But the old ones work fine!
maybe in the game room....but after rechecking my t5's after you shamed me....I found the manufacturer does indeed lie about
"T5's degrade only 5%", I find it to be tad few more times that %...but hey, my veg room thanks you for the shame
4200k mh works really well in veg...super tight nodes...
Do you use 4200k for veg?
Yes, All 942 in veg...
i got a dual 315 watt ballast, got one 3100 k, gonna order a 4200k for the other.
Is there any horizontal dual 315 cmh fixture?
Wal-Mart here had a bunch of them. I haven't looked in a while.
Your the MAN!!!! Iam gonna try those higher quAlity t5 ballasts. I blew a Fullham Workhorse 7...again. Its like the 4th one ive replaced in my t5 fixtures. All 4 8 bulb fixtures have blown at least one ballast in like 2 or 3 years. Your right. The t5 lamps at the growstores..no matter the brand..SUCK PERIOD!!! From the shitty bulbs thagt come with them to the complete junk Fullham ballasts. Tired of replacing them. I thought..."one more time". But after reading your post...Iam gonna try this brand and see how it goes. Thank you pard.
the workhorse 7 was derated from a 4 bulb ballast to a 3 bulb ballast because of a high failure rate in office buildings and warehouses, I have been running those eiko bulbs for 4 years in my flowering closet and my light meter shows a 5% drop in output from new bulbs.found some german made P@A bulbs to mix with then to get a little more deep red for flowering and those last about 2 years. the plusrite ballast has a 5 year guarantee and have never given me any problem. they run cooler than fulham of ballast wise units
I been replacing the shitty Agromax (blue metallic ends)or whatever bulbs they come with very shortly after I bought the last 2 fixtures w Eikos (green ends) from my local electric store (3 or 4 bucks a piece) and they seem to be much better in quality. But thx again friend. Iam gonna check out those ballasts. Fullhams...especially the workhorse sevens suck big time.
By the way...you sound like (and pics) you know whats up with t5's in flower. I use mine strictly for veg. But you got em down for budding. Not many flower with t5 fixtures. Good job.
I am a small PU MMJ closet grower. I'm legal in my state but do not want to punch holes in my walls for vents so i can't manage the heat from HIDs. there are several good T5 growers on this site. but we are kind of a silent group.if I was running a commercial grow then I would use CMH bulbs but in my situation T5s are my best option.for just vegging those 6500k bulbs I linked to should be all you need
were you aware that the agromax UVA plus bulb was developed as supplemental lighting for HPS grows? a good quality T5 "black light" will also provide the UVA missing in HPS grows and using a couple as side lighting should improve potency and taste. UVA stimulate production of chlorophyll, carotene. and calcium uptake, CBD THC production as well as protecting plant from disease and insects. would also work with LEDs and may address the cal-mag deficiency commonly seen with those lights. I have no problem with using hybrid lighting and in the past I have used 660nm red leds to supplement my 6500k T5s. I an now using 2 high quality german made P@A bulbs I found on E-BAY for $5 each and they give me plenty of deep red and a little extra UVA in a 6 bulb fixture.