Sun Sysem Deal?

Anyone else think thats an insane deal? For the quality plus the 5 year warranty. Need to get your own bulb...but still. Also, anyone know if that thing would put out a lot more heat because of the built in ballast as opposed to remote ballast lights?


http://www.growlightexpress.com/grow-light-systems-2/sun-system-2-hps-400-watt-7.html

Yeah, that thing would be murder in any enclosed space.

I would make the ballast remote, that thing is going to get crazy hot. The best deal I found was through ebay. Cool tube, 400 watt digital ballast, bulb, and yo yo hangers all for $202 shipped
I would check out ebay, they have some nice deals on kits. Here is a nice one through high tech garden supplies ebay store: http://cgi.ebay.com/400-watt-HPS-GROW-LIGHT-GLASS-COOL-TUBE-Reflector-400w_W0QQitemZ400073739003QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5d2640cafb&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

The ballast puts off as much heat as the bulb so I would go for the remote. I bought a HTG Supply ballast,bulb and reflector for $120 and about $20 shipping. Two grows and it's still going strong...

Thanks guys...always thought about going with HTG. They seem to offer the best deals.

Sun system aint bad, But like everyone said heat can be an issue. I don't like the idea of 35lbs hanging over my girls

I just bought a SunSystem 250W convertible. This way I can run HPS for flowering and MH for veg. I think the system truly depends on the enclosure, I got a 250W as my enclosure is about a closet size. I have been checking on it periodically for the first day or so and so far the plant doesn't seem like it is getting to hot nor the enclosure but the 400W would have cooked my plant by now.

It might be worth the $$$ to get a unit that you can have options with.

htg has digital electronic ballast 400w cords bulb and decent reflector for $189 +17 shipping. you can also choose to get a metal halide and hps bulb for about 20 more but these are by far the best deals i have found on electronic systems i would reccomend it over a magnetic ballast any day! is the extra twenty or so bucks worth it absolutely. go to htgsupply.com and look at the digital greenhouse brand 2 year warranty a year on the bulb so basically a free bulb after your first two crops its a dank deal

It's something that I will never understand. I have a 250w Sun System with built-in ballast. That fucker runs hotter than my 600w air cooled light. If not hotter than at least AS hot.

Definitely way too hot for a 250w lamp.

I like the discount hydro xtreme lighting 400w digital i am gonna scoop one up a little more but better quality than the htg batwing reflector and thier air cooled. glass on the bottom my buddy can keep his about 6 inches from the girls.
discount-hydro.com

could you not make the ballast and all that external? isnt it just the same as we who buy those 150hps security lights. then we tear those apart and just make the ballast and igniter external

I'm using their 150watt system for my 3 plant grow and I must say I'm satisfied

I'm using that exact system in my tent. And it is a bitch to control heat with that ballast in there. Plus, there is no way to cool the bulb! I'm borrowing my friend's right now, so I can't wait to harvest and use an 'o' to purchase a remote ballasted and cooltubed 400 or 600W.

i just bought for $300 shipped to my door a 600w digital greenhouse kit with a air cooled hood and hps/mh bulbs from HTG supply . that stuff looks like quality to me , it was also packaged very well with very tough double boxed cardboard. i thought they had very good deals.

yea it sucks the ballast and bulb are built together I wanted to make a cooltube but to do that I'd have to open it up and I don't want to do that

litteringand... said:

I like the discount hydro xtreme lighting 400w digital i am gonna scoop one up a little more but better quality than the htg batwing reflector and thier air cooled. glass on the bottom my buddy can keep his about 6 inches from the girls.
discount-hydro.com

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poops on that i dont wanna spend 200 buck on the ballast alone i can get a lumatek for a lil cheaper than that. asw a matter of fact i got my entire grow light sytem for that price. not to mention the warranties are identical so i dont see any advantage to buying a NexGen ballast from them. they do look like quality ballasts though, just a lil out of my dirt poor price range haha

tom__420 said:

I would make the ballast remote, that thing is going to get crazy hot. The best deal I found was through ebay. Cool tube, 400 watt digital ballast, bulb, and yo yo hangers all for $202 shipped
I would check out ebay, they have some nice deals on kits. Here is a nice one through high tech garden supplies ebay store: http://cgi.ebay.com/400-watt-HPS-GROW-LIGHT-GLASS-COOL-TUBE-Reflector-400w_W0QQitemZ400073739003QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5d2640cafb&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

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That IS a good deal. Wish I'd seen that before.