Inda-gro Induction...

brotherjericho

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@chazbolin, just calling things like I see them, but induction caught my eye a week or so ago (well before that even) so I started looking around for grows and comments on the lights. Several other threads on other boards where Inda-Gro was mentioned had a user named chazbolin singing the praises of Inda-Gro. At this point, it almost looks as if you are working for them in some fashion...hopefully I'm wrong and you're just a very satisfied user.
 

chazbolin

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Happy 420 Everyone!

In honor of this day and to all whose lives slip away from them while sequestered in a 9 x 12 for possessing the weed that flowers in one's mind: I offer a deep hit of my latest. Set back and turn this up loud.

The First Seven Days - Earths Darkness in Search of Light

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjRJQPBOrz8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksnkFcN0RvU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2qTJkWnhoU&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np0solnL1XY


Peace Friends
 

nugluvr1

Member
Back at ya Chaz

That was a blast from the past. All 70's

Any chance you're related to the great Tommy Bolin?
 

chazbolin

Well-Known Member
Thanks Nug. Truly an inspiring time for music if you were around to appreciate it. For me it was being exposed to music like this, basement grows and the good times that were had. I learned a lot in the 70's that keeps me on my toes today. Not all of my friends from back then can say that. This was for them. Enjoy today. It's better but we're not there yet. Not even close

'The tree of freedom is not felled by a single swing of the axe'
 

PSUAGRO.

Well-Known Member
I can really sense a biased hot air around here ... people spending years growing for finally opening up and talk about tech about inda-grow?

The truth is in the pudding, if those inda are going to really perform we'll find out...

But I really can sense something... just something.......................


W THE TRUTH AND THE NO PROFIT

W PROGRESS THAT IS NOT COMPROMISED WITH BUSINESS

W FREEDOM FROM PROFIT AND INTEREST

SHARING WHAT WE REALLY KNOW AND NOT WHAT WE SELL OR WE ARE SOLD TO

PEACE
Yep......but this is the internet , you should take everything with a grain of salt.......much love brother and happy 420....i'm at work:-(
 

Buck123

Well-Known Member
@chazbolin, just calling things like I see them, but induction caught my eye a week or so ago (well before that even) so I started looking around for grows and comments on the lights. Several other threads on other boards where Inda-Gro was mentioned had a user named chazbolin singing the praises of Inda-Gro. At this point, it almost looks as if you are working for them in some fashion...hopefully I'm wrong and you're just a very satisfied user.
Chaz has nice trees mate... inda-gro looks rocking!
 
You don't mention the identical brand you bought direct from China but I'd be curious who the manufacturer was and if you continue to use any of the three lamps you purchased for just veg?

When I want to follow up on the Made in America claim I like to check and see if the products are UL rated. This will at least tell the buyer what country UL certification is based upon and represents another way for the customer to follow up factory direct if a manufacturers distributor/retailer isn't being helpful should it ever come to warranty related issues. With your lamps you know they came out of China but if you pop in the manufacturer it would be worth noting if they are listed and performed up to UL standards.

If you go to: http://database.ul.com/cgi-bin/XYV/template/LISEXT/1FRAME/index.html and do a search under the Chinese company name who made your lights you can see if they're listed. A name search for Inda-Gro in this same UL database and you'll see them listed out of San Diego CA with both US and Canadian UL certifications.

I had a 420 driver fail after only about 8 months of running it. I determined it was the driver and not the lamp because I checked it against a known working lamp first from my other room. I called and spoke with Darryl at Inda-Gro and after giving me an RMA number told me to send just the driver down for repair. The shipping back to Inda-Gro would have been on me but they would have shipped the repaired driver back on their dime. Shipping wasn't the problem it was the fact I was flowering in week 7. So instead I'm only a couple of hours away and I decided to just take a ride down there and see if they could swap it out with another ballast or fix it while I waited. They had no problem with that and I was out the door.

When I got there they put it on a scope and diagnosed a MOSFET failure on the board. They soldered a new MOSFET on and that did fix it. There was no charge and I was out of there in about 30 minutes. Normal warranty turnaround is same day plus whatever shipping time. While I was there I got to see for myself was how the lights are in fact being built in San Diego with individual component sourcing from all over the world, including the USA.

