Oh, REALLY? Did anyone tell them that Philips is discontinuing the lamp?!That is until Sunplix comes out with their lfsw ballast designed just for the allstart 860, which will be next month.
They are only discontinuing the bt56, bt37 replaces it.Oh, REALLY? Did anyone tell them that Philips is discontinuing the lamp?!
Can you explain?They are only discontinuing the bt56, bt37 replaces it.
bt37 has a smaller outer envelope , the bt56 is so large it's comical.Can you explain?
Glad to hear it, would be a shame to finally get the ballast situation sorted out for them, only to watch the lamps vanish from the market.bt37 has a smaller outer envelope , the bt56 is so large it's comical.
I've seen ads where it states discontinued on the bt56, I have seen the bt37 marked as clearance though I can't find it labeled as discontinued on any pages.
Oh look , Geoff from sunplix texting me saying he forgot about me and is sorry, I just told him it's not a problem or urgent but I DO want more of his product so I'll probably grab 2 more friday.
Oh, REALLY? Did anyone tell them that Philips is discontinuing the lamp?!
One of the key features of the re-development of the recently reintroduced CMH versus traditional MH is the efficiency gained in the ballast. Very little heat is given off the driver [compared to traditional magnetic ballasts]. The CMH ballast should be only warm to the touch. Never hot. Without the need of an incident of failure a hot CMH should be considered defective.3 out of 3 phantoms went back , hydrofarm questioned nothing. There's a reason for that.
I miss the 400w retro-white too. They discontinued it because they made massive improvement in, desing, manufacturing, ballast, and arc tooling. Though today's 3K/4K PPF would be equivalent to a 380w Retro-White--leaving us with a -20watt difference in output, the complaints stopped with introduction of the 630w and forthcoming higher wattages, it's game over. Have you seen the crazy 98+CRI in today's 4K CMH? Tech pushed to amazing capability and tightening the race with LED and Fluorescent in efficiency.I've been hearing that for 5 years now. They already discontinued the retro white about 2 years ago. They have no plans to discontinue any more cmh bulbs. There's too big of a market for them. Costco and every baseball and football stadium use them. Now more cannabis grows then ever use them. There's more cmh grows these days than gavita grows. There's more cmh lighting companies uses those bulbs too.
If CRI mattered that much, I'd be excited. Since I know better from personal experience, not so much.One of the key features of the re-development of the recently reintroduced CMH versus traditional MH is the efficiency gained in the ballast. Very little heat is given off the driver [compared to traditional magnetic ballasts]. The CMH ballast should be only warm to the touch. Never hot. Without the need of an incident of failure a hot CMH should be considered defective.
I miss the 400w retro-white too. They discontinued it because they made massive improvement in, desing, manufacturing, ballast, and arc tooling. Though today's 3K/4K PPF would be equivalent to a 380w Retro-White--leaving us with a -20watt difference in output, the complaints stopped with introduction of the 630w and forthcoming higher wattages, it's game over. Have you seen the crazy 98+CRI in today's 4K CMH? Tech pushed to amazing capability and tightening the race with LED and Fluorescent in efficiency.
Yes of course! Any retrofit lamp with new arc....designed to bring up to speed old hardware. Sexy. Like resurrecting an old laptop with linux. Even better since it is bringing up to speed the "edn effector"If CRI mattered that much, I'd be excited. Since I know better from personal experience, not so much.
I still think the 860W CDM Allstart lamp has as much of a future as 315W CMH does, now that thousand watt LFSW ballasts are readily available and inexpensive.