Sire Killem All
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Had seen those awhile back, I've never really cared for it. You have to dim past 630w to run it, so it under powering it, and forbid the idea of a accidentally increase in power (750,1000, 1100).
Club 315w lec
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dbkick
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bob223
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You will increase your yeild and size of your buds when the lec. when are you thinking about switching?
you wont regret it!
p.s. it looks like you were getting pretty good results with the 400. you should be be able to kill it with the lec once you get it dialed in
bwailer
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I think I am going to put in a double pole breaker. I purchased one yesterday so i will be putting it in sometime in the next few days.
bwailer
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It looks very nice!!
dbkick
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I kinda figured we were talking about two different things but wanted to state my opinion on the mickey mouse de ones.
bob223
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Yeah i was intrigued by the DE Lec mainly because the cost of a solis tek ballast is so low. but honestly the more i play with the 315 the more i realize that it is capable on its own.
I think i would get better results with multiple 315's then with a lec 630 or a double ended lec.
I believe 3x 315 lecs will rock a 8x8 NO problem. and that's about as big as i would ever go.
my last harvest i pulled 1lb off 1x 315lec the most i ever pulled of of 1x 1000w hps was slightly over 1lb. running the same genetics.
The 1 pound harvest has been my goal with the lec. I just need to see if i can maintain it. I have been pushing the light to just under a 4x4 foot print with no real consequence.
Buds are still huge and seem to be tighter then they were under hps. One major difference maybe that with hps i grew 6 smaller plants at a time, and now with Lec i grow 4 larger plants.
I couldn't be happier with the results i have been getting with this light.
ttystikk
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They may be giving up on it, as COB LED is making a big entry into the market.
dbkick
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You saw the spectrum, they aren't tossing in the towel quite yet.
ttystikk
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Spectrum is good, but efficiency is no longer competitive- and the power utilities are handing out free money to facilities that upgrade with energy efficient lighting, which makes all the difference.
dbkick
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The power companies can fuck themselves and MED (or whomever inspects these commercial grows around here)are full of shit and can't even do their job right.
Some of these commercial grows buy lights to get rebates just to turn around and craigslist the weak little lights and they're back to their 1+kw hid.
Evil-Mobo
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I am anxiously awaiting this bulb myself too. Meanwhile I will play with the 600w Blue MH and the new 1000W Platinum ballast and bulb that's en route as well.
dbkick
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which lamp would that be?
Evil-Mobo
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I thought you were talking about the release of this bulb:
http://www.eyehortilux.com/products/ceramic-hps.aspx
Waiting to try one out as I was please with my 315 LEC.
Right now I have this in the vert tent running on a Gold E series ballast:
http://www.eyehortilux.com/products/specific/600w-Hortilux-Blue
Evil-Mobo
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We were typing at the same time my apologies for the confusion.
I got the platinum ballast from Growers House and they include an enhanced HPS bulb (Eye Hortilux brand) with it so I will try that first. Thought is first half of flower under the 600 second half under the 1K.............. we will see how it works......
http://growershouse.com/hortilux-1000w-platinum-electronic-digital-ballast
ttystikk
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Lol I Love how you speak the truth about this industry!
As you know, I'm hard at work building lighting that not only gets the utility's subsidy money, but will be the envy of everyone who doesn't have it yet.