So while I left there having a better understanding of what goes into these lights and the technology for me what was most important is how they responded and got me through this Blue Dream Herojuana grow without any serious consequences. Weeks 1 -8 pics from clones to a 56 day harvest came in @ 466g dry.

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Yo man, I don't mean to be a dick, but on what planet is that 466g dry?
 

chazbolin

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Yo Man: Blue Dream makes weight- No veg time instead 3 weeks rooted then go to 12/12 in rockwell cubes 33 plants averaged 15g per plant.
 

Splifferous

New Member
been busy, but here's an update. the new 420 is on a LightRail3.5 and really outperforming the 600w HPS on the other side of the tent. you will notice all of the excessive etoliation under the HPS. its also easy to note the general lack of that long internode tendency on the plants under the Pro-PAR
[video=youtube;DOSBmTpXI5I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSBmTpXI5I[/video]

i got a second LightRail for use in veg with the 200-PAR. rearranging veg to accommodate for the lamp upgrade as well as the rail will take a couple days but i'll have a video to post of that in the near future!

@chaz: ya, that Blue Dream is the beast. seriously tight dense nugs. since your post, i made up my mind to pop my last BD seed. it's been under the 200-PAR since it broke ground. i've noticed that the 200-PAR seems to really suppress etoliation in veg, if the canopy is closer than a foot and a half to the lamp. in fact, i think the seedling was still showing a little bit of an over-light situation with the 200 at a 24 inch height. i have my 420-PAR as you can see in the video above... in your opinion/experience is my hang height appropriate, or should i raise/lower the lamp?
 

Buck123

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Spillferous from what ive seen from scooting around 6 inchs is good it think i'll have a look around... that donovan has popped his head on thcfarm
 

Buck123

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Now I can tell you from just watching that video that he is leaving his lights high like you would traditionally, with hotter HIDS. He could have knocked out half that internodal distance by planting the light not but 6 inches from the tops as I have mine.
 

chazbolin

Well-Known Member
been busy, but here's an update. the new 420 is on a LightRail3.5 and really outperforming the 600w HPS on the other side of the tent. you will notice all of the excessive etoliation under the HPS. its also easy to note the general lack of that long internode tendency on the plants under the Pro-PAR
[video=youtube;DOSBmTpXI5I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSBmTpXI5I[/video]

i got a second LightRail for use in veg with the 200-PAR. rearranging veg to accommodate for the lamp upgrade as well as the rail will take a couple days but i'll have a video to post of that in the near future!

@chaz: ya, that Blue Dream is the beast. seriously tight dense nugs. since your post, i made up my mind to pop my last BD seed. it's been under the 200-PAR since it broke ground. i've noticed that the 200-PAR seems to really suppress etoliation in veg, if the canopy is closer than a foot and a half to the lamp. in fact, i think the seedling was still showing a little bit of an over-light situation with the 200 at a 24 inch height. i have my 420-PAR as you can see in the video above... in your opinion/experience is my hang height appropriate, or should i raise/lower the lamp?
Etoliation, I had to look that one up. I would have to agree, like you, the side by sides I've seen between HPS and Inda-Gro has proven to be tighter internodal spacing and denser buds. I've not used my HPS's (1000) for almost a year now. By buddy has 3 of the 420's and he still throws a 400 watt HPS in between his 420's @ weeks 8-12 for what he swears is a boost but I've not seen the benefit other then he's heating up his tent more. I think next round he's ditching the HPS though since he's cheap and I don't see him popping for more HPS lamps.

I currently have a three of the 200-PARs which sustains mothers and most of my grows are clones that start under a single 100-PAR. As far as your seedlings under the 200-PAR I'd use a quantum light meter and keep the intensity @ 400-500 uMoles to avoid excessive heat on the babies. Using a standard light meter that would be around 2,000 foot candles or 21,500 lux when using either the 100 or the 200 PAR series.

Everyone knows that babies thrive on the UV side of the spectrum but in side by side with T5's @ 6500K (measuring 600+ umole) I still saw roots 3-4 days sooner on my 100-PAR and have been ready to transplant 4-5 days sooner. So in my humble opinion, there is some benefit that the baby see's with the wide spectrum as well. Since you have the 200 I'd widen the area up for seeds/clones and raise the light. I don't think you're hurting anything by the higher uMole reading you're undoubtedly getting but the babies only absorb so much of the energy they're seeing.

BTW I like the even bud formation on that canopy. I think you're in for some fun
 
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