captainmorgan
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I know someone that replaces his HPS bulbs after each cycle, he sells them to a friend.
fair play yield wise your mates a muppetI know someone that replaces his HPS bulbs after each cycle, he sells them to a friend.
600 watt hps bulbs are EASILY cooled by air alone. It is not the wrong choice. This is your own opinion.
Your yearly savings are negligible. skoomd will have you believe you will be a millionaire just from savings alone.
WTF swaps hps bulbs every 3 to 6 months? 600 watt Hortilux bulbs last for over a year and still produce the same awesomely tasting buds after that. Reflectors get swapped every 1 to 2 years? WTF are you smoking and what reflectors are you buying? Ballasts die. YAY a true statement!! But they don't die in a year or 2. I have 1k watt ballasts that are 7 years old already. Digital too!
Better quality? Cooked buds? Who is growing this shit? I'll stick with my 600 watt hps any day. You want to know why? It works. Simple and easy.
I see you love your QB's but please refrain from the lies and bullshit about hps and I wont spout any bullshit about QB's. Cool?
Smart man. Especially if he has multiple lights. The 2-4% output loss in 3 months (1 cycle) on a 1000w HPS bulb can equate to 10-40 grams of lost yield potentially. Even if you only loose 5 grams of bud, that just about pays for a new eye hortilux bulb in itself.... 40 grams would pay for 4 or 5 of them lolI know someone that replaces his HPS bulbs after each cycle, he sells them to a friend.
It's not BS. Good LED is something like 25% more efficient. Some adjustments should be made when going to LED. For instance, LED gives off less IR so higher air temperature is needed to get the same leaf temperature and experienced LED growers suggest low 80's air temp.Well I'm not going to show you my bill,but 5 1000watters is like $150 a month.
Damn near that whole post is bullshit..
I think it depends on the size of the grow.
It's not BS. Good LED is something like 25% more efficient. Some adjustments should be made when going to LED. For instance, LED gives off less IR so higher air temperature is needed to get the same leaf temperature and experienced LED growers suggest low 80's air temp.
5 1000watters is 5 kilowatts so 5 x 16 hours = 80 kwh per day. 80 kwh x 30 days is 2400 kwh. 2400 at $.10 per kwh = $240 per month. You must have really cheap electricity!
ffs u need to get a life my friendSmart man. Especially if he has multiple lights. The 2-4% output loss in 3 months (1 cycle) on a 1000w HPS bulb can equate to 10-40 grams of lost yield potentially. Even if you only loose 5 grams of bud, that just about pays for a new eye hortilux bulb in itself.... 40 grams would pay for 4 or 5 of them lol
I forgot to mention that as hps bulbs degrade, they loose blue spectral output the most. So as a side disadvantage to output/yield loss, you will get less and less dense buds. A 12 month old HPS bulb is NOTICEABLY less blue than a new one.
Your electric cost is quite low. 8.3 cents per Kw/h is definitely on the low end of the scale in the US. In southern California the rates are as high as 30 cents per kw/h which would put the cost of 1000 watts for 12 hours a day right at $108 per month. Low end of the scale (8.3 cents) is $29 per month.Well I'm not going to show you my bill,but 5 1000watters is like $150 a month.
I just ran the numbers on that - it works out to 12 cent per kw/h.think $150 a month is bullshit if he's in the US..
ffs u need to get a life my friend
Where is this 16 hours coming from?It's not BS. Good LED is something like 25% more efficient. Some adjustments should be made when going to LED. For instance, LED gives off less IR so higher air temperature is needed to get the same leaf temperature and experienced LED growers suggest low 80's air temp.
5 1000watters is 5 kilowatts so 5 x 16 hours = 80 kwh per day. 80 kwh x 30 days is 2400 kwh. 2400 at $.10 per kwh = $240 per month. You must have really cheap electricity!
I don't think so. At $0.12 a kw/hour it costs $292 a month to run 5x 1000w HPS lights. Plus some change for the extra 50-100 watts the ballast wastes.I just ran the numbers on that - it works out to 12 cent per kw/h.
16 hours is a median between 12 hours for flower cycle and 18 hours for veg.Where is this 16 hours coming from?
And who said they all run at the same time?
no problem all the best appreciate it pal and as i say will report back if these quantum boards dont live up to the hypeSorry dude. I just want growers to be aware of this stuff. I just think it's worth anyone's while to maximize their setup. If commerical growers didnt factor all this shit in, they'd be loosing thousands of $ a month.
this is what fucks me off do i need higher temps we led then and why
Yeah, I corrected that. - his cost at 12/12 would be 8.3 cents.I don't think so. At $0.12 a kw/hour it costs $292 a month to run 5x 1000w HPS lights. Plus some change for the extra 50-100 watts the ballast wastes.
https://www.hydroponics.net/learn/hid_lamp_op_cost.php
https://www.rapidtables.com/calc/electric/electricity-calculator.html
Yeah no biggieYeah, I corrected that. - his cost at 12/12 would be 8.3 cents.