Urbz
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What is the point of a "better" ballast that gives me identical results and costs twice as much?
New grower all help welcome and much appreciated
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GrumpyToker
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What's the point of risking a fire or you're ballast going out at the worst time. Compare the internal components
If you're pulling 10 oz then it would only make sense to me to reinvest some returns into your equipment.
Weekest link in the chain
My 2 cents you might see things different and that's cool
If you're pulling 10 oz then it would only make sense to me to reinvest some returns into your equipment.
Weekest link in the chain
My 2 cents you might see things different and that's cool
Urbz
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I reinvest in bulbs, hoods, seeds, and soil amendments. This ballast is no weaker than any other ballast in my experience. Lol. As soon as I'm settled in my new house and I've got my land tilled for food crops, I'm planning on running a three way test. You should follow it when I put it online bro. An Apollo, Solistek and either a Quantum or Galaxy all running at 600. They will each be in the same size tents, same bulbs, same hoods, same soil, same number of the same clones. I'm guessing early summer it should start. If one ballast yields significantly higher than my current ballasts, I'm replacing all of them with the champion.
TrusmokerKing420
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Ten oncez in all
GrumpyToker
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Your test was already run 3 years ago by Monster Gardens however they chose 8 other ballast to test before the Apollo. Wonder why? Good luck but I won't be watching
innerG
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Those cheap ones (except the one outlier whic was magnetic) perform way closer to the expensive ones than I thought they would
"The difference in PAR readings was not drastic across all the digital ballasts". Looks like as long as it's not magnetic, you're good to go.
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Urbz
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My apologies, but I'm not 100% sure what you mean here.
TrusmokerKing420
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RM3
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I breed
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TrusmokerKing420
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What if use T5 HO Grow Light - 2 FT 8 Lamps - DL828S Fluorescent Hydroponic Indoor Fixture Bloom Veg Daisy Chain with Bulb and i decided to use half my closet so ill be using 2x3 with 6 plants nd 2 150w hp flood light am i on the right track or is to much to less light for what im looking for
TrusmokerKing420
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Yea but bills came in so.... i got 2 ft wide 7ft long 8 ft tall closet how many cam i grow
TrusmokerKing420
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Anybody can point me in the direction of some good nutrients
RM3
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TrusmokerKing420
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Thanks.. ok im just being real indecisive right now but i learn something new every day really every hour becsuse im trying to get everything right so i can start first i thought cfl then i was told hps mh then start thinking maybe i can do good with t5 nd now im thinking led with everything learned so far its possible to grow with every last one.. but i cant decide. But here what i want... yeild nd dont want to boost electric too much nd fit 2x4 nd overrall just good bud sorry for ranting nd asking so much hopefuuly someone can help
TrusmokerKing420
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Im thinking this led light http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=370961986470&alt=webay i get 2 for $150 that should be enough right
innerG
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Your better off avoiding cheap Chinese eBay LEDs imo.
For 2x4 I'd do a 400w hps. You could also do T5, but you probably won't have as much light penetration. Neither of those will cause a huge jump in electricity usage. I know for me at least, the heating/cooling/dehumidifying of the room uses waaaay more electricity than lighting.
For 2x4 I'd do a 400w hps. You could also do T5, but you probably won't have as much light penetration. Neither of those will cause a huge jump in electricity usage. I know for me at least, the heating/cooling/dehumidifying of the room uses waaaay more electricity than lighting.