justanotherbozo
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...i know.
Light Fixture Question
- Thread starter Jacob Patterson
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polyarcturus
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which one? lolIf I did a grow with 2 100w hps bulbs or 8 23w cfl's.......I KNOW which one would be better.peace
i got x4 23w 5000k cfl in a tote right now for flowering males, its empty ATM ill put a clone in there to hermie and 12/12 it see what kind of yield i can get.(well its gonna be x3 23w and x1 23w 10% uvb bulb which is more like a 6500k) first i got to make some carbon filter adaptations to it.
polyarcturus
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i know, that you know that i know, you right.
justanotherbozo
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...i'm not a noob nor am i new to CFLs, ...and i'm not saying you can't grow quality buds with CFLs, ...what i am saying is you can grow MORE quality bud with HPS light than you can with an equal wattage of CFL light, ...it's just a fact, that's all.
peace, bozo
peace, bozo
B166ER420
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We know what you got BOZO.....just saying 100w,200w, even 250w hids....waste of time and money........imo....cfl's are much cheaper and efficient(light,heat) and I could get equal or better yeilds than using equal wattage hid's..........Im not talking 1000w hps vs. 1000W cfl we know how that fight will end.....just lower wattage for micro,smaller or closet grows.peace
.....just lower wattage for micro,smaller or closet grows.peace
justanotherbozo
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...you're wrong bro, HID will always be more intense, watt for watt, than CFL, ...it's just a fact man, and it doesn't matter if you're talking about a 70watt HPS against 2x 35watt CFLs or a 400watt HPS against 8x 26watt CFLs, the HPS will ALWAYS win, ...ALWAYS.We know what you got BOZO.....just saying 100w,200w, even 250w hids....waste of time and money........imo....cfl's are much cheaper and efficient(light,heat) and I could get equal or better yeilds than using equal wattage hid's..........Im not talking 1000w hps vs. 1000W cfl we know how that fight will end
btw, something you seem unaware of is the fact that CFLs actually run HOTTER than HPS, watt for watt. ...the real advantages to CFLs are that they are cheap to get started with, you can add watts as you can afford them, you spread the light and heat more evenly over the canopy and, because you use multiple bulbs, you can tweak the spectrum of light you deliver to your plants, ...but, being that they aren't very intense, you must grow short plants to get the most from them.
bozo
B166ER420
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DUDE!!!!!! quit telling me im wrong! This thread and the other one......I never said anything that can be proven wrong...........4100k's are useless......wait you can use them for shop lights and clone/seedlings light....like everyone else....my bad.peace
justanotherbozo
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...lol, DUDE, you're wrong, lol. ...you're wrong about 4100Kelvin and you're wrong about CFLs versus HPS, ...and i've provided the links to allow you to learn the error of your ways, ...and you've chosen not to avail yourself of those links and rather to argue, ...which is maybe the most serious wrong you are guilty of because it is holding you back from learning new things, ...you already know everything, why should you bother trying to learn anything new? ...lol.
"my mind is made up, don't confuse me with the facts!"
bozo
B166ER420
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What "new things" are you speaking of..................
polyarcturus
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thanks for backing me up bigger... but just let it go, he seems to think he has this penetration, over coverage and spectrum thing figured out.
4100k hahaa now thats a joke, id say that is the WORST fluoro color spectrum you could buy for growing plants.
4100k hahaa now thats a joke, id say that is the WORST fluoro color spectrum you could buy for growing plants.
justanotherbozo
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...lol, to each his own.
Jacob Patterson
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Good debate! Lol, so I bought a sweet air cooled 600w hood from a buddy for dirt cheap. Came with a magnetic 600w HPS ballast. Opinions on ballast? Magnetic vs digital? I will now be running a 4'9"x4'9"x6'7" tent w/ 600w HPS air cooled for flowering and a 2'x4'x5' tent w/ 250w CFLs Blue spectrum for veg. I will post pics when I start my grow thread. Thanks for the knowledge! Stay medicated!
hotrodharley
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EM ballasts are just fine. Plus MUCH less EMI/RFI compared to digitals so WiFi interference is much less. All three of my HIDs are EM.
justanotherbozo
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...they are also very reliable and easy to work on if one of them shits the bed.
peace, bozo
polyarcturus
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i third that those statemenmts.