mars hydro 300 watt led

SAF-T 47

SAF-T 47

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beanzz said:
No, I just wanted to get some real power going. The mars were only for supplemental lighting anyway, I never expected big things from them.
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I don't expect much from the Mars300 either.
I'm thinking about them for the smallast room.
1 light dedicated to each plant. (4 total)
Keeping the HPS in the big flower room works but hoping to add a a few girls in a smaller room without adding much heat/electric.
 
Cabinet Cropper

Cabinet Cropper

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SAF-T 47 said:
I don't expect much from the Mars300 either.
I'm thinking about them for the smallast room.
1 light dedicated to each plant. (4 total)
Keeping the HPS in the big flower room works but hoping to add a a few girls in a smaller room without adding much heat/electric.
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The new/old Mars 300w panels with 5w LEDs work for me as supplemental and/or veg light, but they run hot as hell. You will have a tough time keeping temps managed with (4) of them in a small space.
 
Strocat

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I have a 2x2 space and can either run 2 autos or 1 photo strain in that area... the autos in 1.5 gallon pots or a photo strain in my prefered container size which is 3.5 gallons.. right now I have 1 photo strain going in there.. its not a tent either its a cardboard box ive made into a tent in a closet.

I have a 180 watt full spectrum ufo and 5 cfl's ... 2 150 watt cfls and 3 23 watters... I use all that for just 1 plant and its perfect or i could do 2 autos... I'm looking right at 13,650 lumens.

Ohhhh yea.. the ACTUAL wattage of my UFO which is the number you really wanna look at is 121 watts (been tested with an APC battery backup for a computer , plug in light to it and tells you what its drawing from the wall)IMG_5616.JPG


with that 300 watt mars hydro I would do 3 autos or 2 photo strains and I wouldnt grow them super huge or anything.


Here is what 5 cfl's (2 of them being the good 150 watt cfls) and a 180 watt ufo can do.. as I said though.. I wouldnt dare try 2 photo strains.. only 2 autos in smaller pots..

here is my setup.. its ghetto .. yes I know.. I'm poor.. but I can still grow outstanding funk.


Those pics are from today.. today is day 30 of flowering

strain is northern lights X big bud and its from world of seeds.
 
Dear ol" Thankful Grower!

Dear ol" Thankful Grower!

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Strocat said:
I have a 2x2 space and can either run 2 autos or 1 photo strain in that area... the autos in 1.5 gallon pots or a photo strain in my prefered container size which is 3.5 gallons.. right now I have 1 photo strain going in there.. its not a tent either its a cardboard box ive made into a tent in a closet.

I have a 180 watt full spectrum ufo and 5 cfl's ... 2 150 watt cfls and 3 23 watters... I use all that for just 1 plant and its perfect or i could do 2 autos... I'm looking right at 13,650 lumens.

Ohhhh yea.. the ACTUAL wattage of my UFO which is the number you really wanna look at is 121 watts (been tested with an APC battery backup for a computer , plug in light to it and tells you what its drawing from the wall)View attachment 3644102


with that 300 watt mars hydro I would do 3 autos or 2 photo strains and I wouldnt grow them super huge or anything.


Here is what 5 cfl's (2 of them being the good 150 watt cfls) and a 180 watt ufo can do.. as I said though.. I wouldnt dare try 2 photo strains.. only 2 autos in smaller pots..

here is my setup.. its ghetto .. yes I know.. I'm poor.. but I can still grow outstanding funk.


Those pics are from today.. today is day 30 of flowering

strain is northern lights X big bud and its from world of seeds.
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Not to shabby my man not to shabby :clap::clap::bigjoint:bongsmilie:peace::hump:
 
Joaquin Yobanolo del Real

Joaquin Yobanolo del Real

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I got a 900w mars hydro 2 and works great, not much heat, low price and low cost on the electricity bill, also never saw better nugs, manny friends use hps or cfl with small yields and the nugs are sad compared to mine. First I got 100g for 2 month and a half, after that I got better (up to 280 in 3 month) and now I am sure I will get to the gram per watt and that will be 400g using LST (the mars is 900w led, means that is like 400 hps) So for a start is awesome, my tent is 80x80x170 cm and I got 6 plants each time, not planning on getting bigger so is good for me, mars also sell cob and I read that is the way to go. My experience, good luck.
 
kmog33

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Strocat said:
I have a 2x2 space and can either run 2 autos or 1 photo strain in that area... the autos in 1.5 gallon pots or a photo strain in my prefered container size which is 3.5 gallons.. right now I have 1 photo strain going in there.. its not a tent either its a cardboard box ive made into a tent in a closet.

