noob question "Lighting"

smokekeeper · May 21, 2012

would I be able to put a 600 watt bulb in a 1000w ballest or would it blow the bulb when i turn it on :?:

Saldaw · May 21, 2012

best to not do that, get a 600w ballast

yeps420 · May 21, 2012

Fire-death-destruction to name a few things that could happen.

lol <--- Might just want to get a 1000w bulb

smokekeeper · May 21, 2012

spambunny why do you have to get so mad it is just a fucking thread. don't like it don't reply. I have seen a lot dumber questions on here so flip shit to someone else. yeps420 +rep for you and thanks for not being a jack ass.

spambunny · May 22, 2012

Becasue your lazyness irritates.me.to.the point when I have to say somthing I would if i.new u in real life aswel and the fact that you have seen more stupid questions is irreliventl. Its not that stupid of. Questions its just been asked a.miplion times and if u werent SO.FUCKING LAZY youd know that

Pipe Dream · May 22, 2012

How you gonna call someone stupid when you can't even spell "because" "laziness""something" "knew" "as well" "irrelevant".

ScoobyDoobyDoo · May 22, 2012

Pipe Dream said:
How you gonna call someone stupid when you can't even spell "because" "laziness""something" "knew" "as well" "irrelevant".

fucking awesome!! i would +rep the shit out of you pipe dream if i could. haha. guess i rep'd you recently.

GibbsIt89 · May 22, 2012

if u wanna bitch about lazy ppl this site is def. the place to do it lmao. Who cares... i hav wondered something similar at one point before and never asked. I had a 1000watt MH ballast and didnt know it, was a noob and got a shit load of equipment for a tiny amount of weed considering. There was a label that was on the ballast but wasnt labeled with a marker or pen or whatever it was just scratched in so u could only see it in the right lighting. N e ways i had a 400watt MH 3200k sunmaster bulb in it and thot it was pretty hot and bright for a 400watt bulb or ballast (thinking it was a 400watt HPS ballast switchable ballast at this point and misunderstood the guy i got it from) so i took it in to my local grow shop and they check it out regardless of my founding of the label. That is my story and i wonder the same thing lol. I figured it was a bad idea too so i grabbed a 1000watt MH bulb. This is not a dumb question tho, no question is a dumb question, if ur reading what seems to be a dumb question to u then u clearly need to take a minute and look at what ur doing with ur time. and again, his laziness is whats irrelivant. and no i cant spell either cuz im lazy as shit so ha this is all fun for me hope theres an educated explanation slash answer

Warlock1369 · May 22, 2012

It's not a good idea. Yes it will work for a short time. But can bust and start a fire. I'm gonna go out on a lim and say your thinking of 600 at veg and 1000 in flower? Best thing would be get a dimmable 1000 ballest. But if your worried that the 1000 will be to much for the first few weeks. There is a light spreader you can put on the bulb. This will help deflect some derrect light lowering the intensity but keeping the lumens. And it just pushes on and pulls off so it's a easy change after you feel 1000 is good.

Warlock1369 · May 22, 2012

Pipe Dream said:
How you gonna call someone stupid when you can't even spell "because" "laziness""something" "knew" "as well" "irrelevant".

Don't feed the trolls. It's a fast way to get oust and say something that can get you band. Trust me. Just block them or skip the retarded shut they say.

GibbsIt89 · May 22, 2012

i poop on dimmable slash digital ballasts, every expert will tell u an old magnetic ballast is by far better then a digital ballast it many aspects. Is a 1000watt HID bulb meant to be dimmed, hell no, its meant to run at highest potential

Warlock1369 · May 22, 2012

Only dumb question is the one not asked. But it dose get hard answering the same question but I do. Wish the search worked better. I can't even find alot of stuff I know is there.

