Help with light?

[Dreamer223]

Can someone advise me on what light I should purchase? Don’t have a whole lot to spend. My grow space is 3x3 ft. Appreciate any help

 

[coreywebster]

A 315cmh, or a 400w-600w hps. Depends on your climate as to how difficult it will be to cool and your wallet as to how much you can afford to spend on both the light and the running of the equipment.
Recommended mainly based on size of space and secondly on your low budget.

 

[.Smoke]

Agree with above poster.
I have both.
If you can I highly recommend the CMH for heat reasons but both will work.

After some testing, I gauge my 315CMH equivalent to a 500w HPS btw...

 

[TintEastwood]

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[Renfro]

600 watt HPS is gonna max out the wattage per sqft and honestly is probably overkill unless you are running supplemental CO2.

400 watt HPS is ok but just a hair under powered IMO.

a 315 CMH would be a great fit.

 

[coreywebster]

600 watt HPS is gonna max out the wattage per sqft and honestly is probably overkill unless you are running supplemental CO2.

400 watt HPS is ok but just a hair under powered IMO.

a 315 CMH would be a great fit.

Yeah I always thought 400w hps was a bit under powered but 600 was OTT, shame they don't do a 500w ey!
Some great deals on 315s these days too.

 

[Dreamer223]

Thank for the advice everyone