250w HPS Club And Help Guide

Kalebaiden

Kalebaiden

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Since I just dealt with them today, I'll clean myself up before I go near them (shower with my alcohol based shampoo)

This is my first encounter with them ever so I didn't know what to expect.
 
Hettyman

Hettyman

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Just a quick question, set my 250 up today for the first time, and it kind of flickered a few times for the first ten seconds...I guess that this is normal and when the ballast is "igniting" the bulb??
 
Hettyman

Hettyman

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Kalebaiden said:
yup, flickering or less intense light happens when the ballast ignites the (insert whatever is in a HID light)
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Thanks muchly, it kind of reminded me of when the strip lights in my kitchen start up, but thought I better check I hadn't over/under tightened the bulb or something.
 
Kalebaiden

Kalebaiden

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Here's a long version for you, I don't know how good I am and describing things so let's find out together.

Find the sig pic you want and save it to your computer.

Go into edit your profile and on the sidebar to the left there's a heading 'Edit Signature' click it.

Second box from the bottom, there's a heading 'Signature Picture'. upload the sig pic you want there.

Above that box is where you put the [ sigpic]

mine looks like this.

[ SIGPIC]Blue Mystic[ / SIGPIC]​

*Poof*
I stopped by,​
*Poof*
I got you high,​
*Poof*
I'm on the fly.​
The Weed Fairy
Check out my latest grow!
->​
https://www.rollitup.org/blogs/blog22703-fourth-grow.html

I also have the whole text highlighted and centered.

I hope this helps.
 
Kalebaiden

Kalebaiden

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*Side note*

I just switched back to my GO line for flower nutes. I checked the pH after I mixed it up and it came back 6.3. Lets see if I'm getting defeciencies and if I do I'm going to have to figure something else out.
 
Hettyman

Hettyman

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Just noticed something interesting. I have a Sunmaster Dual spec 250, and while the light as it comes down from the bulb and hits the plants and walls, it looks decidedly amber/yellow, at the lower Kelviin rating, but if I look up at the reflector, it looks blue, more around 6500K??

Surely the bulb doesn't shine one spectrum out of each side?? Or is just that the Blue reflects better then it projects??
 
Hettyman

Hettyman

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Added 4 CFls to spread the light, and another plant, which is flipped today.

I only put the 2 flowering ladies under the HPS yesterday, and cannot believe how much the budds grew in the remaining 8 hours of light....why did I wait a whole year to go HPS :wall:
 
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