Sebastien Blades
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Nothing like a wall of weed. good job bro.
i'm moving into 1000sq ft from 1800. subbed.
I just yous what ever bulbs I have , some times I can grab a 600w hps or two from work ,I just installed new Philips CDM 860W lamps- 1/3 of the whole shipment of a dozen bulbs was bad; either the quartz inner sleeve was broken or the bulb shattered on initial startup.
I'm hoping he's as good as his eBay rating says he is. Shit happens, I'm not pissed, in fact I like the light from those that are running now enough that I want more bulbs!
I have head to head Super Silos with different bulbs going in two different bloom rooms, so we WILL get the answer as to whether this is a real step up from HPS or not.
I just yous what ever bulbs I have , some times I can grab a 600w hps or two from work ,
Is there much difference in results between brands?
Obviusly if it uses 600w of power then it will put out 600w of energy. Most of that being different spectrums of light waves and some being heat .
So what does a better bulb do that a cheapie or poorly made bulb doesnt ?
Sounds interesting .id love to hear how they performThe answer boils down to spectrum. HPS isn't a very good light for growing plants with, but because there's so much light output, the plant gets what it needs. Most of the light is wasted, because it's the wrong wavelength.
The CDM bulbs I just installed don't put out quite as much total light as HPS- about 85%- but the wavelengths emitted are much more likely to be those the plant can use. Less power, yet better plant response.
Sounds interesting .id love to hear how they perform
Don't those require a magnetic ballast? All I have are electronic.
LOL that's right- the cheapie old school magnetic ballasts are suddenly a hot commodity again! Who knew?
I still have every magnetic ballast ive every own. I have thrown away about 10 digital ballast. Idk the 600 in my bath tub is digital and it seems to be more red.. i use the same solar max bulbs in all of them
I'd recommend Plantmax for budget HPS bulbs. I'm hoping for great things from my CDM experiment, but I'm not going to jump the gun and recommend them just yet.
Sounds like you could use one of those HPS glasses.more then the red from a regular bulb it seems less stress on your eyes when working in the room..