50000 square feet. Colorado Legal rec grow
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CCCmints
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this was a fun thread to go through and i'll be following for sure! you posted a link to the bulb you're using. would you mind linking us to the ballast and maybe what you would have chosen as a reflector had the owner not already purchased what you're using now?
the setup i run uses 2x 400w hortilux hps bulbs with lumatek digital ballasts, so i'm thinking converting to these 315s would be a really nice upgrade.
the setup i run uses 2x 400w hortilux hps bulbs with lumatek digital ballasts, so i'm thinking converting to these 315s would be a really nice upgrade.
Merlin34
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http://sustainablegt.com/ I'd get these for home use... There's a picture of the guts of the ballast somewhere in this thread.
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GroErr
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Nice op Merlin, sweet setup! First large op I've seen using these Elite Agro's. Those NS-500's are nice, I've been using the 315w Sun Systems version for about 18 months now, they're nice reflectors as well, around the same price. An easy win for replacing a couple of 400's and increasing production at the same time.
verticalgrow
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g'day Merlin,
are u running drippers to each pots?
are u running drippers to each pots?
High Power
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Hi Merlin, any pics of your electrical setup, ballast racks and the controller(s) for all those lights, totally wicked set-up.
Merlin34
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No ballast racks, ballasts are mounted on the hoods. Super cool running. No controllers either for lights, whole buildings grow lights are on a massive flip box... Environmental controllers are iponics.
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Merlin34
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High Power
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I luv the Iponic Controllers, I've installed several of them, mostly the iGrow 1400s, can I ask who built your flips, I build custom flips and panels for single and three-phase power up to 400A per controller. I see now where the ballasts are mounted to the shades, good idea, just flipping the power to the ballasts is better that flipping power between two lights and one ballast.
High Power
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You can purchase beam clamps that attach to the steel beams, then use some threaded rod and attach that to the slotted strut to keep the strut from sagging.
Hot Diggity Sog
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Those look great!
robincnn
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315 Phillips fixtures look like great lights. High CRI so lot of deep red in spectrum too.
That is one enormous grow space. I do not think I can work there, I guess to odor itself would make anyone high
. Cant wait to see this forest flowering. Good Luck.
I am trying to understand how many sqft per light.
I assume you got some insurance for that place. Did they require you to have UL Listed and/or damp/IP rated lamps for flower room?
That is one enormous grow space. I do not think I can work there, I guess to odor itself would make anyone high
. Cant wait to see this forest flowering. Good Luck.Does it mean 13000/450 = 29sfqft per light?
I am trying to understand how many sqft per light.
I assume you got some insurance for that place. Did they require you to have UL Listed and/or damp/IP rated lamps for flower room?
Merlin34
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One light per 4x4 area, and the lights are UL rated. Don't know squat about insurance, that'd be the owners relm.315 Phillips fixtures look like great lights. High CRI so lot of deep red in spectrum too.
That is one enormous grow space. I do not think I can work there, I guess to odor itself would make anyone high
Does it mean 13000/450 = 29sfqft per light?
I am trying to understand how many sqft per light.
I assume you got some insurance for that place. Did they require you to have UL Listed and/or damp/IP rated lamps for flower room?
Colorado
Merlin34
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Here ya go. This beast flips the power from one half the lights to the other for the whole facility. We have a separate transformer just for the lighting.
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