Best light for inside tent...

[Peaceful Smoker Of Weed]

Every 8-12 months I'd replace bulb but you can get bulbs pretty cheap depending on the brand you decide to buy.

Okay thanks for that info.

 

[Gorillaglue4u]

Sounds like there's a lot of different options. I will try and do some researching. I just was curious what people in the growing community were using.

Your going to get die hard led people saying led only then you will have the die hard hps people.it really comes down to what you want to use. Leds cheaper to run less heat more up front cost. Hps cheap to buy more heat replace bulbs once a year but paved the way for indoor growing.

 

[Tim1987]

Sounds like there's a lot of different options. I will try and do some researching. I just was curious what people in the growing community were using.

TBH
I bought a few growlush bulbs, a while back to get me out of trouble. Been using them ever since.
They cost 30 bucks each. Flower dongas too.
Im a week into flower if you want an example. They're damn decent bulb tbh.

 

[Tim1987]

If you're a beginner. Hps will be way more forgiving.
Ive always liked them. Because i dont have to train.
Just a light prune

 

[Peaceful Smoker Of Weed]

TBH
I bought a few growlush bulbs, a while back to get me out of trouble. Been using them ever since.
They cost 30 bucks each. Flower dongas too.
Im a week into flower if you want an example. They're damn decent bulb tbh.

you got any pics? Also if i vent outside next to dryer vent would one of those filters take care of the smell or would there still be some smell?

 

[Peaceful Smoker Of Weed]

If you're a beginner. Hps will be way more forgiving.
Ive always liked them. Because i dont have to train.
Just a light prune

I'm all for simple. They seem reasonable in price too.

 

[Peaceful Smoker Of Weed]

Your going to get die hard led people saying led only then you will have the die hard hps people.it really comes down to what you want to use. Leds cheaper to run less heat more up front cost. Hps cheap to buy more heat replace bulbs once a year but paved the way for indoor growing.

Thanks for the info bud

 

[Tim1987]

I'm 2 weeks in now. I'm about a 10 week strain
Closeups are the short one at the front.
See how far away the light can be?

 

[Tim1987]

Second run, with the same bulb.
Probably need a fresh one next bloom.
The seeds broke ground 28 January.
They were 12 inches tall when I flipped.
Vegged under the same hood.
Good at the same height too.
I've got the opposite problem to you. My space gets too cold to heat the room. I have to heat the tent.
Get a big cool tube. Your heat will be fine.
You have to have great extraction though. Not for your temps so much as your roots

 

[Peaceful Smoker Of Weed]

Second run, with the same bulb.
Probably need a fresh one next bloom.
The seeds broke ground 28 January.
They were 12 inches tall when I flipped.
Vegged under the same hood.
Good at the same height too.
I've got the opposite problem to you. My space gets too cold to heat the room. I have to heat the tent.
Get a big cool tube. Your heat will be fine.
You have to have great extraction though. Not for your temps so much as your roots

Yea those look great. that's hard to believe it was grown indoors. lol. Looks like you have heaters and everything set up just right. I'm a little jealous of you bud.

 

[Tim1987]

Yea those look great. that's hard to believe it was grown indoors. lol. Looks like you have heaters and everything set up just right. I'm a little jealous of you bud.

Im a little jealous of some peoples space man.
If i could heat the room id have more tent space.
But i cant or it costs more than the tent itself to run.

 

[Peaceful Smoker Of Weed]

Im a little jealous of some peoples space man.
If i could heat the room id have more tent space.
But i cant cost more than the tent itself.

I hear that bro! Seems like people always want what the neighbors got. lol.

 

[cottee]

I think i heard somewhere that ou have to replace the bulbs after a grow, and that their a pretty penny... whats ur thoughts?

No mate like 6-12 months like gorilla said but I usually just run them until they break and I have no problem. Hydro shops say you need to change every 6 months but I think they just say that to get more money out of you.

 

[Tim1987]

I hear that bro! Seems like people always want what the neighbors got. lol.

Lol yeah.
Honestly ive had the same hood, and ballast for over a year.
I bought a kit for $200. To get me out of the shit, from a dodgy led.
200 got me the cooltube reflector hood, inline fan, digital ballast, and bulb.
If you get a cheap ballast grab a few rfi clips, for your cords. All the digital ballasts can interfere with am radio

 

[cottee]

Are the fixtures much to replace though?
Do the ceramics get hot?
They're pretty new to me.
Thanks man

Not sure what you mean by fixtures mate. You just screw them in the same way you screw the HPS. The bulbs are similar price to HPS but they last longer for me. I don’t bother with expensive brands they do pretty much the same thing your just paying for the name.

 

[Tim1987]

Not sure what you mean by fixtures mate. You just screw them in the same way you screw the HPS. The bulbs are similar price to HPS but they last longer for me. I don’t bother with expensive brands they do pretty much the same thing your just paying for the name.

The ballast.
Expensive??
Have to have internal too?

 

[Tim1987]

Or can i plug it in my standard hood?
Do i only need to buy the bulb??

 

[Peaceful Smoker Of Weed]

Lol yeah.
Honestly ive had the same hood, and ballast for over a year.
I bought a kit for $200. To get me out of the shit, from a dodgy led.
200 got me the cooltube reflector hood, inline fan, digital ballast, and bulb.
If you get a cheap ballast grab a few rfi clips, for your cords. All the digital ballasts can interfere with am radio

Thats crazy about the radio. Does anyone ever listen to Am anymore. lol

 

[Tim1987]

Yeah me
Thats how i found out.
Only affected my house.
Some have been known to do it for blocks.
Some have been busted like this too.
But the clips cost 4 bucks each from ebay or Amazon.

 

[cottee]

Or can i plug it in my standard hood?
Do i only need to buy the bulb??

Just put the MH into the same hood as the hps and run it off the same ballast dude.