GibbsIt89 said:
if u wanna bitch about lazy ppl this site is def. the place to do it lmao. Who cares... i hav wondered something similar at one point before and never asked. I had a 1000watt MH ballast and didnt know it, was a noob and got a shit load of equipment for a tiny amount of weed considering. There was a label that was on the ballast but wasnt labeled with a marker or pen or whatever it was just scratched in so u could only see it in the right lighting. N e ways i had a 400watt MH 3200k sunmaster bulb in it and thot it was pretty hot and bright for a 400watt bulb or ballast (thinking it was a 400watt HPS ballast switchable ballast at this point and misunderstood the guy i got it from) so i took it in to my local grow shop and they check it out regardless of my founding of the label. That is my story and i wonder the same thing lol. I figured it was a bad idea too so i grabbed a 1000watt MH bulb. This is not a dumb question tho, no question is a dumb question, if ur reading what seems to be a dumb question to u then u clearly need to take a minute and look at what ur doing with ur time. and again, his laziness is whats irrelivant. and no i cant spell either cuz im lazy as shit so ha this is all fun for me hope theres an educated explanation slash answer

ScoobyDoobyDoo · May 22, 2012

Warlock1369 said:
Don't feed the trolls. It's a fast way to get oust and say something that can get you band. Trust me. Just block them or skip the retarded shut they say.

so so so very true. warlock speaks words of wisdom.

ScoobyDoobyDoo · May 22, 2012

GibbsIt89 said:
i poop on dimmable slash digital ballasts, every expert will tell u an old magnetic ballast is by far better then a digital ballast it many aspects. Is a 1000watt HID bulb meant to be dimmed, hell no, its meant to run at highest potential

i'm gonna stick with my digis. they run cooler, run quieter, run more efficient, fire quicker, warm up faster, and i've never had a problem.

Warlock1369 · May 22, 2012

GibbsIt89 said:
i poop on dimmable slash digital ballasts, every expert will tell u an old magnetic ballast is by far better then a digital ballast it many aspects. Is a 1000watt HID bulb meant to be dimmed, hell no, its meant to run at highest potential

I'm have to disagree. I have 2 dimmable 1000 ballest. 400/600/1000. I do match the bulbs to the wattage I want. But with the digital ballest the RF problem is fix. No more pissing off the nabors cus they can't watch tv or hear the radio without a humm.

Pipe Dream · May 22, 2012

Warlock1369 said:
Don't feed the trolls. It's a fast way to get oust and say something that can get you band. Trust me. Just block them or skip the retarded shut they say.

sorry I just dislike it when someone chastises someone else for no good reason. 9/10 the post is ironically full of more grammar and punctuation mistakes than I can count. I am not worried about getting banned, I didn't say anything inappropriate. Thanks for looking out though...

Back on subject, what about using a splitter? My friend keeps saying that I could get a 1000 watt ballast and hook up 2 600s and he would hook me up with the fitting. I have thought about it. Is that safe?

ScoobyDoobyDoo · May 22, 2012

Pipe Dream said:
sorry I just dislike it when someone chastises someone else for no good reason. 9/10 the post is ironically full of more grammar and punctuation mistakes than I can count. I am not worried about getting banned, I didn't say anything inappropriate. Thanks for looking out though...

Back on subject, what about using a splitter? My friend keeps saying that I could get a 1000 watt ballast and hook up 2 600s and he would hook me up with the fitting. I have thought about it. Is that safe?

i was reading that on a thread here as well. in theory it sounded like a great idea. the guy who was talking about it though said that you needed to use a specific splitter and bulb. haven't looked into it anymore but i'll check around and see if i can find the thread and i'll send you a link.

Warlock1369 · May 22, 2012

Pipe Dream said:
sorry I just dislike it when someone chastises someone else for no good reason. 9/10 the post is ironically full of more grammar and punctuation mistakes than I can count. I am not worried about getting banned, I didn't say anything inappropriate. Thanks for looking out though...

Back on subject, what about using a splitter? My friend keeps saying that I could get a 1000 watt ballast and hook up 2 600s and he would hook me up with the fitting. I have thought about it. Is that safe?

Yes there is a splitter that will do it. It's cheep. Ether CAP or sunleaves supply has them. Never used them. But I don't see how 1000w will split to 1200w but I'm not a lighting guy.

Warlock1369 · May 22, 2012

This was the splitter I was talking about at first.
http://www.sunlightsupply.com/p-12154-super-spreaders.aspx
That will help if you have only a 1000.

ScoobyDoobyDoo · May 22, 2012

Warlock1369 said:
This was the splitter I was talking about at first.
http://www.sunlightsupply.com/p-12154-super-spreaders.aspx
That will help if you have only a 1000.

Wrong link.

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