1000w hps

webb107

webb107

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would it be worth getting a 1000w HPS light for 6 plants in a 4x4 size room or stick with the 600watt?
 
Essex

Essex

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40-60w per ft2 normaly recomended for flowering, so yes if ya can keep that big bad boy cool! :-)
 
Essex

Essex

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bare in mind that a 1000W HPS puts off 140,000 lumens and a 600w HPS puts off 90,000 lumens. if you break it down lumens per watt the 600w HPS puts of more lumens per watt. so it depends what ya want, there is no right or wrong just what you think is best :-)
 
deprave

deprave

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I say yeah go for the 1000...really why mess around with the 600's when 1000w is usually cheaper - Longterm 600 is going to be cheaper cause less electrcity - sure 600W covers more area but its less intensity and less lumens and adding more lights doesnt really fix that - it just covers more area with the same ammount of lumens (a lot of people don't understand this part), so I battled this question in my head for along time 600vs1000 and I decided not to waste my time with the 600's and just get 1000's its cheaper start up cost anyway and electric cost is not an issue for me..600's is more efficent when it comes to coverage area and longterm cost, 1000W is more lumens and roughly the same or cheaper startup cost with a more expensive longterm cost to run the lights.. So the choice I guees is efficency in power and coverage area vs efficency in light penatration or lumens...

Basically: I would use 600's if I had to use a lot of lights because of a large grow room and 1,000 If I did not need many lights (medium-small growroom)..

Hope that helped....
 
webb107

webb107

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deprave said:
I say yeah go for the 1000...really why mess around with the 600's when 1000w is usually cheaper - Longterm 600 is going to be cheaper cause less electrcity - sure 600W covers more area but its less intensity and less lumens and adding more lights doesnt really fix that - it just covers more area with the same ammount of lumens (a lot of people don't understand this part), so I battled this question in my head for along time 600vs1000 and I decided not to waste my time with the 600's and just get 1000's its cheaper start up cost anyway and electric cost is not an issue for me..600's is more efficent when it comes to coverage area and longterm cost, 1000W is more lumens and roughly the same or cheaper startup cost with a more expensive longterm cost to run the lights.. So the choice I guees is efficency in power and coverage area vs efficency in light penatration or lumens...

Basically: I would use 600's if I had to use a lot of lights because of a large grow room and 1,000 If I did not need many lights (medium-small growroom)..

Hope that helped....
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1000w it is then +rep for the answer
 
Xan2

Xan2

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A 1000w HPS runs very hot and need good ventilation(450+ CFM) exhausted outside the room otherwise an A/C will be requiered as well.
 
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