NorthofEngland
Well-Known Member
I've just acquired an AdjustaWatt 1000w Dimmable ballast.
I cannot justify spending this cash (there were several others things that I needed more urgently)
but it caught my eye and the small amount of research I did was positive.
My Lumatek has 600, 750, 1000w and Super Lumens (about 1100w) settings.
The AdjustaWatt has 400, 600, 1000w and Over Drive (about 1100w) settings.
As 750w bulbs are unavailable to me (to everyone, I imagine?) the 750w setting, of the Lumatek, is pointless.
The 400w setting, AdjustaWatt, could be great if I ever feel like doing a scaled down grow.
As for the Over Drive and Super Lumens settings, I don't think that 1000w bulbs would be maintained in good working order by frying them with a 10% overload of the power they were designed to run off...? It's just my assumption but I'm not risking blowing expensive bulbs unless I learn something convincing to make me rethink it.
On Ebay, the AdjustaWatt is available from £209, the Lumatek from £185.
I paid far less for both mine and both were nearly new.
DO YOU KNOW AYTHING ABOUT ADJUSTAWATT BALLASTS???
I cannot justify spending this cash (there were several others things that I needed more urgently)
but it caught my eye and the small amount of research I did was positive.
My Lumatek has 600, 750, 1000w and Super Lumens (about 1100w) settings.
The AdjustaWatt has 400, 600, 1000w and Over Drive (about 1100w) settings.
As 750w bulbs are unavailable to me (to everyone, I imagine?) the 750w setting, of the Lumatek, is pointless.
The 400w setting, AdjustaWatt, could be great if I ever feel like doing a scaled down grow.
As for the Over Drive and Super Lumens settings, I don't think that 1000w bulbs would be maintained in good working order by frying them with a 10% overload of the power they were designed to run off...? It's just my assumption but I'm not risking blowing expensive bulbs unless I learn something convincing to make me rethink it.
On Ebay, the AdjustaWatt is available from £209, the Lumatek from £185.
I paid far less for both mine and both were nearly new.
DO YOU KNOW AYTHING ABOUT ADJUSTAWATT BALLASTS???