Hi guys,
A little news for you. I was having questionable and disappointing results with the new blue dream that was under the hfind light. It's buds havn't been gaining size as fast as the blue dream that was under the 1000 hps. I put in a couple of calls to Mike and Andrew (the tech guy and the guy behind the development of the light). They said that I had the first questionable report of the light and couldn't understand what the hell was going on.
To make a long story short, it was determined that when they shipped me the lights, that they shipped the wrong drivers with the bulbs, they think that they accidentally shipped me 150 watt drivers with the 300 watt bulbs.
To make things right, Mike is sending me a new 400 watt bulb and driver, these shipped on thursday and should be here on the monday fed ex truck.
Granted, I was a little disappointed in the performance, but i have to give a big thumbs up to those guys for getting things figured out and making it right. I will be receiving this 400 watt system and another one when he gets the next batch in (he only had one to send me).
I can say with certainty now that the color spectrum of the bulb is rocking the hps as far as trich production, the plants are considerably frostier than the plants under the hps. The intensity of the bulb isn';t there because of the wrong ballast (I didn't have a clue because i couldn't judge the brightness with anything else).
I do know that a mmj members gallery is going live soon on the website so that you can see what the plant performance is.
I'm going to have to build a new hood for the bulb and a new cover for the ballast, because it is considerably longer than the 300w bulbs that i have.
I'll be back to post results when i get the light up next week. I am promised a huge difference in growth, so we shall see.
I do have to give credit to Mike and pro grow for bending over backwards to help me (yes it is their problem, but they have went above and beyond. He could have just resent me a new 300 watt ballast to replace mine, but he is sending me a complete new 400 watt light).