And you cannot forget the fact your grow room is in your basement. Basements offer the benefit of thermo mass to help buffer temperature variances.Not sure I follow you, I have never owned an HPS bulb, so I do not know the difference other than my research into the CMH said it was a lot cooler. when left on it raises the temp in my basement 2 degrees, now these last few days it has been upper 90's outside and so the temp has gone up to 78 (from 76) I will be shooting for a 10 degree difference between lights on and lights off, I will be supplimenting infrared heat to control this but also to prove/disprove a theory I have which I will write more about this weekend
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Not sure I follow you, I have never owned an HPS bulb, so I do not know the difference other than my research into the CMH said it was a lot cooler. when left on it raises the temp in my basement 2 degrees, now these last few days it has been upper 90's outside and so the temp has gone up to 78 (from 76) I will be shooting for a 10 degree difference between lights on and lights off, I will be supplimenting infrared heat to control this but also to prove/disprove a theory I have which I will write more about this weekend
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Exactly why I bought the house, better/easier control of my gardenAnd you cannot forget the fact your grow room is in your basement. Basements offer the benefit of thermo mass to help buffer temperature variances.
Not sure I'll add much, I have been saying CMH on this forum for sometime now, true this is the first grow with it and true starting the CMH club and getting a group going has helped spread the word IMO RIU is behind other forums on thisThis is getting good now. I'm glad there will be folks to bounce ?'s off of.
I started my 400 a few weeks back and haven't looked back in any degree. I MHO two of these will do you better job than a 1000 HPS/MH
I know the light is for my plants but as the care taker I like it too. It's color is natural and oh so clear. When you're given your ladies an exam you'll be able to watch your crop more closely.
I've taken a couple of heat readings on mine. It really depends on how you handle the heat. I'm using my light with a reflector with a PC fan(78 cfm) to move the air around the cabinet. I've an average temp 6* difference between outside air and inside air using 2 120x120 &110cfm on top & bottom.
Riddleme, Thank You for starting this grow. I've read some other of your work and have learned. You name will add credience to the CMH..
welcome aboard and yes I have high hopes for this experiment, we'll see if I'm right???Cant wait to see how the infrared works out dude.......enjoying the read....thanx!!
I noticed those lil glands at the beginning of my babies sprouting...It seems to diminish as it gets older...Seems they are further apart and therefore harder to see?GOT CMH???
I went to check on my new baby to see how it was adjusting to more light? this was about an hour and a half after I upcanned it. I noticed it was sparkling so I went and got my loupe and low and behold there are trichs forming on the little tiny leafs
took lots of pics trying to get a good closeup so you could see what I see, hard to do with tiny things LOL, ended up using the loupe over the camera lens and this was the best I could get, but at least you can see it
PS I should note that the infrared is not on yet
approximately what Kelvin were the lights - 2700 or 6500?Ok now I am just playing with the light meter again, but I wanted to show you the power of CFL's and why they work for growing, as well as why we say to put them 1 to 2 inches away
there are 2 pics per bulb, one at one inch and one at two inches, there are 4 bulbs, a 13 watt, a 23 watt, a 42 watt and a 65 watt
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correct meter reads up to 10000 lumens, desertrat is going to compare my readings with his better meter to see how close my cheapo is, that is why I did thisso is that lumens X 1000?
the 23 watter was 6500K the other 3 are 2700K, I also believe that the diminished reading on the 65 watter is because it is the one I used to grow Matilda, therefore was on for many hours, the others are newapproximately what Kelvin were the lights - 2700 or 6500?