload some pics here eventually to give you the vibes im getting, just the trippiest place. Anyways i know you have few, but id really really really... really be able to use as many as you can throw. Since i dont want to chance cloning, be nice to get a fat stock hear first time around. either way im at peace. Especially after having a 3 some last night with some kinky KINKY ass bitches. alright well your plants look picture perfect as always, hope to rival them soon.

Peace and love.

i tried wiring my 150 econo light and when i plugged it in it fucked up all my outlets upstairs! i dont know shit about wiring. haha it was kinda funny cuz the electrician came over and i only expected him to go in the garage because thats where the fuze box is and all that, and he ends up going upstairs into my room where my 2 foot bong was on display and my grow box!! hella sketchy! i was sweating the whole time. but i dont think he noticed the grow box, just the beautiful bong. hes comeing back tomorow because he cant figure out what happened. so ya, as you can imagine i feel pretty stupid. i hope the lights not broken but it was only 20 bucks so eh