ShibaSpeak
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Right on brother, that picture is definitely food for thought.
Thankyou for all your help. 1 last question I may have already asked but what type of footprint do you get off each one?
Right on brother, that picture is definitely food for thought.
How close do you keep your Gavitas to your plants? Is it due to actual light burn or heat burn you dont go any closer? How do you cool your grow with them? Ive read most commercial growers use a wind sheer with Gavitas or do you just go overboard on cooling? How big of a footprint does it put out once hung? What kind of yield do you see over 1 1000 watt with it?
If you read what Gavita publishes about their products you will see that Gavita makes no claims based on speculations, but based on trials and science. Please show me one quote where Gavita makes unreasonable claims about yield increase. There is one thing I promise you: If you are an experienced grower having >20% more light (depending on your current configuration) will get you more yield. How much? That's up to your expertise.I always get concerned with first time posters who just pop up in time to "market" a new product.....
Oh I have never posted here but I was just randomly googling my light system and saw you were asking questions...
It is UNBELIEVABLE, you must run right out and buy it right NOW!!!!! It is the greatest light system in the world. I get 10x the yeild that I got from 100, 1000 watt HIDS with just 1, 10 watt Gavitas!!!!
If it is too good to be true, it most likely isnt true.
The shown fixture in this topic is a standard Gavita HortiStar bracket, where they (the shop, not Gavita) took off the reflector and rotated the connection box 180 degrees to get the cord out on top probably, and mount it inside an excisting reflector. This is a potential problem. The connection box is supposed to be on the outside of the reflector, not in it. This can lead to a too high temperature of the connection leads in there. We wire the fixture with special heat resistant wire to a cool place outside the reflector: the connection box. Placing this connection box inside a very hot reflector is a serious risk. Of course any modified reflector like this is no longer UL recognized anymore (nor would it ever pass the test) and shouldn't even be sold. Obvious we offer no warranty on any part of this fixture and we do not recommend using it. Safety is not something you should take lightly.
As said, when cooled you lose up to 20% of light from the lamp only, not even taking into account the glass filter or reflector. It's just a bad idea. We tried it, doesn't work. It would be about as efficient (or even a bit less) than a Hortilux 1000W instead of 15% more efficient.
For Sunlight Supply we built a 1000W DE in one of their air cooled reflectors. It did not work so it will never see the market with a double ended lamp or we would have made it already, believe me![]()