tkufoS and his outdated street light
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Billy the Mountain
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Depends what you're counting
OldMedUser
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Those weren't 'nanners but full fledged balls. Hermies must die!
tkufoS
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I agree. He's no longer in the mixThose weren't 'nanners but full fledged balls. Hermies must die!
Frank Nitty
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That light is starting to kick it into gear!!! Nice!!!
tkufoS
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Thanks Frank . Im just using what I know. I tried and failed with led's .. Maybe somewhere down the line I'll try em again.
Frank Nitty
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I used to work at a place where they did accident recovery, which is really breaking down telephone poles and anything else that was involved in a car accident... I used to get those lights all the time,1000w hid,mh,ect... I've burned every plant that I tried to grow under one of them but ceeing you knocking this out with one of these made me reminisce... Knock em out the box!!!
tkufoS
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Im liking what I see so far.. Got a way to go still. My first grow I did for somebody was with 4 / 1000w mh in parabolic hoods. Thanks for the kind words.
OldMedUser
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This is a real street light ballast I've been using for the last 20 years and am using right now. It was probably 30 years old when I got it. 400W HPS ballast running a Philips CMH bulb a buddy sent me last year. Have 2 of these and one like it for MH.
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tkufoS
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Quick question.. Do you still you still have arms and legs ? Reason I ask , is the consensus seems that is what it cost to run these thingsThis is a real street light ballast I've been using for the last 20 years and am using right now. It was probably 30 years old when I got it. 400W HPS ballast running a Philips CMH bulb a buddy sent me last year. Have 2 of these and one like it for MH.
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OldMedUser
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Not cheap to run for sure. Power here is over 25¢/kwh so running my 1000W 12 hours/day for flowering is over $90/mth but I only use that when I have a shitload of plants and the payoff is going to make it worth my while. I have a Light Rail 4.0 so I can use that with a 600W, (have 3 digital 600s), and get as good coverage as a 1000W. The rail only uses 9W so saves lots on power and you can run the light closer to the canopy.Quick question.. Do you still you still have arms and legs ? Reason I ask , is the consensus seems that is what it cost to run these things
My basement grow room is always very cool so if I blew a bunch of money on good LEDs to save a little power my heater would have to be coming on more often to keep my temps up around 75F and any power savings with the LEDs would be going to that. My 6" exhaust fan is on a temp/rh controller and even a 600 doesn't heat up the room enough when it's -25C outside to turn it on. No CO2 for the plants so I burn a little alcohol lamp for extra CO2. Uses about 100ml of methyl hydrate/day but that's cheap CO2 and one 4L jug is only $10 and good for a whole grow. With the 400 going now and only a few smaller plants I light it for an hour twice a day and that's plenty. During the stretch with lots of plants it goes all day while the lights are on.
Not using the Rail here. Just a 600W Hortilux SHPS light for a couple plants. Got a gallon of paint to get rid of the stripes left after removing the shelving that was in there when I bought the place 18 years ago. Next time I have no plants going in there I'll paint it all over.
Milky Weed
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Looks like a touch of heat stress or air movement stress on them ide correct before any damage occurs
tkufoS
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Or low humidity
OldMedUser
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Yeah. Does look like it a bit.
Should make sure @tkufoS that you have good air flow between the lights and the canopy. Those edges start turning up when the plant is trying to cool the leaves and if there is high nute levels they will begin to turn brown along the tips as extra nutes will be deposited there when the water in the tips evaporates.
Looking good tho.
