Budda_Luva
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well would more wattage = more intense light and penetraitable and hey ceestyle keep me posted on ur research thread there the shit
since the HIDA light is in the middle doesnt most of it pentrating power go vertically as ur research shows or is that where the lil reflector u ha don top of u HPS come in???
TexasWild said:Is that a ballasted hps or is that one that will work in any house hold socket!
TexasWild said:I would love to add two to my cfl grow as I am just entering flowering but I don't want to have to run more power.
TexasWild said:Do you know how many amps a 150w hps will pull?
Do you know how many amps a 150w hps will pull?
I don't see how this is a comparison. What a meter says as far as lumens per foot does not mean a whole lot compared to yield.
Given 16k lumens of cfl's vs 16k lumens of hps which grew more bud?
Sure a single light source won't give the even lumens across the grow a number of light sources will but what has this post proven? I don't get it.
Well here is a quote from the internet machine... I did not check his math or his theory... take it with a grain of salt...
" Here is the formula for calculating Amps.
A = W / V (watts divided by volts).
Calculating Amps. Calculate the amperage of a 600 watt light bulb that is running on a 120 volt circuit. A= 600/120 or 5 amps ...
150w/120v = 1.25 Amps
400w/120v = 3.33 Amps.
400w/240v = 1.67 Amps
1000w/240 = 4.167 Amps..."
this thread has been a good read. i was just wondering...
do you think your plants would of started to toast if you had a blower attached to the HPS?
in my old closet setup i had a 1000w HPS about 4 inches from the tops of my crop and never really had a problem.
my friend now is thinking of doing a small garden in his spare closet but is not going to be able to afford to run a HPS system, so he wants to go with a bunch of CFL's. hes aiming for the same output as say a 600w HPS would put out. was wondering if you had a suggestion or two about it?
thanks
I wanted to know if there was anymore information like this for lights exceeding 150W. 400W to be specific....Shown below are the intensity maps at the heights indicated on the plots, as measured by the vertical distance from the top of the meter to the edge of the spiral tube (~4,7, and 9"). Note that the vertical color scales are not the same on the first plot as the second two. Purple is 300-400 klux in the first and 150-200 klux in the second.
HPS Illumination:
Shown below are the intensity maps at the heights indicated on the plots (~7,9, and 10.5"), as measured by the vertical distance from the top of the meter to the filament:
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