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That is my plan, but I am hoping to find an led solution that does not need to be replace every 600 hours :)

do you think the 860's flower well enough to compete with DE?

certainly better than solar panels...couple parabolic mirrors, though in all reality. perhhaps not even attached. they could be orbiting near by, and act as refuel stations:-D

I apologize, I never claimed to be an expert on the Andasol plants. I only brought it up to explain how the focal point reflectors work, and why they are diffferent than others. You are absolutely right, the andasol plants produce 50mw each. They must only use one turbine on each plant, as...

@ttystikk, and @verticalgrow Thanks guys, thats a good start. I certainly have some homework of my own to do, but any good examples, out there, like the ones posted, will help speed the process along. Thank you, I will contact him. THhe plan is starting to sound better and better the more I...

I understand where you are coming from, but that reflector is not designed for the 21' sq footprint. it is designed to be 36" from the tops, and because of this it focuses the beam mostly straight down, which is why they are boasting better numbers than others setups. But in reality, that...

I have been looking more and more into the CXB3590. The spectrum is absolutely fantastic, and looks like it will blow anything else available out of the water, for both veg and flower, and thats not even considering the 56% power draw. I think I am convinced. But I dont have the money for a...

@swagslayer420 I still dont know why anyone would want to use anything but an open reflector. those cooled reflectors may be made in the USA and have nice build quality, but they are also expensive, and have some serious design flaws. besides not having the advantage of being placed in the focal...

I agree, that is a very suspicious statement. Like you said they only mention lumen depreciation which means nothing for us. I have never heard of anyone doing this kind of testing, I have only seen one guy post atual generated spectral graphs for many bulbs and combinations, which was very...

thats way to cool for the DE bulb's to perform properly. like @ttystikk said earlier, the DE bulbs need to get really hot before they reach max output. you might be getting better than regular hps, but your bulb is likely running at less that 80% efficiency. The sun system DE cooled reflector...

@TheChemist123, and @ttystikk I did not realize plantmax made DE bulbs. they say 20k hrs, and the spectrum looks comparable, to Philips and Ushio, for about half the price, twice the life. Very interesting. Thanks for the info. so then the question becomes then, which of these three bulbs is...

very true, and without proper ventilation, your c02 levels will go down to the point where over saturation occurs when it otherwise wouldnt, and photosynthesis slows down to a quarter of normal rates. So you need to blow some fans around, preferably bring in some fresh air from outside. This...

Whoah, lol. I think I even got lost myself, in that one. Definitely some gooood! I would love to pass that shit, man but rarely have anyone to pass it to, and before I know, its gone. and so am I. must have been on a good one last night :) Im sure I lost many people, but it sounds like at...

thatll be something, for sure. Eliminating AC from the picture. Assuming LED doesnt take over entirely before then. since LED driver is already DC, but that would require the right products being available at the right time. for a fair price, and we are far from there yet. right now, of the...

So I wonder then, why the eballast revolution was satisfied with the high frequency version of the mag ballast. I'm sure most people could care less about the RFI but there are some things to consider. You might notice more static on your radio stations, and such. I bring this up becausae...

@ttystikk I like that low frequency square wave tech. if I understand correctly, this would do much the same thing as DE tech in that I it gets rid of the high frequency flashing?

That's good to hear.

So it's definitely supposed to be there?

@ttystikk nevermind, I re read what you said, it sounds like the ballast draws 1100w at 120v in order to supply 1000w at 400v. So it wouldnt matter what bulb you run, still 1100w. I am curious how the eballast's compare though! It would be educational to know the total power draw of our...

I am trying to eliminate the need for a dosatron, or any Massive $$ product. what I am doing is simple enough. if I can find the right pump, or an adjustable one, I am hoping I can fine tune the dose. my filter does all the pressure regulating I need, so its just a matter of feeding the...