Does anyone have any experience with this particular HPS light. I just bought a 400 watt one mail order (cant wait by the way lol). Apparently they give off more white light i think such that it is good for both flower and veg states.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM: or HPS lamps emit a pink or amber light. They are used for lighting parking lots and other areas where the color of the light is not important. HPS units are much more efficient than MH ones, producing more light and less energy consumed. They are often used alone with no detrimental effect on the plants, and will promote faster plant growth than MH lamps during both vegetative growth and flowering. Combinations of bulbs are _NOT_ required, as the HPS lamp does produce all of the light spectrums necessary for healthy growth. There is a relatively new type of HPS lamp that has become available. It is called the...[/FONT]
Basically the designers of this lamp took a 400w HPS lamp, and added another 30W element to it, However, this new element puts outblue light, to help fill in the parts of the spectrum that a standard HPS is missing. We use SON-TPlus or Agro for years now. And the Bulbs are highly efficient and can be used for 6 crops. [/FONT]