joe macclennan
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I see now. My first search of gavita yielded a plasma light they produce as well. I see the hps ballast and such now.
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I see now. My first search of gavita yielded a plasma light they produce as well. I see the hps ballast and such now.
MisterBlah
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I'd go with Gavitas. I've yet to hear something bad about them or the E-Papillon.
joe macclennan
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those gavita ballast do have some hellacious heat sinks on them.
Large Bat wings?
MisterBlah
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Most ballasts do these days. If the ballast runs cooler, it runs more efficiently. From their website they say about 60W of heat, assuming 1000W through the bulb.
MisterBlah
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Really, the big thing I like about the Gavita, is that it has the ballast built onto the reflector. And that save you a significant amount of install time.
SnapsProvolone
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I know the exact model reflector that I would recommend and why. A wrong decision here blows your chances of achieving the results I detailed earlier.
SnapsProvolone
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If your ballast craps out?? I hate these.
Can't put ballast out of the room if you want either. Gavitas are overpriced junk imo.
SnapsProvolone
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With 400 lights, ballasts will fail.
Make thrm fast and easy to replace. No climbing over a tray to a hood. .. ewwww
Make thrm fast and easy to replace. No climbing over a tray to a hood. .. ewwww
MisterBlah
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Yeah, that is a good point for sure. If they were down around $400 would you find them more worth their while?
SnapsProvolone
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Nope. I would sell them if they were given to me. I have very specific lighting requirements.
MisterBlah
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That's what I figured you were getting to. And I assume your recommendations come at a price, is that correct?
joe macclennan
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for something of this scale...i would think everything has a price 
SnapsProvolone
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Well you can experiment and go through trial and error. I've mentioned super hortilux and lumatek (no fan model). The choice of reflector is super critical imo.
MisterBlah
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I agree completely. And that is why I've spent a fair amount of time doing things like spectral analysis of bulbs with different ballasts, as well as photometric modeling of various reflectors in a program called Photopia. Sure, I could place a PPFD sensor at a ton of points on the ground, but having a clearer picture was important. However, I have not so far as modeled every reflector I can find. That's a lot of work, and I'm not done yet.
This is an emission graph of the Hortilux 1000W HPS though: http://i.imgur.com/F0vxUBs.jpg
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SnapsProvolone
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Modeling reflectors in software is interesting, the nerd in me is intrigued. I am however more interested in modeling pot in reality. 
MisterBlah
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Everything takes time and resources. And I'm getting to the stages where I feel I have enough information to start doing true scientific experiments on growing.Modeling reflectors in software is interesting, the nerd in me is intrigued. I am however more interested in modeling pot in reality.
joe macclennan
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Modeling reflectors in software is interesting, the nerd in me is intrigued. I am however more interested in modeling pot in reality.
i'm into modeling pot too
SnapsProvolone
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Now we're talking!i'm into modeling pot too
joe macclennan
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figured you'd like that
that first one is a little too skinny for me.
I like em with a little more meat on their bones.
that first one is a little too skinny for me.
I like em with a little more meat on their bones.