Weird Wattage Wonder

Saw this on another forum this morning.
"I'm growing under 1000 watts of HPS in a 6' x 8' room. I have four 250 HPS lights"

Maybe I'm too high this morning, but I contend he is using 1000w of power, but is only growing under 250w of hps.
He says he has the power of 1000w hps.

Who's correct, me or him?

4x 250w hps = 1000w

A 1000W puts down almost a 3rd more photons than 4x 250s...
110000 vs 140000~ish lumens. Whether that is better can be debated as a lot of that light is in a bright spot right under the light.

KrazyG said:

4x 250w hps = 1000w

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ANC said:

A 1000W puts down almost a 3rd more photons than 4x 250s...
110000 vs 140000~ish lumens. Whether that is better can be debated as a lot of that light is in a bright spot right under the light.

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I know the math KrazyG
ANC I understand your point, but not sure it's correct.