what 400 watt Metal halid bulb to buy?

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medical/420

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I just picked up a 400watt shop light, it is a magnetic ballest 60hz, I want to use it in my veg room, what is the best bulb to get? I seen two Eye hortalux bulbs , they have a Standerd and a Blue. the standered puts out 39,000 lumuns, and the blue puts out 29,000 lumuns. should i get high lumuns or wide specturm
 
Brother Numsi

Brother Numsi

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First, do not concern yourself with lumens...those are human measurements, not plant. There are those that disagree, but your spectrum is more important. The Hortilux blue light has a spectrum that is good for veg and flowering. The standard bulb has a veg spectrum.
Do a little reading, see what meets your needs, and make the purchase:
http://www.eyehortilux.com/products/Metal-Halide

You can't go wrong with Hortilux...wish you had a different ballast.
Good luck!!
 
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medical/420

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Brother Numsi said:
You can't go wrong with Hortilux...wish you had a different ballast.
Good luck!!
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I was under the impresion that Digital ballests are BAD for Eye hortalux bulbs because they have to high of HZ's and it will damage the bulb. but i see on there site it says you can use a digi.
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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medical/420 said:
I was under the impresion that Digital ballests are BAD for Eye hortalux bulbs because they have to high of HZ's and it will damage the bulb. but i see on there site it says you can use a digi.
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stickyicky0420 said:
i have never heard that before i dont think they would make them if they damaged the bulbs
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the only bulb i've blown in my ballast, a digital, was an eye hortilux.. bulb was about a month or so old and it took a dump on me.. :(
 
Brother Numsi

Brother Numsi

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racerboy71 said:
the only bulb i've blown in my ballast, a digital, was an eye hortilux.. bulb was about a month or so old and it took a dump on me.. :(
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Racer that had to suck!!! I bought 2 Hortilux HPS and 2 SunMaster MH both 600w...just in case LOL. Guess the bulb had a defect? I guess the e-ballast and digital ballast are the same ballast?
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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Brother Numsi said:
Racer that had to suck!!! I bought 2 Hortilux HPS and 2 SunMaster MH both 600w...just in case LOL. Guess the bulb had a defect? I guess the e-ballast and digital ballast are the same ballast?
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lol, yah, to say i was pissed is a slight understatment... i think it's the higher hertz that digital ballasts fire, but have no real evidence of this being the case obviously..
i've been using digilux and sunpulse mh's now.. sunpulse are nice imo as you can buy them in w/e k range you want, from like 4k all the way up to 10k, kind of the way cfl's work... just use the right k for w/e phase of growth you''re in.. :D
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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Brother Numsi said:
Racer that had to suck!!! I bought 2 Hortilux HPS and 2 SunMaster MH both 600w...just in case LOL. Guess the bulb had a defect? I guess the e-ballast and digital ballast are the same ballast?
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and yah, i believe e ballast and digital are one and the same...
 
Brother Numsi

Brother Numsi

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racerboy71 said:
lol, yah, to say i was pissed is a slight understatment... i think it's the higher hertz that digital ballasts fire, but have no real evidence of this being the case obviously..
i've been using digilux and sunpulse mh's now.. sunpulse are nice imo as you can buy them in w/e k range you want, from like 4k all the way up to 10k, kind of the way cfl's work... just use the right k for w/e phase of growth you''re in.. :D
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Is Digilux a C.A.P. product? I tend to stay away from C.A.P. products simply on teh sayso from 2 different hydro stores in 2 different states.
 
DrGreendixmike

DrGreendixmike

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argo sun classic. full spectrum. 38 % more red light added for better flowering. proven over and over. 130. bucks over 10,000 hrs. pm me for proof if needed. 1 bulb do it all dog. gl.
or hortilux
 
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medical/420

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ok I installed my new 400 watt magnetic ballest , it came with a Philips ms360/bu/ew bulb, witch is 38,000 lumuns, 360 watts, 4200k spectrum, vertical mounting,
I am going to use it for alittle bit, I just found out I have every growers worst nightmare. ROOT APHID's, My plants been acting funny, I been watching for Root aphids but never seen them till today. so I gotta take clones from my ELITE strains and start all over again :( Flo, ace of spades, blue widow, bubba kush, jilly bean, qurkle, and i am scraping the rest. in flower i got wembley, chocolope, jack herer, purplekushage, burmese kush,
 
thehole

thehole

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Brother Numsi said:
First, do not concern yourself with lumens...those are human measurements, not plant. There are those that disagree, but your spectrum is more important. The Hortilux blue light has a spectrum that is good for veg and flowering. The standard bulb has a veg spectrum.
Do a little reading, see what meets your needs, and make the purchase:
http://www.eyehortilux.com/products/Metal-Halide



You can't go wrong with Hortilux...wish you had a different ballast.
Good luck!!
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Lumens is what you should go by, we are human. What, are watts specific to plants? No. You calculate your needs by using lumens.
 
HotShot7414

HotShot7414

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Any Mh light is good,i noticed that the MH loses its efficiency alot faster than HPS but they still do the best in veg.
My last 400w MH came from LUMA (illumalights) with ballast.
 
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