LED Without LEDs -My First T5 Grow

kpmarine

kpmarine

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So I ordered a bunch of free samples from Sierra Naturals. It's a bunch of free control stuff mostly (Fungicide, pesticide, etc.). It was all free, and there's a ton though. So if you want something new to try, look them up. I got everything free, no shipping even. I haven't tried it out, but free shit is free shit. I selected every product and said "Hey, I want to try some new stuff." , got all of them with no questions today. Not an advert, but I figured a lead would be appreciated. http://sierranaturalscience.com/contactus
 
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falcon223

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Well my red suns that Jeff replaced after my first 3 died, in like 4 days. Are going strong. I think they got the problem fixed.
 
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infinitalus

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falcon223 said:
Well my red suns that Jeff replaced after my first 3 died, in like 4 days. Are going strong. I think they got the problem fixed.
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Mine have been working just fine for ~4 weeks. I have a single red sun from ~9 weeks ago thats still working great. I originally ordered 3 red suns but the other 2 that arrived were DOA.
 
kpmarine

kpmarine

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infinitalus said:
Mine have been working just fine for ~4 weeks. I have a single red sun from ~9 weeks ago thats still working great. I originally ordered 3 red suns but the other 2 that arrived were DOA.
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I only had problems with one so far. The endcap went bad in the fixture. It wasn't even out of the seller's warranty period. Only one so far, it's getting replaced though.
 
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infinitalus

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kpmarine said:
I only had problems with one so far. The endcap went bad in the fixture. It wasn't even out of the seller's warranty period. Only one so far, it's getting replaced though.
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Its good youre getting it replaced, Jeff at UVL is a pretty good guy for customer service. Kinda sucks its taking forever to get/keep them in stock. I would suppose that if UVL orders a larger quantity of the red phosphor then maybe they would be able to get a step-up on the slow, uneven distribution of it among the demand side of the chain.
 
kpmarine

kpmarine

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infinitalus said:
Its good youre getting it replaced, Jeff at UVL is a pretty good guy for customer service. Kinda sucks its taking forever to get/keep them in stock. I would suppose that if UVL orders a larger quantity of the red phosphor then maybe they would be able to get a step-up on the slow, uneven distribution of it among the demand side of the chain.
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Now that the market for them is picking up, it stands to reason prices should drop a bit. Also, reliability should get a boost too.
 
AltarNation

AltarNation

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Wish I could find a place that sells both the Flora Sun and the Coral Wave so I could save on shipping... only option I've found so far is petco and their prices are jacked... and they don't even have 3 floras in stock...
 
kpmarine

kpmarine

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Now here's something that's been bothering me. How does a 24" tube cost the same as a 48" tube? I have yet to see more than $1 worth of difference in price. Seems a bit uncool to the people that don't have room for 48" tubes.
 
AltarNation

AltarNation

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Yeah, not bad on those floras... wihs they had some coral waves... too bad I have to spend 49 to get the free shipping... I woulda just bit the bullet and got 4x flora suns instead of the 3 and a coral wave but the total comes out to like 47.96... jesus, so close. *looks for something to spend a dollar on so he can save 5 dollars* d'oh
 
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infinitalus

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kpmarine said:
Now here's something that's been bothering me. How does a 24" tube cost the same as a 48" tube? I have yet to see more than $1 worth of difference in price. Seems a bit uncool to the people that don't have room for 48" tubes.
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Think of it like shirt sizes. Work and material goes into fabrication of the product, then transport cost. Typically, sizes after L or X-L begin to increase in price.
 
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infinitalus

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AltarNation said:
Yeah, not bad on those floras... wihs they had some coral waves... too bad I have to spend 49 to get the free shipping... I woulda just bit the bullet and got 4x flora suns instead of the 3 and a coral wave but the total comes out to like 47.96... jesus, so close. *looks for something to spend a dollar on so he can save 5 dollars* d'oh
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Yeah I wish they had waves too to avoid additional shipping cost. Ill be spending a good $600-700 depending on how lamp prices fluctuate on that vendor in the next 3-4 months. Their prices arent bad for most items, its my secondary to amazon.

EDIT: Ha, shipping for T5 lamps is typically premium except for the last time I got some from amazon. I ordered T5 UVB lamps for my 2x2ft fixture. They put the lamps on the bottom of a terribly oversized package with a little bit of brown paper for packaging. One of them was broken, Im surprised both werent. The intact lamp was a fail since the lamp wasnt as described in product description. Sent em back for free, same packaging. I should be getting the refund by wednesday.

I bought a few 26w UVB CFLs at a local pet store since I already had a few spare workshop fixtures laying around. Working great! I prefer a little extra CBN for a stronger body buzz, helps my knee out more.
 
polyarcturus

polyarcturus

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im in the same situation altar im about to bite the bullet and buy 6 flora sun from dr foster and get the coral waves later.... i called all my pet stores around here all the prices where jacked staying online id rater pay the 10$ shipping
 
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