Just cool the hps
I saw the Digital and Magnetic compatible and was thinking it might be worth getting one. But the more I looked into it the more it seemed that they are not going to perform like a normal CMH bulb and ballast designed for them.
A while back I was checking out the Hortilux 600w CMH. They sell a special digital ballast with it and neither are cheap but after examining the PPFD specs they really aren't worth the money IMHO.
agreed. i'd buy 2 of the real deal LFSW ballasts and the 315w philps agro bulb. run it vertically like it was designed.
what K leds? and what K cmh do you run? i woulda guessed the combo would beat solo leds
My grow room is cool enough I need my HIDs even in the summer or I'm using a heater to keep the temps up to 75F even when the lights are on and any savings from LED would go to that. Just running the 400w CMH in there now and it doesn't get warm enough to make the exhaust fan kick in but will be switching to a 600w hps soon and that should be enough to get it going being summer now.
If I try to raise my VPD to normal those cold surfaces get sweaty with condensation but we have really low RH here so unless I add a lot of moisture to the air no problem other than living with low RH.
I really think that these bulbs are not worth bothering with. They appear to be just an expensive bulb that isn't going to deliver any better than the existing HPS they would replace.A while back I was checking out the Hortilux 600w CMH. They sell a special digital ballast with it and neither are cheap but after examining the PPFD specs they really aren't worth the money IMHO.
I'm using different LEDs right now, and not using the cmh because it's the warm season, but it was 3100k cmh with LEDs that used 4k white plus 630nm and 660nm red diodes. The thing is the cmh is simply less efficient that LEDs so less photons for the wattage.
