ttystikk
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These are 4100K, shielded. They worked great! I ran them in veg.
Exciting new 945 watt CMH bulb for Vertical Growers ………
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MichiganMedGrower
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They have a mogul base and run on a low frequency 315 watt square wave ballast? Link?
I remember you said you used the old 400’s or 860’s with mag ballasts and have seen those.
SunPlix CMH
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This ballast is low frequency, square wave, low THD. It fires up 630W DE CMH, 860W SE CMH and 1000W DE/SE HPS/MH bulbs. www.sunplix.com
OneHitDone
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Does this ballast operate above 100 kHz? If not please stop spreading misinformation and trying to push incompatible products!!
SunPlix CMH
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Please read this link.Does this ballast operate above 100 kHz? If not please stop spreading misinformation and trying to push incompatible products!!
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http://www.usa.lighting.philips.com/products/oem-components/hid-ballasts
ttystikk
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I ran 860W CMH at 1000W with both mag ballasts and LFSW digital. I found them acceptable but they had inconsistent color temperature and they ran hot.
Yes, these 315W CMH lamps ran on the very same Philips LFSW ballast as the rest of them. The only difference was the base. I had a bunch of vertical bare socket fixtures so I just wired them up.
LED lights are better in every way.
ttystikk
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Cost?
ttystikk
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Relax, bro. First, your product brochure there is discussing the lamp, not the ballast.Does this ballast operate above 100 kHz? If not please stop spreading misinformation and trying to push incompatible products!!
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Second, remember the Hortilux Platinum series ballast? It ran a low frequency square wave output and drove the HPS lamp that came with very well indeed.
Sitting in my living room is a Revolution brand 1000W DE HPS fixture with an integrated LFSW ballast. Ran DE lamps very well indeed.
Most lamps requiring low frequency outputs are rated to handle up to 174Hz.
OneHitDone
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You need to read the proper range brother - it's KHz for the Horilux DE lamp, not Hz
SunPlix CMH
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Sent you a personal message. Please check.
Here is the MSRP: https://www.sunplix.com/product/cmh-860w-knob-dimming-ballast/
ttystikk
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No it isn't.
ttystikk
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I didn't get your private message. Best way to get it to me is to click on my Avatar and select the Start a Conversation option.
OneHitDone
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Heisengrow
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450 dollars just for the ballast you gotta be out of your mind
OneHitDone
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Fo Fifty for a china ballast is kinda crazy if that's what it is retailing at....
A Japanes built Hortilux Platinum on the other hand - Worth every penny!
Just a shame more growers didn't act like such brokedicks or fly by nights and invest in products that will deliver for the long haul
ttystikk
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Platinum ballast has been out of production for years. So has the Bad Azz Ballast.Fo Fifty for a china ballast is kinda crazy if that's what it is retailing at....
A Japanes built Hortilux Platinum on the other hand - Worth every penny!
Just a shame more growers didn't act like such brokedicks or fly by nights and invest in products that will deliver for the long haul
OneHitDone
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Will be growing the dank for years in my garden and still available right now if some one wants to purchase one.
Heisengrow
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I'll invest in anything that's worth a shit but 450 dollars just for a ballast and I still gotta buy the bulbs and de sockets and reflectors.Fo Fifty for a china ballast is kinda crazy if that's what it is retailing at....
A Japanes built Hortilux Platinum on the other hand - Worth every penny!
Just a shame more growers didn't act like such brokedicks or fly by nights and invest in products that will deliver for the long haul
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I can run 800 watts of cob that will make that 945 look like a mars hydro.
ttystikk
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Maybe you're laboring under the misconception that there isn't more than one way of doing things.
Better stick to the led's cause your slippin over here...
Yes, you can run a DE HPS lamp on a high kHz ballast. You can also run it on a LFSW ballast, and doing so is more efficient and leads to better performance and longer lamp life.
But WTF do I know? I've just spoken to the manufacturers and designers (often the same people) personally.
Heisengrow
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Here's a side by side pic of 700 watts of cobs on the right and 630 watts of cmh on the left of a grow I'm doing right this second.HID lighting is dead on small scale operations.
This is 12 clones in rdwc
This is 12 clones in rdwc