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epbadger

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These bulbs were used for 1 grow about 8 years ago. Then stored in an attic crawl space. Really cold in winter and hot as fuck in the summer. Can they be used again? I am assuming they are not good due to storage.... I used them in a 4x4 tent, was that a good choice?...
8 years later really need advice on my best lighting options for a 4x4 tent. Also gonna show the ballast I used. stored in same conditions. Is it still useable?
 

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Airwalker16

Airwalker16

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epbadger said:
These bulbs were used for 1 grow about 8 years ago. Then stored in an attic crawl space. Really cold in winter and hot as fuck in the summer. Can they be used again? I am assuming they are not good due to storage.... I used them in a 4x4 tent, was that a good choice?...
8 years later really need advice on my best lighting options for a 4x4 tent. Also gonna show the ballast I used. stored in same conditions. Is it still useable?
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Yah no.....
Go ahead and buy a newer LED. Those aren't gonna flower for shit.
Maybe consider one of the HortiBloom lights for $179 shipped
 
gearshift

gearshift

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I can't suggest what you should do. I don't know if you have the money to upgrade.
I can tell you what I do. I live alone in a four bedroom house. One of the upstairs bedroom is a clone/ vegging room. One is a flowering room. I grow from early April until around the end of November depending on the strains. I do not like to heat the upstairs unless I have to for the plants. (Air conditioning is bad enough!)
My electronic ballasts go through 32 degree C ( 90 F) down to -13C (-11F) without any apparent problems.
Try the ballasts and lamps out. They should all be good to go. You may need to replace a lamp/bulb.
Edit: I keep my mothers down stairs in my heated/ air conditioned utility room and set up a 4x4 or a 2x4 tent to experiment in my downstairs master bedroom in my off season. I guess what I am saying is you have to sometimes adapt things to what you have money and room for.
 
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epbadger

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gearshift said:
I can't suggest what you should do. I don't know if you have the money to upgrade.
I can tell you what I do. I live alone in a four bedroom house. One of the upstairs bedroom is a clone/ vegging room. One is a flowering room. I grow from early April until around the end of November depending on the strains. I do not like to heat the upstairs unless I have to for the plants. (Air conditioning is bad enough!)
My electronic ballasts go through 32 degree C ( 90 F) down to -13C (-11F) without any apparent problems.
Try the ballasts and lamps out. They should all be good to go. You may need to replace a lamp/bulb.
Edit: I keep my mothers down stairs in my heated/ air conditioned utility room and set up a 4x4 or a 2x4 tent to experiment in my downstairs master bedroom in my off season. I guess what I am saying is you have to sometimes adapt things to what you have money and room for.
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Money has been set aside so that's not really an issue....I did hook up both the lights they do work. I was just wondering due to age and storage conditions if they would work as they should
 
coreywebster

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epbadger said:
Money has been set aside so that's not really an issue....I did hook up both the lights they do work. I was just wondering due to age and storage conditions if they would work as they should
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If they work, they work. Bulbs degrade over hours ran not over hours stored. Get a hps bulb for flowering, they don't cost much. Those metal halides are quality bulbs but for vegging.
 
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epbadger

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coreywebster said:
If they work, they work. Bulbs degrade over hours ran not over hours stored. Get a hps bulb for flowering, they don't cost much. Those metal halides are quality bulbs but for vegging.
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That was the bulb I used for Flowering for my 1st and only grow 8 years ago. I was surprised at how well it came out. 4 plants over 4 oz per plant in a 4x4 tent...appreciate the advice and will look into better bulb for flowering...So if I get a HPS will I need to get a new ballast or can I use the one I have?
 
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coreywebster

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epbadger said:
That was the bulb I used for Flowering for my 1st and only grow 8 years ago. I was surprised at how well it came out. 4 plants over 4 oz per plant in a 4x4 tent...appreciate the advice and will look into better bulb for flowering...So if I get a HPS will I need to get a new ballast or can I use the one I have?
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Looking at that ballast its a digital so you should be fine with a 600w hps. Don't go for mixed spectrum one.
Veg with the ones you have and swap em out week after flip or on flip if you want more stretch.
 
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epbadger

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Airwalker16 said:
I only saw the huge fluorescent. I was talking about that. But HID lights are shit.
Get lEDs
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I figured that. I used that for the beginning growth before I put the plants in tent....So in a 4x4x7 which LED would you suggest. concerned more with best light than price
 
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Airwalker16

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epbadger said:
I figured that. I used that for the beginning growth before I put the plants in tent....So in a 4x4x7 which LED would you suggest. concerned more with best light than price
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DIY strip builds or some of these Chinese replicas of Fluence Spydr.
 
OneHitDone

OneHitDone

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epbadger said:
These bulbs were used for 1 grow about 8 years ago. Then stored in an attic crawl space. Really cold in winter and hot as fuck in the summer. Can they be used again? I am assuming they are not good due to storage.... I used them in a 4x4 tent, was that a good choice?...
8 years later really need advice on my best lighting options for a 4x4 tent. Also gonna show the ballast I used. stored in same conditions. Is it still useable?
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That HiLux Grow will grow fucking circles around anything @AirWalker is recommending.
Fire it up and maybe replace the lamp if it had substantial hours on it when last used.
I'd ditch those CFL's though :peace:
 
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epbadger

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OneHitDone said:
That HiLux Grow will grow fucking circles around anything @AirWalker is recommending.
Fire it up and maybe replace the lamp if it had substantial hours on it when last used.
I'd ditch those CFL's though :peace:
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How many hours is that bulb good for? The CFL I used in the beginning. Did about 25 seeds picked best 8 plants were then put in tent and eventually picked best looking 4....also used it for sexing...Is it not good for that. got a better option?
 
OneHitDone

OneHitDone

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epbadger said:
How many hours is that bulb good for? The CFL I used in the beginning. Did about 25 seeds picked best 8 plants were then put in tent and eventually picked best looking 4....also used it for sexing...Is it not good for that. got a better option?
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I have ran a hortilux 600 Blue MH in veg for 2+ years but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it.
I'd say 2-3 grows like @rkymtnman suggested for optimal growth
 
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