MrStickyScissors
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If your not running hortilux bulb your simply fucking yourself
what r the best Ballast out on the market ???
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bryangtho
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Hi King Sir. I run all 9x600 Lucius mahimus digital ballast with 4x whisper 300m fan only on hot day I will run all 4 as it can get very hot here. That's under 6 pot and I use mech over the top to keep wide and low. My room is 2,5 x 2.7 meters. Im not sure what fans your using and were u living but the Lucius are a great ballast and u can get them at a good price. The 600W Phantom II Ballast looks like a very good ballast I have not seen them over here
bryangtho
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Hi again yes is not far of summer over here and starting to warm up in Australian. I run thermo fan and heater control for winter and a 2000 watt oil heater here as im in colder part of aust in the south east. I looked up the ballast and hortilux bulb u r using and can not get them here but they look very good. I think u could run 2x600 in there but do u run a thermo controller in your room.
Kind Sir
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I assume a thermo controller regulates the temp? Like at a certain temp either the heater or AC will turn on? No I don't, would if I could afford it. My temps stay from 72F to 80 or so. I use a hood, so would like to get another so I can blow air through both of them you know what I mean.
farmerfischer
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Extrasun( magnetic ballast) and hortilux worked great for me,,, unfortunately I had to sell it sum years back,, at the moment I'm using Ipower digital and dimmable, its a piece of shit,,lol, you get what you pay for
Kind Sir
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I dont know much about all this stuff, just to boost my knowledge on this area what reason does your Ipower ballast suck?
farmerfischer
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They do the job,, mine is noisy as hell with two fans in it,, I dont feel its as powerful as others, plus I have the ipower hps bulb in it,' it wouldn't be so bad if I got a decent buld,,which is my plan here real soon,, (hortilux)
Scobbysnacks
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Get a galaxy grow amp and call it a day..one of the best out there. Look on amazon.. got mine there, good price and they are one of the best ballast I've laid my hands on..great build quality And no need to worry about your neighbors calling the cable company if you have old wiring..look up rf interference. I don't have old wiring but why risk it..best of luck..
OneHitDone
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If everyone is really looking for the "best" ballast, why are you leaving out the Square Wave Platinum Ballast by Hortilux?
On a side note, apparently the remote Gavita ballasts have been yanked from the market due to not complying with residential RF requirements?
On a side note, apparently the remote Gavita ballasts have been yanked from the market due to not complying with residential RF requirements?
Bigozgood
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I'm going to look into that.
Carolina Dream'n
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Solis tek bulbs are better IMO and cheaper for sure.
MrStickyScissors
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solis tek is better than the hortilux? If thats true i gotta get some cause hortilux is bad ass.
MrStickyScissors
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how cheap are they? I get 1k hortilux for 58 bucks
Carolina Dream'n
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Scratch that then. On my coast hortilux bulbs are still over 100 bucks a piece while solis tek are around 80.
ttystikk
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If you're buying HPS lighting for your garden, you're buying obsolete equipment. While it's true that they're cheap and still work, there are better options becoming available at cost competitive price points. 315W CMH lighting is currently popular in Colorado warehouses. COB LED is coming, like a freight train headed downhill, and just as unstoppable.
OneHitDone
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I love all the new lighting tech coming out also but I honestly don't see HID being knocked out of the market.
One other thing that people keep ignoring is that HID lighting is not just sitting still either. Are there not new lamp chemistries being released?
Just a side note - this is a 1000W Hotilux Super HPS being fired by the Platinum ballast. Not how white it is. Same lamp was yellow as hell and you had to use trick photography to take photo's with a mag ballast. Not anymore
One other thing that people keep ignoring is that HID lighting is not just sitting still either. Are there not new lamp chemistries being released?
Just a side note - this is a 1000W Hotilux Super HPS being fired by the Platinum ballast. Not how white it is. Same lamp was yellow as hell and you had to use trick photography to take photo's with a mag ballast. Not anymore
antimatt3r
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Hortilux platinum, boss shit, low frequency square wave, 5 yr warranty and comes with a bulb........ If you dont wanna spend $500 then get a Solis Tek for 200
ttystikk
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Those square wave ballasts are da shit.
Until you compare them to COB LED.
I have some 315W kits, not sure if I'll ever get around to using them!