metal halide ballast and hps bulb?

will it work? thanks

will what work?

a metal halide ballast with a hps bulb in it? thanks

No not unless its switchable, and it will cost you more but if you want both mh and hps then its worth it.

They have different strikers.

thats what i thought just making sure thanks alot buddy

GoldenGanja13 said:

How about t -5s for veg and then hps for flower. Would be alot cheaper (alot). And if you buy straight from company, you can save even more.

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or just buy 4 4 footer shop lights from lowes and loadem with 5000---6500k bulps alot cheaper then the t-5s. this is what i use for vegging

akinaspeedstars1 said:

or just buy 4 4 footer shop lights from lowes and loadem with 5000---6500k bulps alot cheaper then the t-5s. this is what i use for vegging

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are those shop lights t-8s?

akinaspeedstars1 said:

or just buy 4 4 footer shop lights from lowes and loadem with 5000---6500k bulps alot cheaper then the t-5s. this is what i use for vegging

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T8 32W 48inches cct 3800-6500 / light output 2700-2850

T5 35W 48 inches cct 3000-6500 /light output 3400-3500

But you would use T5 54 watt to veg so.....

54W cct 3000-6500 / light output 4700-5000

im currently testing out T12's they were like 3 bucks apieace and had sprouts from seeds in days and appear to be working great
used T8s before tho yea

the total veg setup cost me 30 bucks for the shop lights
and 30 bucks for lights
so pretty good IMO

so im doing something like this for half price pretty much IMO
http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=49216
it works quite well Ill post some pics if u guys want

but T12's do not put out near as much lumens as T5's so your not really doing that.

how is 5000 lumens not alot???????????????

then i run a 6500k in each as well.

if theres a reason why T5 is better then that im all for being educated and will switch out what I have although it appears to work great

akinaspeedstars1 said:

if theres a reason why T5 is better then that im all for being educated and will switch out what I have although it appears to work great

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T5s have a much great lumens output which makes it possible to flower useing warm (red) bulbs. As for veg, it has a wonderful outcome, plus less watts and heat. But if you can use T8s in veg, then why not.

I thought u wanted a cooler blue spectrum for vegging? yea the setup I have now works great. maybe ill buy some T5s for flowering for shits and giggles. I flower with HPS so ill do a few under some T5s as well. thanks for the heads up