WTF, A 1500 watt metal halide ballst and bulb...

OregonMeds

OregonMeds

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Yea but don't get carried away. That throws 150k lumens of halide light and a 1kw hps throws 120k lumens of HPS.

The 1kw hps wins, for our needs anyway... Even at the lower lumen level.

That does look like a great find and a great price though. Good find, all you'd need is some wire nuts, a cord, and a socket. Aside from a cooltube but it would be worth it for sure either way. One 1500 halide and two 1kw hps's in a vertical barrel sog. (or whatever it's called)
 
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bca21

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Yea but check out that 1 mh bulb.. 161000 lumens!!! thats alot bro, and think about it, 1500 watts for 150 bux... Im def considering this buy.. a 3x3 for a 600 watter a 4x4 with a 1000 watter and a 1500 watter should be good for a 5x5. Now i no people will hate and yada yada, but damb, i cant get over 1500 watts for 150 bux...
 
OregonMeds

OregonMeds

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Well don't think of it as $120 or $150 though is all. You would probably have to have every single part needed to cooltube and vent that heat just to control the room temperature alone if nothing else. (check if it fits a bake a round) I'm sure it could be done without but that might be just as hard and or expensive anyway.
And a dedicated power line. (which you could diy if you read how, or just clear everything off the existing line (making it dedicated) and run your other stuff off an extension cord or something.)

But even with all that I agree, still tempting, nobody would blame you one bit...

Just don't leave yourself stuck with a light you can't run because you didn't leave money for the cooling.

I'd want to add a light mover also, eventually, then it would probably be no real stretch to cover around 5x10 or 4x12 or something along those lines with it and really cash in double on the extra power it has.
 
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bca21

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Yea for sure, i hear you though. But i see people on here buying ballast, reflector, and 1k watter at local hydro shops for 300-400$... thats not cool tubed either. See, i look for bargains. For instance, 150 into the ballast and bulb, 6 inch inline fan from fleabay, 30$ and bake around for 20$.. 200$ and you have a cool tubed 1500 watter. Im just saying it can be done
 
TheFaux

TheFaux

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The 1,500w MH lamps have a very short life expectancy. I remember hearing about 6 months being the norm. I'd rather use a 1k HPS.

You have your light coverage schedule all fucked up bro:

400 = 4' x 4'

600 = 5' x 5'

1K = 6' x 6'

Sensi seeds recommends a 600 for 2 meters squared. Basically they say a 600 can cover an area 6.5' x 6.5', so who really knows what a 1K is limited to. I often use a 600 to cover a 5' x 5' area so don't count your HID short.
 
panhead

panhead

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I use those type lights in my work,I hang them from the tower crane to light the job site below for any 2nd shift workers,if you buy that light you'd better bring some steaks to cook on them because they get hot as fuk.

Its not a great light for a standard grow op,you'd be better off getting 2 600 watt hps lights anyday over that monster.
 
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bca21

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I work costruction so i no the lights are big and hot, but once agian, like i said, its only 30$ for the bulb and the ballast is cheap as well. Im just saying if you had a 6x6 or a 7x7 i would drop this bitch vertically and see what it could do. But i didnt expect postive response, i expected negative answers. And a 1000 watter aint enough for a 6x6. itll do, but more would more sufficient
 
panhead

panhead

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Hmmm,a 1,000 watter isnt large enough to cover a 6x6,im getting areas that large you just need to to rotate plants daily.
 
OregonMeds

OregonMeds

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panhead said:
Hmmm,a 1,000 watter isnt large enough to cover a 6x6,im getting areas that large you just need to totate plants daily.
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You would be better off with more light or a smaller space. Sure you can grow that way, but you will yield less than fewer plants in the proper size space.
 
panhead

panhead

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OregonMeds said:
You would be better off with more light or a smaller space. Sure you can grow that way, but you will yield less than fewer plants in the proper size space.
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In one of my rooms im running a 1,000 hps dead center with a 600 hps on each side of the room for side lighting,the room totals 2,200 watts,all lights are on 4ft light rails,ive posted pics of this set up several times on RIU.

In another room it's just the single 1,000 hps with no light rail,the yeilds are very close between both rooms,i didnt start getting better yeilds out of the main room until i added the light rails.

If you rotate the plants daily there's no reason a 1,000 hps cant cover a 6x6 area with no stretching & not effect bud growth.
 
TheFaux

TheFaux

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panhead said:
Hmmm,a 1,000 watter isnt large enough to cover a 6x6,im getting areas that large you just need to to rotate plants daily.
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OregonMeds said:
You would be better off with more light or a smaller space. Sure you can grow that way, but you will yield less than fewer plants in the proper size space.
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:lol: Yeah..... right..........You guys know better than Subcool and/or the folks at Sensi Seeds..... or me (just to name a few). That's too funny. :lol:
 
TheFaux

TheFaux

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panhead said:
In one of my rooms im running a 1,000 hps dead center with a 600 hps on each side of the room for side lighting,the room totals 2,200 watts,all lights are on 4ft light rails,ive posted pics of this set up several times on RIU.

In another room it's just the single 1,000 hps with no light rail,the yeilds are very close between both rooms,i didnt start getting better yeilds out of the main room until i added the light rails.

If you rotate the plants daily there's no reason a 1,000 hps cant cover a 6x6 area with no stretching & not effect bud growth.
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Oh.... you were being sarcastic. :razz:

The trick with the 1Ks is to get those big reflectors. No way you'll get max coverage if you're shooting rays from some tiny batwing or cooltube.
 
panhead

panhead

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TheFaux said:
Oh.... you were being sarcastic. :razz:

The trick with the 1Ks is to get those big reflectors. No way you'll get max coverage if you're shooting rays from some tiny batwing or cooltube.
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I have no idea what your talking about,are you saying that its not possible to properly cover a 6ft x 6ft area with a 1,000 watt hps ?

Im getting every bit of that with no stretching & no lack of penetration either.
 
panhead

panhead

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TheFaux said:
:lol: Yeah..... right..........You guys know better than Subcool and/or the folks at Sensi Seeds..... or me (just to name a few). That's too funny. :lol:
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This isnt really worth arguing over but you can bet the bank im getting every bit of a 6x6 area out of a single 1,000 watt hps,if i couldnt i'd give up growing.
 
TheFaux

TheFaux

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panhead said:
I have no idea what your talking about,are you saying that its not possible to properly cover a 6ft x 6ft area with a 1,000 watt hps ?

Im getting every bit of that with no stretching & no lack of penetration either.
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No no no. I thought is what you were saying. I'm just so used to you being wrong.... ;-) ..... j/k, j/k .... but I misunderstood. My bad, you the man. :razz:

panhead said:
Hmmm,a 1,000 watter isnt large enough to cover a 6x6,im getting areas that large you just need to to rotate plants daily.
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