Upgrades ;) :D

Hello everyone here in RIU.

I just turned my plants to flower abour two weeks ago.... Decided that my 100 watt HPS wasn't really cutting it for me Here's a few pics of my babies, and a comparision shot of my old bulb vs the new You can see some of my ladybugs in the pic, they be partollin for any unwanted pests

P.S.: getting the ballast monday... I'll install it next weekend so I can be around for a few days on it's maiden run

Oh here are a few other pics of that same plant before I moved her in to flower her.

whats the new 1 ur using?

LOL a 400 Watt HPS.....

will b good to c the overall difference! i upgraded from LED to floursent and the different was...yummy x

looks good that 400 watter willl make all the difference in the world

i went from a led panel and 2 cfls to a 400 watt hid with euro hood duct fan and 4x4x6.5 tent. I got a crappy grow till now, but im getting seeds from her and i gonna go 8 plants next time. Maybe a sog. Lol, learning Grow! U guys learn that cloning kicks all ass? I learned that after i pollinated my female, so fuck me! Good luck i ove the 400, i can imagine how full it wudda got my plant if u had not pollinated her! Here some crappy pics dont laugh!

i have the same 100w bulb, but no hood or anything. is there anyway i could make a housing and ballast for it?

I got an idea. I came up with at home Depot. Take one of thoe foil pans they have a tthe grocery.. A deep one. cut 3 holes in it. One slide ur bulb in. Seal it. The other 2 are vent holes. Then go to hd or other hardware store. They sell panes of glass for dirt cheap this very size. Glue or fasten it onto the foil, u can fig that part out on your own. Ther u go, an air cooled reflector hood!

Rep me!, I a rep junkie! Lol, (u dont have too)

post a pic of the foil pan, i have no idea what your talkin about

I made my hood... cost me a total of around $25, got some sheet alluminum from the local hardware store *ran me $5 a linear foot @ 3' wide* and then I just got some small 18 gage steel.... add in a few pop rivets and vola you gots yourself a hood

you can see my DIY air intake on the front of my box, I've used some of the off cut aluminum to create a chamber inside so the light is diffused around a could of 90 degree corners Give me a dub and a problem.... I'll come up with some kinda fix


I also just hooked up some new pully's it's hella easy to move my hood up and down now.... before it was such a BITCH!

thats for hps? i need something for the bulb to screw into, and the plugs and shit

jooooooosh1934 said:

thats for hps? i need something for the bulb to screw into, and the plugs and shit

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I was reading about a DIY power bar ballast kinda thing.... you get like a 6 pluggin power bar... they have these light fixtures that take a single light that plug right into the wall... get 6 of those puppies, then they have light splitters that go from 1 light fixture to 2, get 6 of those babies and you can have 12 lights on 1 power bar... get it with a long cord and you can move it up and down you could even make a hood like mine and mount it to reflect all your light down..... just a thought... DIY and it is pretty cheap from what I hear....


I get a deal at the Electrical Warehouse I gets all my lights ubber cheap.... This upgrade is only costing me $80 including taxs for the bulb, ballast and fixtures.... the wire and the connectors were free Wooty woo

check this out. 400w mh/hps with both bulbs and a timer for 250. you cant go wrong. High Tech Garden Supply