Club 315w lec

I'm swapping out 3x600mh and 3x600hps for all cmh 315. And adding a 4th to the flower room (4x315 cmh). Better light than a typical mh or hps, but lower amp draw.

DemonTrich said:

I'm swapping out 3x600mh and 3x600hps for all cmh 315. And adding a 4th to the flower room (4x315 cmh). Better light than a typical mh or hps, but lower amp draw.

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I needed 4 x 315W CMH for 3 x 600W HPS.

Javadog said:

OK, lets all just forget about that other bulb.....

I figure that I am more likely to move to either LED or to another
315W LEC when I give up my 600W HPS anyway.

LOL

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Ceramic HPS is intriguing; your post is the first i've heard of it. I have heard of a 600w Ceramic MH bulb thats coming out though.

I'd be impressed if it would out perform 2x LEC 315's. Not only would I be impressed but I would probably be a convert Two of either of those bulbs could seriously kick ass with air cooled hoods.

With the hype (so far well deserved hype that is) around all things ceramic- its only a matter of time before our grow tents, vent fans, pots, etc... are all Ceramic too!


I used to bloom with like 1350 watts in a 5x5. Now I have 945w in a 4x8. The only problem I've had with LEC lights is that I get light bleaching if they are too close (which is still like 2 feet away). For that reason I would potentially be a little hesitant to do a 600w CMH. Its also why I generally discourage people from getting the 2 in 1 630w fixture- I just think its literally too much light for such a small space. IMO you get better spread with spread out 315's.

I'm sure you could build a superior room with mulitple 630s' but i'm sure you need a shitload of vertical space as well as a huge horizontal space

GemuGrows said:

Ceramic HPS is intriguing; your post is the first i've heard of it. I have heard of a 600w Ceramic MH bulb thats coming out though.

I'd be impressed if it would out perform 2x LEC 315's. Not only would I be impressed but I would probably be a convert Two of either of those bulbs could seriously kick ass with air cooled hoods.

With the hype (so far well deserved hype that is) around all things ceramic- its only a matter of time before our grow tents, vent fans, pots, etc... are all Ceramic too!

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You're still waiting for ceramic grow pots?

Lol

ttystikk said:

You're still waiting for ceramic grow pots?

Lol

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LOL,

Nice catch

I'll have 2' max in my flower room. Might be able to squeeze another 3" if I'm lucky when I rebuild at the end of the month. I'll finish vegging under the cmh bulbs as soon as I get them in the mail.

I'm hoping my hood will help with the bleaching by spreading the light wider bs centered. Plus adjustable socket helps too.

Kinda getting annoyed at this point. My new LEC315 galaxy ballast keeps going into protection mode. I've been trying a bunch of different stuff. Does anybody have any idea what will put a digital ballast into "protection mode?"


I've tried many things- but i'm open to any suggestions.

Short?

Potentially; i'll look into that.

Pretty much what happens: My bulb will fire up for a short time- but i'm not sure how long. Id say like 2 hours at the longest. Then it will turn off and the ballast will go into protection mode

Overheating

Swap a bulb out

DemonTrich said:

Overheating

Swap a bulb out

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It could be the bulb- I don't think its overheating though. Its not felt any warmer than any other digital ballasts i've used.

If I can't figure it out i'll have to bring it back to the grow shop I suppose and see what they can do about it

Sorry to hear that but thank you for sharing Guru.

Let us know what comes of it....it might be us next. :^/

Javadog said:

Sorry to hear that but thank you for sharing Guru.

Let us know what comes of it....it might be us next. :^/

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Hah will do homie If worst comes to worst one of my buddies has like 5 extra 1000w hps and a few 600w hps setups I can choose from to borrow. I just flipped to bloom so I have like 2 weeks to figure it all out before the light is super important. My 2 LEC315's honestly are probably enough to bloom a 4x8 with- or at the very least to get it going. But I really wanna try this light lmao

Anyone tried these?: https://www.amazon.com/LED2020-Ceramic-Discharge-Halide-31000LM/dp/B01B4CUIL8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478725341&sr=8-2&keywords=led2020+315&th=1

I bought one recently off eBay. I fired it up once on my Phillips 315W ballast and it did fire, surprisingly. The bulb itself just looked super cheap and I was hesitant about the bulb life and other things. I returned it.

So thanks to all the club 315lec.
Preliminary results:
Buds were put into jars yesterday so they will dry a bit more but they have been drying in a shed for a week for a slow cool dry at temps in the 60's day and 50's at night.
332grams of legit main colas(I mainlined 5 plants in 5 gallon buckets) and I had three other plants in 1 gallon buckets all in a 4x2 tent with a 190 cfm hurricane fan and a 4x16 mountain air filter.

I lost one California Orange plant to Hermies(6th one).
And I chopped one California Orange in a 5 gallon and 1 in a 1 gallon at 8 weeks because of security breech.

oh and 71 grams of larf

I will NEVER go back to my 1000hps even though I never had DE1000. My heat was lower and my draw was lower. I estimate 12oz of real bud.

Thanks Again
@GroErr @Bad Karma @BobBitchen

Comparing to your previous hid grow, how'd the cmh stack up?

This is a tricky question but I will give some of my results.
My basement had three 1000hps
1 light had a perpetual of "crops" a lot of Cash Crop Ken "Shishkaberry" and "Northern Lights" that were 8 week strains that I flipped. Solid 1.25 lbs a light no questions asked.
The second was my plants, White widow, California Orange California Orange x Northern Lights, Citral and NYC Diesel the stuff I liked to smoke.

The third light had my long flowering sativas...Reeferman Apple Pie, Hazey, and a few other longer flowering plants.

My only observation is the following. In a 4x2 tent with a 315lec the coverage was great because of the reflective walls. In my old basement each 1000hps had an area of 5'x5' but I would rotate plants in the area so that was different.
315lec power consumption was 1/3, heat was a lot less.

I think that this list in a 4'x4' would crush it if you used 3.5' x 3.5'....I did not have the space so I am only speculating.

If I did not lose one plant to hermies and flowered the other Calio-o to 10 weeks I woulld have pulled close to a pound of legit buds with one 315lec. Quality of the buds was good, density good, canopy penetration was not as deep as the 1000hps BUT it is only a 315 w.

Just my .02....and I will weigh them after two weeks of cure, either way I think these lights rock and I am very happy with them.

Thanks for the review.

Were you running open or enclosed hoods on the 315?

ilovetoskiatalta said:

So thanks to all the club 315lec.
Preliminary results:
Buds were put into jars yesterday so they will dry a bit more but they have been drying in a shed for a week for a slow cool dry at temps in the 60's day and 50's at night.
332grams of legit main colas(I mainlined 5 plants in 5 gallon buckets) and I had three other plants in 1 gallon buckets all in a 4x2 tent with a 190 cfm hurricane fan and a 4x16 mountain air filter.

I lost one California Orange plant to Hermies(6th one).
And I chopped one California Orange in a 5 gallon and 1 in a 1 gallon at 8 weeks because of security breech.

oh and 71 grams of larf

I will NEVER go back to my 1000hps even though I never had DE1000. My heat was lower and my draw was lower. I estimate 12oz of real bud.

Thanks Again
@GroErr @Bad Karma @BobBitchen

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Awesome haul, sounds like a keeper. Those 315's are legit producers and great quality. Cheers.

DemonTrich said:

Thanks for the review.

Were you running open or enclosed hoods on the 315?

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no open light and i don't think i would run cooling...not needed.