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manfredo

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@raratt this is plan B if my old cmh’s dont put out.

I fucked up and said hydrofarm hood, but this is what i recommend. Tried and true but i also got buddies who are rockin different ballasts now.

You can totally get that hood and ballast for cheaper. The 750w agrosun de bulb can be found online too.

i’ve always lit up a 4x4 tray area with a 1000w single ended. This de setup replaces the 1k single ended. Blows it away. 4x4 unless lighting up a larger area. We mount the hood to the ceiling. Totally depends on the/your style of growing to make it work with 7’ ceilings but totally doable.

With commercial DE fixtures like gavita, its best to try and light up the whole room on a grid style, not to mention you want tall ceilings. I have 12’ ceilings in this grow. 16 lights over 12-4x8 trays. Not quite lighting up the whole room but over the trays. I said in my previous post i get 3.5 per but would you believe I’ve been getting around 4+ per light with just one of my fav strains. It’s crazy. But growing other strains too i’m around 3.5 per. Which isn’t half bad?
I'm liking these Galaxy ballasts. Damn I said I was asking for a lot and you delivered! They can run both SE and DE bulbs!

I tried plugging my bad SolisTek DE 1000 watt ballast in today...I couldn't remember what it did, other than trip the breaker. As soon as I plugged it in for a fraction of a second, it sounded like a welder being used...Back in the box. It was over $300, and it was for DE bulbs ONLY! Crapola!
 

curious2garden

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I'm liking these Galaxy ballasts. Damn I said I was asking for a lot and you delivered! They can run both SE and DE bulbs!

I tried plugging my bad SolisTek DE 1000 watt ballast in today...I couldn't remember what it did, other than trip the breaker. As soon as I plugged it in for a fraction of a second, it sounded like a welder being used...Back in the box. It was over $300, and it was for DE bulbs ONLY! Crapola!
I loved my Galaxy and now I need to replace that capacitor. I am terrible at soldering and it pains me to say that.
PS. @cannabineer thank you for the Lumatek loan
 
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