I have a 180 watt full spectrum ufo and 5 cfl's ... 2 150 watt cfls and 3 23 watters... I use all that for just 1 plant and its perfect or i could do 2 autos... I'm looking right at 13,650 lumens.

Ohhhh yea.. the ACTUAL wattage of my UFO which is the number you really wanna look at is 121 watts (been tested with an APC battery backup for a computer , plug in light to it and tells you what its drawing from the wall)View attachment 3644102


with that 300 watt mars hydro I would do 3 autos or 2 photo strains and I wouldnt grow them super huge or anything.


Here is what 5 cfl's (2 of them being the good 150 watt cfls) and a 180 watt ufo can do.. as I said though.. I wouldnt dare try 2 photo strains.. only 2 autos in smaller pots..

here is my setup.. its ghetto .. yes I know.. I'm poor.. but I can still grow outstanding funk.


Those pics are from today.. today is day 30 of flowering

strain is northern lights X big bud and its from world of seeds.
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You're at around 500 actual watts and only 13k lumens? Why not just get a 400 or 600 watt hps and have 45-90k lumens? It's not like you're saving in electricity or heat with that setup. Probably would've been cheaper as well.

Your plants look good, just could be doing waaaaaayy more yield and/or footprint with the same amount of electricity you're running.
 
black jesus

black jesus

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My packages just came today. I got 2 Mars 300 for $137 shipped. They look cheezy but we will see. I'm growing in a 1.5x7 cab I built out of 2 closet maids cabinets.
 
SoOLED

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black jesus said:
My packages just came today. I got 2 Mars 300 for $137 shipped. They look cheezy but we will see. I'm growing in a 1.5x7 cab I built out of 2 closet maids cabinets.
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yeah, they are not making the series I anymore. VEG is gonna go good, but on the flip you will want more light. check craigslist for some cheap HPS, people are begging you just to take them most of the time. combo attack flower mars/HPS GO!!!!!!

what are you doing for air in there, BTW? I like it, its stealthy.

ADD: there will be three spots that look like they are not working they are: its the IR and it will burn the shit out of your eyes.

also some people take the glass bottom off, the glass is cheap and makes the light look blurry. when I had mine I took them off, it helps. but then you have open circuits, can shock, if your fingers happen to line up.

wish I would have kept mine, I just saw GM grow hack mars COB conversion. on those same lights.
 
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blackflag_demo

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i'm running a mars 900w in a 4x4 tent. i'm running 8 plants and i'm hoping for a good yield. a fellow grower has been running HPS but has always wanted to test a LED, just was to nervous about it. i preferred LED for the low heat and cost but lately ppl have been pro-LED and more and more have switched over. the first pic is the setup and LED mars 900w, the 2nd pic is the veg setting and the 3rd is the bloom setting.
 

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black jesus

black jesus

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SoOLED said:
yeah, they are not making the series I anymore. VEG is gonna go good, but on the flip you will want more light. check craigslist for some cheap HPS, people are begging you just to take them most of the time. combo attack flower mars/HPS GO!!!!!!

what are you doing for air in there, BTW? I like it, its stealthy.

ADD: there will be three spots that look like they are not working they are: its the IR and it will burn the shit out of your eyes.

also some people take the glass bottom off, the glass is cheap and makes the light look blurry. when I had mine I took them off, it helps. but then you have open circuits, can shock, if your fingers happen to line up.

wish I would have kept mine, I just saw GM grow hack mars COB conversion. on those same lights.
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I have a 4 inch inline fan with a can filter 33. My other fan just came in the mail. It's an Apollo 4 inch controllable fan. It's junk. I'm sending it back. It hums so damn loud. It say it's 190 cfm. That's bs. The can fan ho I have is rated for 155 and it blows so good. Lol. But she a loud blower. I will exhuast straight out the garage wall thur a vent that's already there.
 
black jesus

black jesus

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I have a 600 watt hps in a cooltube. I can't control the heat so I won't use it it anymore. If I need more light I will pick up some cfls or ores some more lights since they got here so fast
 
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