3 600w or 2 1000

bluntmassa1

bluntmassa1

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for an 8x8 room you need atleast 4 600w lights and you can go up to a 10x10 with 4 1000w lights. I know jorge cervantes says your better off with 3 600 watters than 2 1000 watters because the 600's give you more lumens per watt and you have more points of light creating a more even distribution of light I don't know by expierience cause I've never used a 1,000 but Jorge Cervantes claims the 600's are more efficient. thats why I whent with 600's myself but the start up is definetly higher buying 3 600's instead of 2 1,000 watt lights
full of purple said:
In a 8x8 room would you rather run 3 600s or 2 1000s?
Im more on the 3 600w side just because 1 more coverage point but the 2 1000s would put off 40 thusand
more lumens. I will start flowering my plants at about 10 inchs tall they will end up about 26 inchs i will be
growing as many as i can fit on shelfs
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The Real Slim Shady

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Based on my research (not experience) from a similar setup, 3 x 600 watts is the better choice because if placed right, they will cover more of the area, as well as produce higher amounts of lumens on certain areas of the crop (not all); but they'll have certain 'hotspots' where the lumens from each bulb intersects and produces a higher output.

This is my understanding.
 
mundaiis

mundaiis

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full of purple said:
In a 8x8 room would you rather run 3 600s or 2 1000s?
Im more on the 3 600w side just because 1 more coverage point but the 2 1000s would put off 40 thusand
more lumens. I will start flowering my plants at about 10 inchs tall they will end up about 26 inchs i will be
growing as many as i can fit on shelfs
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3 6 Mafia. Shorter plants by a half foot.
 
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DrGreener

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full of purple said:
That will be my next purchase.
A light mover and 25 3 gallon containers i need the mover for when i run my 1000
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As a former grower with light movers i found that i lost Yield compared to stationary lights so ave since got rid of them in my grow room
Now to the op i would highly suggest investing in 1000's rather then 600's reason is penetration period Go big or go home
1000's out perform 600's any day of the week Cheers
 
SFguy

SFguy

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full of purple said:
That will be my next purchase.
A light mover and 25 3 gallon containers i need the mover for when i run my 1000
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im running 600's and i 1k on a mover in the same room, check out the grow in my sig, its my perpetual journal now. you can make some descisions based on the pictures
 
SFguy

SFguy

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berkman858 said:
Why not (2) 1000s and a light mover? That way you can get 3000 watts of coverage, give or take a watt.
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you dont get 3000 watts of coverage you get 2k spread out and no shadows since the lights moving deeper penetration.... the girls like that ya know?? hehehe double entendre
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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DrGreener said:
As a former grower with light movers i found that i lost Yield compared to stationary lights so ave since got rid of them in my grow room
Now to the op i would highly suggest investing in 1000's rather then 600's reason is penetration period Go big or go home
1000's out perform 600's any day of the week Cheers
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IME, as far as yield, watt for watt, there was little difference. Perhaps I just got better at growing around the time I switched to 600s, but watt for watt it was pretty much the same.

250, 400, 600 and 1000s. The clear jump in quality/yeild/penetration was between the 400 and 600 hps.
 
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