Wasted Seed
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MY budget on the light or lights is 300$. I was wondering what the consensus is on LED or CMH.
I am leaning more towards CMH.
I am leaning more towards CMH.
All I can say is the stuff I linked is the cheapest way IMO to get into Phillips bulbs with a kick ass reflector and a decent ballast. There are cheaper reflectors but this one has the added benefit where you can buy an inexpensive A/C kit and run your 315 A/C like the bigger lights if you need or want to. The prism ballast also has a 5 year warranty which is two more than the phillips ballast. I have never had an issue with growers house and shop there often. This prism kit is basically their in house brand so I wouldn't worry about CS if needed for some reason.Thanks Evil for the links. I was looking at this one, what is your opinion on it? http://www.htgsupply.com/products/htg-supply-400w-ceramic-metal-halide-grow-light
Not a problem bro, but I assure you I already put all the hours in lol. I use to own a Sunsytem 315 LEC and that's the only other thing I would consider at the moment, but it will cost you more and not be able to A/C, and not have the ballast remotely mounted which means more heat in the grow area. The only difference will be a Phillips ballast with two years warranty less than the Prism kit":Appreciate it, I will give it a week for my mind to settle on one this is a new idea and I don't want to just pick one now then be pissed later because i didn't look hard enough.
thats a 240 volt unit. and i don't think real cmh,' come in 400 watts, only 315's and a 630Thanks Evil for the links. I was looking at this one, what is your opinion on it? http://www.htgsupply.com/products/htg-supply-400w-ceramic-metal-halide-grow-light
There is a mogul base 400 watt cmh available at HTG. But it is meant for enclosed fixtures only and they will sell it with an open reflector.thats a 240 volt unit. and i don't think real cmh,' come in 400 watts, only 315's and a 630
How did you like this setup? It looks really nice.I just swapped my entire veg and flower rooms to ALL cmh set up. Veg was 3x600mh, now 3x315 cmh 942 philips cdm elite bulbs. Flower was 3x600hps, now to 4x315cmh 930 philips agro bulbs. View attachment 3845474 View attachment 3845475
So what distance from the canopy do you recommend?I'm still rocking the cmh. Doing better than ever expected. The 20k bulb life is a farce. They "may" run 20k hrs, but in our world, they won't. I swapped out my veg bulbs already.
I've also tested the Philip's 942 bulbs vs the philip's 930 bulbs in flower. Only real difference I noticed was a bit of heat saving with the 942. Now I'll run 942 in spring/summer, and run the 930 in fall/winter.
Just a 1/4 of my room.
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