Making your own HPS

[jomal206]

So has anyone bought one of these kits to make an HPS? They're cheaper than buying one that's assembled....and I figure I could save some money when it comes to flowering to put one together? I found a kit for $52 and a bulb for $16....I'd have to buy a power cord to plug it in....but this seems like the cheap way to go for HPS

Anyone ever bought the kit and put one together? Is it easy? It seems fairly simple you just have to connect a few things.

Would a 250w hps be enough to flower in my grow? I'm only growing one or two plants

Here's links

Kit
High Tech Garden Supply

Light
Amazon.com: HID High Pressure Sodium Light Bulb, 250 Watt, Mogul Base: Health & Personal Care

 

[Dalamar]

a general rule a heard was about 50 watts per sq. ft. i have two really nice girls that are doing fine under a 250W HPS......

 

[jomal206]

I'm assuming you bought yours put together?

I'm really thinking about doing this......it seems like a really cheap way to get an HPS better than buying 10 CFLs LOL

 

[InvaderMark]

ive never done it.. but if you do.. let us know how it works out. always lookin to save money!!

 

[jomal206]

Yeah I'm thinking about it, we'll see

 

[buddha548]

they are very easy to setup dont wory anyone can do it what are u growing in a closet?
what size is it ?/?/? i would probly go for a 400 watt

 

[7mgteturbo]

but how safe is it. it looks like from what i can tell its not encased which would make me a bit nervous

 

[jomal206]

Yes in a closed look at my grow in my sig

My area is about 5 ft tall, 2 ft wide and 1 ft deep, not very much room that's why I thought a 250w would be ok

Feedback is appreciated

Have you put one of these together?

 

[7mgteturbo]

a ballast, no, i have however wired up things way more complicated

 

[jomal206]

Yeah it seems simple enough.....

 

[DOT5262]

that kit doesnt seem to come with a reflector... and ive seen more experienced people then me strongly suggest that you get your light/ballast together to make sure that it is 100% compatable. due to the danger involved in fucking it up in any way shape or form but thats just my 2 cent's

 

[jomal206]

That's kinda what I figured

And yeah I noticed it didn't dome with a reflector. I suppose it's probably worth the extra money to know you're getting a product that's going to work

 

[JJgrands]

hey its worth saving alot of money to do it if you dont have the money anyway. For example, 40$ ballast core kit + ~15$ for cord and a piece of metal means its too damn easy to just rig it cheaply. When the cheapest boxed ballast (still with no socket/reflector) runs about 100$ for 400 watt and more it amounts to about 50% savings. I might post some pics of my setup in a second.

 

[jomal206]

So have you bought one of these kits and put them together?

What did you do about a reflector?

 

[DOT5262]

you can use anything shinny that doesnt melt as a reflector. a polished peice of sheet metal ? or just some ghetto rigged cardbord thing with mylar on it ( i wouldent get that to close to a big watt hps

 

[JJgrands]

you can use anything shinny that doesnt melt as a reflector. a polished peice of sheet metal ? or just some ghetto rigged cardbord thing with mylar on it ( i wouldent get that to close to a big watt hps

dude creepy youre bugging me out, you spying on me? thats exactly what i did.... cheers for ghetto rigged cardboard mylar things everywhere baby...... rofl