DWC to Perpetual

[rkymtnman]

NO. cap the ends for full power.

oops. thanks for catching that. def need to RTFM then!

 

[rkymtnman]

picture says a thousand words...

thanks @ttystikk

 

[ttystikk]

picture says a thousand words...

thanks @ttystikk

So the black and white and green wires go to their respective friends on your outlet cord. From the fixture side, green goes to the same green on the outlet cord. The other two go to the black and white wires from the fixture- doesn't matter which goes to which, that's why they aren't black n white.

Plug into 240V and RTMF!

 

[firsttimeARE]

Day 45 on the Dank #5

Not sure how many day this strain is but i look a few weeks out on the bushy one and a couple weeks on the stout bitch.

 

[firsttimeARE]

Had to trim the scrogged plants as they were about 8 inches to a foot above screen.

Had to trim back fruity chronic cookies too lanky

 

[dbkick]

i had to break out the magnifying glass to read the data sheet sticker on the side of the ballast. hope the print in the manual is a bit bigger like reader's digest sized for my shitty eyesight! lol.

one thing i am interested in: the 0 to 10 volt dimming feature of the ballast. i know you just tie them together for full power but curious how you get it to dim. hope philips.com can provide some answers

a potentiometer wired at the dimming wires is how it's done I think. Of course it would have to be the right value,

 

[dbkick]

Still trying to get the sunplix 315 ballast myself. watch for the 860 allstart ballast next month I believe.

 

[rkymtnman]

a potentiometer wired at the dimming wires is how it's done I think. Of course it would have to be the right value,

yep, just says to change the resistance value on the dimming wires. doesn't sound like an exact science.

oh well, i'm running it full blast anyway.

advanced tech says you can switch from 315 to 200 with the switch on the ballast with same bulb installed. it will do what you said and have a slight spectrum change.

 

[dbkick]

One of sunplix selling points is to dim when you don't need as much light, like early veg, this causes the lamp to shift to blue more. then the boost to 350 watts shifts red and of course increases intensity.

 

[rkymtnman]

One of sunplix selling points is to dim when you don't need as much light, like early veg, this causes the lamp to shift to blue more. then the boost to 350 watts shifts red and of course increases intensity.

so with that deal from advanced tech for 200, i'm wondering the individual prices are for the bulb and the ballast? are they both around a hundy each?

 

[dbkick]

so with that deal from advanced tech for 200, i'm wondering the individual prices are for the bulb and the ballast? are they both around a hundy each?

Philips lamps run me about 70 I think, the solis was 85. , the philips ballast is cheapest by far since it's not ready to go out of the box, but it works well, I'd like to see it up against a sunplix though or I'd like to see the signals compared.

 

[rkymtnman]

Philips lamps run me about 70 I think, the solis was 85. , the philips ballast is cheapest by far since it's not ready to go out of the box, but it works well, I'd like to see it up against a sunplix though or I'd like to see the signals compared.

those sunplix are manufactured in-house?

i just have to wire the bulb to the ballast and i'll be ready to fire it up.

pretty good deal if you DIY: luxor knockoff, ballast and bulb for $320 shipped.

i can't find where i read it but those cycloptic reflectors are supposed to be the most effiicient of all the 315 LECs on the market now.

 

[dbkick]

those sunplix are manufactured in-house?

i just have to wire the bulb to the ballast and i'll be ready to fire it up.

pretty good deal if you DIY: luxor knockoff, ballast and bulb for $320 shipped.

i can't find where i read it but those cycloptic reflectors are supposed to be the most effiicient of all the 315 LECs on the market now.

Only getting the ballast here, I'll put it on the luxor and the sunplix on the OG.
That is if I buy a sunplix. If they're too high priced and the cycloptics ballasts are cool I'll just get another one of those.

 

[firsttimeARE]

Flower Room #1 - Single 600w HPS


Girl Scout Cookie Haze #3 - Week 3 - New res, 5.6@760ppm (1.52EC) could probably go more on this one, these GSCH feed heavy


Fruity Chronic Cookies #1 - Week 3 - New res, 5.6@700ppm (1.4EC) last res change I set at 750ppm and was getting a slight rise


Fruity Chronic Cookies #2 - Week 1 - New res, 5.5@630ppm (1.26EC)


Dank #5 (#4 seed) - Week 7 - New Res, starting to back off the nutes a bit. 5.6@680ppm (1.36EC)

Flower Room #2 - (2) 315w CMH


Girl Scout Cookie Haze #1 - Week 1 - New res, 5.7@760ppm (1.52EC) - I think since the pH is rising so fast in these buckets that is showing up as a P def.


Girl Scout Cookie Haze #2 - Week 1 - New res, 5.6@730ppm (1.46EC) - pH rising fast in this one as well.

 

[firsttimeARE]

Need to get some new veg going on.

Didnt end up cloning anything eother. Suppose i still could. Week 1 on the gsch under the CMH

 

[firsttimeARE]

Need a new flower light. Not digging the 600w HPS anymore. Wanna go 1000w.

 

[ttystikk]

Need a new flower light. Not digging the 600w HPS anymore. Wanna go 1000w.

Fuk dat.

If you want to run a thouie, get a LFSW ballast and an allstart lamp or two; at least you'll have the right spectrum.

 

[firsttimeARE]

Fuk dat.

If you want to run a thouie, get a LFSW ballast and an allstart lamp or two; at least you'll have the right spectrum.

Allstarts are only 860w thi right? Fired off a 1kw would be a waste of electricity no?

Whats ceiling space like? Wanted to go DE but 7ft ceilings

 

[rkymtnman]

Allstarts are only 860w thi right? Fired off a 1kw would be a waste of electricity no?

Whats ceiling space like? Wanted to go DE but 7ft ceilings

hey first, i'm guessing you are aware but i'll put this out there:
solis tek matrix ballast. you can run 2 600's off the one ballast. since you already have a 6, just add another one. 1200 vs 1k=bueno

 

[ttystikk]

Allstarts are only 860w thi right? Fired off a 1kw would be a waste of electricity no?

Whats ceiling space like? Wanted to go DE but 7ft ceilings

Philips marketing scam; they only run at 860W if your mag is plugged into 208V. At 240V they'll be pulling 1000W, plus the ballast itself. Don't get a mag; the LFSW units will drive the bulb much better.

Since I run mine vert and bare, a low ceiling height is no challenge for me.

If you can't do that, maybe you should talk to @dbkick about his Sunplix hookup. In veg, my 315W CMH lights are the equal of 600W HPS.