Verticle bare bulb cmh

[ttystikk]

What are you runnin(brand)? I'm running just the advanced ballasts wired to vert lamps.I'm guessing yours are wired @315w and not the lower 200 and something setting?? I'm running 2 sets of 4 & 4 in fan cooled enclosures and the heat pumping out is at least 140 deg....never touched it, learnt that the hard way but the lamp I just couldn't control myself. Lol

Philips Advance lfsw ballasts and Philips 315W CMH lights. The lamps are in bare vertical sockets, hung between the plants.

I also run Philips 860W CDM Allstart lamps on magnetic ballasts. They run at 1000W on my 240V service. These are not square wave ballasts, so the lamps are driven substantially less efficiently.

 

[bottletoke]

Philips Advance lfsw ballasts and Philips 315W CMH lights. The lamps are in bare vertical sockets, hung between the plants.

I also run Philips 860W CDM Allstart lamps on magnetic ballasts. They run at 1000W on my 240V service. These are not square wave ballasts, so the lamps are driven substantially less efficiently.

What do u figure the ambient temp is that is radiating off your ballasts? Lower then mine?
Edit(I'm running advanced/Phillips square wave electronic ballasts wired to 240vac and 3100k Phillips agro lamps.

 

[ttystikk]

What do u figure the ambient temp is that is radiating off your ballasts? Lower then mine?

I run my ballasts on 240V service. This tends to help them run cooler. I'd say mine aren't running more than 110F, that's warm but not hot.

The mags are another story; that 30lb chunk of transformer gets to be 140F, that's uncomfortably hot.

 

[bottletoke]

Interesting, gonna take the laser to them and see the temps individually.
Are yours enclosed or open air?

 

[ttystikk]

Interesting, gonna take the laser to them and see the temps individually.
Are yours enclosed or open air?

Open, always. Heat is the enemy of electronic equipment, so effective cooling is important.

 

[Frajola]

Does CMH bulbs generate less heat than hps and mh ?
In comparison a 860w cmh generates the same heat as a 600w mh?
Does cmh need a magnet ballast or it can be ran by eletronic or digital ballasts ?
My next grow will be vert ( thanks TTY) , lol, so I want to make sure I have a better upgrade for my grow room. Im just waiting to chopp these ladies down.
Thanks

 

[ttystikk]

Does CMH bulbs generate less heat than hps and mh ?
In comparison a 860w cmh generates the same heat as a 600w mh?
Does cmh need a magnet ballast or it can be ran by eletronic or digital ballasts ?
My next grow will be vert ( thanks TTY) , lol, so I want to make sure I have a better upgrade for my grow room. Im just waiting to chopp these ladies down.
Thanks

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CDM / CMH lights need low frequency drivers. Square wave ballasts make the lamp run much more efficiently, producing nearly 40% more light for the same watts expended.

Heat is about the same in a watt for watt basis.

 

[pinner420]

I'd venture a a guess of 2 people a month finding their way to vertical on this site! #crushnit$

 

[Frajola]

I'd venture a a guess of 2 people a month finding their way to vertical on this site! #crushnit$

Im just waiting for the last crop , clean up the room and start my 1st vert grow.

 

[ttystikk]

I'd venture a a guess of 2 people a month finding their way to vertical on this site! #crushnit$

Makes me so proud, I get all verklempt!

 

[Evil-Mobo]

You guys got to me, soon as I can get the NL out of the flower tent I have to see if the Blue Cheese will work for vert or not and them see about her three sisters, I would like to get the four of them in there vert style with the 600w but we will see. I don't want to break branches on the Blue Cheese if she's gone too far along already but she's still stretching. I working on it, but if the Barney's plants don't go vert I will be with the following one........

 

[ttystikk]

You guys got to me, soon as I can get the NL out of the flower tent I have to see if the Blue Cheese will work for vert or not and them see about her three sisters, I would like to get the four of them in there vert style with the 600w but we will see. I don't want to break branches on the Blue Cheese if she's gone too far along already but she's still stretching. I working on it, but if the Barney's plants don't go vert I will be with the following one........

My blue cheese loves to go vertical.

 

[Evil-Mobo]

I will post a pic tomorrow she is stretching a lot for an Indica dominant "supposedly" hybrid............

Tonight I'm chopping my first girl so for now the Blue cheese has the 3x3 to herself.........

 

[babe]

Does CMH bulbs generate less heat than hps and mh ?
In comparison a 860w cmh generates the same heat as a 600w mh?
Does cmh need a magnet ballast or it can be ran by eletronic or digital ballasts ?
My next grow will be vert ( thanks TTY) , lol, so I want to make sure I have a better upgrade for my grow room. Im just waiting to chopp these ladies down.
Thanks

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Good Job! (and this) lol

 

[Evil-Mobo]

My blue cheese loves to go vertical.

Here's my BC right now after taking the NL out last night. Not sure if it would be too late already to strap her to a trellis. The bulb, socket, and ballast for the 600W MH are all here.......

 

[ttystikk]

Here's my BC right now after taking the NL out last night. Not sure if it would be too late already to strap her to a trellis. The bulb, socket, and ballast for the 600W MH are all here.......

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I let mine get bigger than that before I trellis them, so I'm sure there will be no problem.

 

[Evil-Mobo]

I let mine get bigger than that before I trellis them, so I'm sure there will be no problem.

Even though she's flowering already?

 

[ttystikk]

Even though she's flowering already?

before the end of week three? Sure!

 

[Evil-Mobo]

before the end of week three? Sure!

awesome then I need to get to work and design/setup trellises

 

[ttystikk]

awesome then I need to get to work and design/setup trellises

Don't get too fancy, just get one up. Some hooks on the walls will do fine to hold it.