Changing from CFL to HID - recommendations

Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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peracho said:
I'm switch to better lighting and I wanted to know if there was anything out there like a starter kit ( maybe on Amazon etc ) that anyone could recommend for a beginner. Would need light, ballast, cord , reflector etc included. Probably only for about 4 plants now
Any help is appreciated

Ps - also what should I be changing too for flowering 3 plants after using 300 CFL watts and about 6500k lumens for these in veg
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Im not the one to advise you on lights etc but dont forget to take into account your avg summer ambient temp.
Its easy to keep the big stuff cool in a cool climate but if your in a warmer environment ( Australia, Asia, India etc) it could get difficult and maybe even expensive to keep it at optimum temps.
 
peracho

peracho

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Lucky Luke said:
Im not the one to advise you on lights etc but dont forget to take into account your avg summer ambient temp.
Its easy to keep the big stuff cool in a cool climate but if your in a warmer environment ( Australia, Asia, India etc) it could get difficult and maybe even expensive to keep it at optimum temps.
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Cheer, no worries here. im in the Great White North
 
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Wiskeyrner

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On subject of 15 amp 100 watts equals around 1 amp so a 600 watt would be around a little of 6 amps above at 120 volts this is not exact but I think Iam close
 
tyke1973

tyke1973

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If you have got the money i would advice on getting some kind,of cool vented hood or tube,Un-less you have a decent sized out let and in let.Yes there are plenty of hps starter kits i would go with hps,not hid
 
Budley Doright

Budley Doright

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tyke1973 said:
If you have got the money i would advice on getting some kind,of cool vented hood or tube,Un-less you have a decent sized out let and in let.Yes there are plenty of hps starter kits i would go with hps,not hid
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Yes don't get HID there a waste of money lol. :bigjoint:I'm over 50 BTW.
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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Budley Doright said:
Think he's referring to the built in cooling fan that they all have :).
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Yer im sure mine is just cooled through a series of metal cooling fins and not a fan, if the fan fails then im guessing your electrics overheat or somthing bad. I will have to check that theres no fan in my digi as it has no cooling vents to speak off.
 
Budley Doright

Budley Doright

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Kingrow1 said:
Yer im sure mine is just cooled through a series of metal cooling fins and not a fan, if the fan fails then im guessing your electrics overheat or somthing bad. I will have to check that theres no fan in my digi as it has no cooling vents to speak off.
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Oh right, some don't I guess, all mine have a fan plus cooling fins. Actually the first 400 I had had no fan. Just assumed they all did .... Oops!!!
 
Budley Doright

Budley Doright

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bryan oconner said:
I would start off with a warehouse with 30 thousand watts If I were you all hps . lol . damn don't she look hot in the pic give you a stiffy !
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Yes Brian she does look hot, just an FYI I'm a lower unit type so more of those would be greatly appreciated, here's my dog with his "Plenty of fish" profile pic image.jpeg
 
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