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edwardvanhalen123456

edwardvanhalen123456

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Hey guys, I am getting a mars hydro 2 series and it has a switch for veg and bloom.
Should I keep both of them on throughout the whole grow?

I was thinking if I keep both on, the plant will grow quicker. What would you guys do?
 
Airwalker16

Airwalker16

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edwardvanhalen123456 said:
Hey guys, I am getting a mars hydro 2 series and it has a switch for veg and bloom.
Should I keep both of them on throughout the whole grow?

I was thinking if I keep both on, the plant will grow quicker. What would you guys do?
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Why dont you search this? There are so many threads that look just-like-this.
 
Cx2H

Cx2H

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edwardvanhalen123456 said:
Hey guys, I am getting a mars hydro 2 series and it has a switch for veg and bloom.
Should I keep both of them on throughout the whole grow?

I was thinking if I keep both on, the plant will grow quicker. What would you guys do?
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Wait! No! Don't! Stop!
1 ch is half power, 2 ch is full power. 2 ch good. 1 channel bad.
Hey when the mars blows out you can wire 6 COB's up in the frame for about a 100$ and get 200 cob watts...
#Random
 
edwardvanhalen123456

edwardvanhalen123456

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Airwalker16 said:
Why dont you search this? There are so many threads that look just-like-this.
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Should I just stop posting threads on here? Seriously it's ridiculous how some of you give me so much shit for asking questions.
If you don't like it don't post anything. God damn some of you ppl need to take a xanax or something.

I like to get answers from ppl on this site because you guys know more than me and I never seen a thread that looks exactly like this.
So why do you post on my thread just to fuck with me? I know someone will give me a good opinion about this so please don't post on my threads if your just going to bitch about it.
 
edwardvanhalen123456

edwardvanhalen123456

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Cx2H said:
Wait! No! Don't! Stop!
1 ch is half power, 2 ch is full power. 2 ch good. 1 channel bad.
Hey when the mars blows out you can wire 6 COB's up in the frame for about a 100$ and get 200 cob watts...
#Random
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Thank you for not being an asshole like airwhalker. Ok so now I know what is the better option.
Do you think that the mars hydro suck because you mentioned about it blowing out.
 
Cx2H

Cx2H

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edwardvanhalen123456 said:
Should I just stop posting threads on here? Seriously it's ridiculous how some of you give me so much shit for asking questions.
If you don't like it don't post anything. God damn some of you ppl need to take a xanax or something.

I like to get answers from ppl on this site because you guys know more than me and I never seen a thread that looks exactly like this.
So why do you post on my thread just to fuck with me? I know someone will give me a good opinion about this so please don't post on my threads if your just going to bitch about it.
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Well I meant no harm by my post so hope you don't take it that way.
* I got some XO and sugar wax ATM.*
 
Cx2H

Cx2H

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edwardvanhalen123456 said:
Thank you for not being an asshole like airwhalker. Ok so now I know what is the better option.
Do you think that the mars hydro suck because you mentioned about it blowing out.
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The mars is just not a good light IMO. I have 4 panels atm and all of them suck. The mars style one blew a diode and half the board is out. It can be fixed for about .75 cents but why it runs way to hot and the foot print sucks. I could of got 3-5 citizen cobs and driver for what it cost and ran better and cooler.

If you like those LED types look at viparspectras line they work rather well and a few members here use them and have blogs.
 
edwardvanhalen123456

edwardvanhalen123456

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Cx2H said:
Well I meant no harm by my post so hope you don't take it that way.
* I got some XO and sugar wax ATM.*
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I just get pissed at how some ppl say I posted this already. It's just getting annoying.
You gave me a nice specific answer and I appreciate it. I was talking about air walker saying about how I can find this question anywhere, I didn't mean you.

I talked to another guy that had his mars hydro blow out too. Now I am starting to think about not getting it. Thank you for telling me about that because now I'm having second thoughts about getting it. What kind of led do you think I should get? Some ppl told me to get a vapastar or something like that. I can't remember the name.

How long did it take for your hydro to blow a diode? Thanks for the advice I really appreciate someone who can answer my question and not be an asshole like airwalker.
Have a good day buddy.
 
edwardvanhalen123456

edwardvanhalen123456

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Will-In-China said:
@edwardvanhale whats your budget and the size of room you want to cover?
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200 bucks and the mars hydro is 180.
I just watched another vid of it and if I get an led I'm definitely getting the mars.
I don't have a tent for growing so I grow in my bedroom. I will only be growing one plant at a time.
I'm worried about how much electricity it takes up.
I use cfl's and they barely take up much electricity.

Do you think if I get the led it will raise my electricity bill by a lot. I know my buddy used an hps and it raised his bill a lot.
 
Cx2H

Cx2H

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edwardvanhalen123456 said:
200 bucks and the mars hydro is 180.
I just watched another vid of it and if I get an led I'm definitely getting the mars.
I don't have a tent for growing so I grow in my bedroom. I will only be growing one plant at a time.
I'm worried about how much electricity it takes up.
I use cfl's and they barely take up much electricity.

Do you think if I get the led it will raise my electricity bill by a lot. I know my buddy used an hps and it raised his bill a lot.
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Sounds like a question for @Olive Drab Green he runs an led better than the mars and 30 bucks less but the bill part he would know I assume.
 
Will-In-China

Will-In-China

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edwardvanhalen123456 said:
What do you think about how much electricity it will put out. I don't want my light bill to go up by a lot.
Also do you think the light will get really hot or do they normally be cool.
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CFL's typically run at about 0.4 umol per Watt so you you will be much better with LED as the newer led systems are now getting over 2.2 umol per Watt.

The operating temp is 85 - 105F or 638 BTU for the Mars 2 - 400

150F to me feels hot but is bearable to touch (its different for everyone)
 
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RM3

RM3

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edwardvanhalen123456 said:
Hey guys, I am getting a mars hydro 2 series and it has a switch for veg and bloom.
Should I keep both of them on throughout the whole grow?

I was thinking if I keep both on, the plant will grow quicker. What would you guys do?
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Hey Ed, take a look at this link,

https://www.rollitup.org/t/looking-for-the-highest-quality-gear.913112/#post-12718637

@papagrizz pulled 5.8 ounces off this one plant usin a Mars led light, and yes he had a panel fail after a year or so but Mars sent him a replacement. I'm not sayin Mars is the bomb but it is obviously not crap either. A big problem in pot forums is too many do not properly understand how to use light within the bigger picture of total environment
 
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