hyroot
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I just bought a phantom 315 cmh. I'll have it up in a few days.
Club 315w lec
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I just bought a phantom 315 cmh. I'll have it up in a few days.
pinner420
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Looking For this.. Link me.
hyroot
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Growers house, discount hydro, and monster gardens all carry it.
hyroot
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No. Its a ballast, hood and a philips t12 cmh bulb . It's the whole set up
ttystikk
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Somehow I missed the mention, nice thread! I'm using my 315W CMH lights in veg, but I'm happy with them so far; the plants are growing faster and I reduced my power consumption by almost half.
FWIW, I hear guys saying that a 315W setup is roughly equivalent to 500W of HPS. In my case, they replaced (tired) 600W HPS lamps and the plants are responding better, I think the spectrum is making a big difference.
315W in the foreground, 600W HPS in back;
FWIW, I hear guys saying that a 315W setup is roughly equivalent to 500W of HPS. In my case, they replaced (tired) 600W HPS lamps and the plants are responding better, I think the spectrum is making a big difference.
315W in the foreground, 600W HPS in back;
bob223
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ttystikk Welcome!!!!!
Those plants you are growing are huge!!!!!!!!
I'm glad we are starting to get some veterans in this thread.
So far im still very impressed with the 315 my plants seem to be responding nicely to it.
I cant believe how manageable the heat is. i am running like 5-8 degrees cooler at all times compared to my air cooled 1k. it runs even cooler the the 400w MH that im using for veg. I do agree the plants really seem to love the spectrum.
so if the 315 is comparable to 500w of hps do you think 2x 315 would be better the a 1k single ended Hps. I was planing on going back to the hps in the winter but depending on how this performs i may never go back.
ttystikk
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The guy who goes by the handle of Chemist or something like that has been testing these for some time against HPS lighting. He's one of those I mentioned equating a 315W CMH to 500W of HPS.
He did a run of two 315W CMH lights back to back vs an HPS thouie and said the 315W CMH lights kicked ass. Yield was up marginally, and quality was a big step forward.
IMHO, LFSW technology is what will give HID lighting in general a few more years before the onslaught of ever better, ever cheaper COB LED and its progeny make every other form of lighting obsolete as candles in a hurricane. The lamps themselves aren't going to get a lot better, the ballast is the innovation du jour.
Plan your purchases accordingly.
He did a run of two 315W CMH lights back to back vs an HPS thouie and said the 315W CMH lights kicked ass. Yield was up marginally, and quality was a big step forward.
IMHO, LFSW technology is what will give HID lighting in general a few more years before the onslaught of ever better, ever cheaper COB LED and its progeny make every other form of lighting obsolete as candles in a hurricane. The lamps themselves aren't going to get a lot better, the ballast is the innovation du jour.
Plan your purchases accordingly.
feloniousfunk
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nice, a place I can settle in and learn....just got my 315 phantom up and going last week. Hope to get pics up when I can.
I love these lights so far.
FF
I love these lights so far.
FF
ttystikk
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Welcome!
feloniousfunk
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Here's hoping they turn into monsters ...a little info on my space...52" W x 42"D sort of weird I know. Height is normal 8'. Passive intake, 6x24 Phresh and fan for exhaust at about 60%.
Hoping the humidity eases a bit higher as the mass grows.
A top down after some tie down love last night on my larger Truthband mom.
A look down at pheno hunting a couple packs.
Full 3x3 overview
Those are Cindy99 BX (mosca), and Blue Magoo (dynasty) running from seed.
A 707Truthband mom (center right), and a pre98BK mom (top left).
Scattered in there also are starter moms of Jillybean (tga), Grape Stomper BX(gage green),
Blueberry (dj short), triangle trip (grownout),
All in 18/6 while i grow the babes out a bit. Then will separate and flower some.
FF
Hoping the humidity eases a bit higher as the mass grows.
A top down after some tie down love last night on my larger Truthband mom.
A look down at pheno hunting a couple packs.
Full 3x3 overview
Those are Cindy99 BX (mosca), and Blue Magoo (dynasty) running from seed.
A 707Truthband mom (center right), and a pre98BK mom (top left).
Scattered in there also are starter moms of Jillybean (tga), Grape Stomper BX(gage green),
Blueberry (dj short), triangle trip (grownout),
All in 18/6 while i grow the babes out a bit. Then will separate and flower some.
FF
feloniousfunk
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Thanks, and yes I definitely will flower with this light. Hoping to flower 2-4 at a time depending. Have a second phantom still boxed if needed, but I really want to get a good baseline on what one of these lights will do. Hoping to possibly setup a 3x3 tent with the other 315 down the road.
GroErr
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Good spot to share 315w info. Been running 2 of them perpetual for close to 2 years now. They rock watt-for-watt against hps, typically about 25% more weight, and quality is better than hps imo. My son was a die hard hps grower until he saw what I was getting with these Sun Systems LEC's. We converted his grow watt-for-watt with these LEC's and he's been consistently pulling 25-30% more weight and is very happy with the quality. He just bought another 10 units for his expansion, no going back to hps for him if that tells you anything. I just swapped out one of the units to see how 3590 COBs stack against the LEC's but the LEC's aren't going away, will likely run a combo of COBs/LEC through summer and LEC's through the winter.
Cheers
Cheers
ttystikk
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Killin it!Good spot to share 315w info. Been running 2 of them perpetual for close to 2 years now. They rock watt-for-watt against hps, typically about 25% more weight, and quality is better than hps imo. My son was a die hard hps grower until he saw what I was getting with these Sun Systems LEC's. We converted his grow watt-for-watt with these LEC's and he's been consistently pulling 25-30% more weight and is very happy with the quality. He just bought another 10 units for his expansion, no going back to hps for him if that tells you anything. I just swapped out one of the units to see how 3590 COBs stack against the LEC's but the LEC's aren't going away, will likely run a combo of COBs/LEC through summer and LEC's through the winter.
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Cheers
highdave
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mmmm! Looking sexy. I was also thinking about getting a few cobs and placing them around the 315 in the future. Will wait till I see what it can do when it's actually centered. (Centred?) LolGood spot to share 315w info. Been running 2 of them perpetual for close to 2 years now. They rock watt-for-watt against hps, typically about 25% more weight, and quality is better than hps imo. My son was a die hard hps grower until he saw what I was getting with these Sun Systems LEC's. We converted his grow watt-for-watt with these LEC's and he's been consistently pulling 25-30% more weight and is very happy with the quality. He just bought another 10 units for his expansion, no going back to hps for him if that tells you anything. I just swapped out one of the units to see how 3590 COBs stack against the LEC's but the LEC's aren't going away, will likely run a combo of COBs/LEC through summer and LEC's through the winter.
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Cheers
Couple pics from a noob grower.
Day35 flower 103 days from seed
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GroErr
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Nice, looks like some quality bud coming up. The combo of the LEC's and COBs should make some quality and good amount of bud
ttystikk
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Solid work right there, bro. You know what they say about fixing shit that isn't broken, right?