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Illumination

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LunaSetti said:
400/600/1000w Dimmable Digital HPS/MH Grow Light Systems

400W $135.00
600W $175.00
1000W $265.00



Systems include HPS bulb, socket set, dimmable digital ballast and reflector. This is a sale price, not sure how long it will last.

http://www.florahydroponics.com/product.aspx?id=3021
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http://www.htgsupply.com/Category-Grow-Lights.asp

Go there and my advise is stick to mag/coil ballasts as there are very few bulbs designed for use with the high frequencies emitted in the digi's

Namaste':leaf:
 
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NewClosetGrower

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Illumination said:
http://www.htgsupply.com/Category-Grow-Lights.asp

Go there and my advise is stick to mag/coil ballasts as there are very few bulbs designed for use with the high frequencies emitted in the digi's

Namaste':leaf:
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lumi whats going on man? im getting this one from htg http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-Digital-Greenhouse-400-watt-HPS-Grow-Light.asp with the easy cool 6 reflector (coolable)
its a digi and the main reason im using this one is it saves some energy and theres not that big of a power. they say the bulb lasts longer to but im not sure yet. the only bulb i know that i cant get is a hortilux. which does suck cause thats what i wanted. but the agromax will have to do man
 
LunaSetti

LunaSetti

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hoagtech said:
Dont buy off brand digital ballasts. Its just money your throwing away. They claim fcc and CE comliance as well as UL listing but they dont give a brand name so you cant verify it. Their the same color as the ones you see on ebay, and those are total garbage

Save a couple extra bucks and buy name brand or talk your local hydro guy into giving you a package deal with a light and wing. You'll get a five year warranty and no regrets

That is a good deal for the price tho. I just dont fuck with rinky, chinky, chinee phooyee
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Thanks for the heads up. Saw the ballast had a 3 yr. warranty and flora hydro has been good to me so far, so figured it was worth a shot for the price. My local guy quoted me over $450.00 for a 600W setup (plus the bulb which is 90), and I can't do that. He doesn't carry any mag ballasts anymore, and I get the feeling he is roped into his prices due to franchise agreements, but I'm not sure. He also has 90w UFO lights for $500.00, doesn't that sound crazy??
 
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NewClosetGrower

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LunaSetti said:
Thanks for the heads up. Saw the ballast had a 3 yr. warranty and flora hydro has been good to me so far, so figured it was worth a shot for the price. My local guy quoted me over $450.00 for a 600W setup (plus the bulb which is 90), and I can't do that. He doesn't carry any mag ballasts anymore, and I get the feeling he is roped into his prices due to franchise agreements, but I'm not sure. He also has 90w UFO lights for $500.00, doesn't that sound crazy??
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i hear ya man, the grow shop by me only carrys Sunsystem2 lights and everyone except the 1000w is a built in ballast and cant be cooled. and the 600w is $485..i dont know wtf hes thinking man, makes me wonder...
420Marine said:
Just thought I"d throw this link out their..probably not the best price for a 1000 watt kit but quality seems to justify the price...I wish it just said what brand ballast...

http://www.greenthumbhydroco.com/products/Power-Trip-Grow-Light-Bundle.html
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the limited lifetime warranty is probably pretty nice but for that kind of money man idk..i would go with an htg one with the 3 year warranty because i know personally (especially online) they dont ask any questions. just return the shit for you. and give you a new one. i only know one guy that had a ballast go bad from them and it wasnt even there brand. but he had his new one before they got there old one
 
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hornedfrog2000

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I would buy from HTG supply. I've had 2 bulbs go out I just called them up, and they sent out new ones the day I called. Very good customer service. They have a year warranty (I think) on bulbs.
 
LunaSetti

LunaSetti

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For the price I had to try the 600w dimmable for 175.00. (I couldn't pass it up for a backup). Anyway, just wanted to let you guys know it did not come with an off-brand ballast. It came with a Lumatek, so for the price of the system, I was more than happy.
 
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NewClosetGrower

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LunaSetti said:
For the price I had to try the 600w dimmable for 175.00. (I couldn't pass it up for a backup). Anyway, just wanted to let you guys know it did not come with an off-brand ballast. It came with a Lumatek, so for the price of the system, I was more than happy.
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lol thats a mistake on there part, haha. that kit from htg is 298.
 
LunaSetti

LunaSetti

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NewClosetGrower said:
lol thats a mistake on there part, haha. that kit from htg is 298.
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That's what I thought as well, but they had contacted me asking if I would wait for the ballast to get re-stocked, and that it should only take a couple days, and I said sure, and they let me know last week that the ballast was back in stock.
 
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Blunt Toker

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Ok so I need a timer. one that works with a 400 w hps from htg. from what I can tell all the timers at htg wouldn't work right?? Hope someone can help me out here, i've been manually doing this which sucks. trying to be home when it needs to be shut off is a pain.
 
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Blunt Toker

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i've tried the walmart timer but it would just turn off randomly so I don't trust those. I read up on it and those are not safe to use. So I am looking for a specific brand that someone is using and has had n o problems with. I have money to spend on a nice one so if anyone has any suggestions.
I know there are different ways to do this, I think they are called contractors or relays?? even a point in the right direction would be appreciated.
 
Upstategrower420

Upstategrower420

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Has anyone used Insidesun.com? It's the site the first 400 hps takes you from the op. I just don't want to throw money down the drain or get ripped off. It'll make me mad, you won't like me when I'm mad.
 
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Blunt Toker

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K so I figured out my problem... maybe this will help someone. So I bought a surge protector from Lowes and It takes up to 2200 joules, For some reason I was thinking it was more?? Anyways so far so good has worked perfect turns on and off when It is supposed to and no problems!! You just plug the ballast into the timer and then the timer into the surge protector that is grounded by screwing it into the wall. Hope this is what I need. After reading I realized that the power from the light "surges" when it is plugged in and is more than the timer can handle so the surge protector handles the load instead of the timer.
 
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