best ballasts???

bravedave said:

Another reason I went with Quantum was their 3 year replacement warranty. I think most other similar priced ones only offered 1 year.

I do wish now I got the 1000 and could have run it at 600w in the summer months and 1000 in the winter.

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bravedave said:

Appreciate the response, but you go from "dogshit" to the above? Kind if a wide range of review. .

If I get one ounce More per lamp under a different ballast .. It paid for itself in 1 run. A warranty is the least of my worries. They flicker , they are loud, the spectrum looks funny . Dogshit is my
Review. I have owned lumatek, quantum, nanolux, nextgen, gavita .. Quantum is the only ballast I have specifically disliked. Sorry if my answer isn't technical enough for you.

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patrickkawi37 said:

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Yodaweed said:

Quantum ballasts are dog shit, I back up his claim, I also had a quantum ballast, it died 2 months after I purchased it, thank goodness the grow store I go to is legit as fuck, they took it back and for like 40 bucks more gave me a galaxy grow amp, best ballast I have ever owned, totally quiet, no RF noise like the quantum, its just a better ballast. My quantum made this buzzing noise the entire time I had it running for the 2 months it lasted. The grow store guy even said quantum ballasts are crap.

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bravedave said:

Thanks...at least your experience backs the opinion. My experience is a positive one. I will however be buying something else as its backup/replacement.

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clayawesome said:

Amps x Volts = Watts
9.09a x 110v = 1000w
4.54a x 220v = 1000w
The same 1000w lamps uses half the Amps on 220v

Electrical wire is rated on maximum Amps. So the same wire can run twice the equipment (Watts) on double the voltage.
12g wire is rated at 20 amps.
20a x 110v = 2200 watts
20a x 220v = 4400 watts
U could switch an existing 110v to a 220v just by replacing the single pole breaker in your box with a double pole and use the old neutral (white) as the new hot (red), but u must replace every outlet on that circuit with a 220v outlet and make sure there isn't anything else on it. Generally its much easier to just run a new wire for the 220v.

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Yodaweed said:

I didn't have a replacement, I went down to the grow and just noticed it was totally dark and I was like wtf? tried everything , a diff bulb all that finally called the grow store and they tested it for me and said it was dead. Cost my plants a whole day of darkness, hope that won't ever happen again.

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mucha_mota said:

great explanation on wire basics.
never ever over-load a circuit or the watt rating listed above on 12g wire.

agreed on quantum being garbage & many digi ballasts are major emi makers.

im still using magnetic ballasts. old school rules. imo.

newest addition for every ballast in my lab is :
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Gquebed said:

Where do you get that?

Will they work or do They have them for digital ballasts?

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since1991 said:

No matter what youve been lead tk believe.....just about all digital ballast that are remote emit some form of radio frequency interference. No matter how well thw manufacturer insulates. Especially longer cords and multiple ballasts grow rooms....they act as antennae. And rf can get pretty bad. Attached ballasts eliminate this altogether but you can lose head room in limited height setups.

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since1991 said:

Your probaly good to go. Problems arise when cranking out a multiple lamp grow with long ass cords hooked to digitals in neighborhood house areas jammed next to each other. It can fuk with other homes stuff. Like computers t.v.'s radio and whatnot.

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