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the light works great.. however they dont mention it is an outdoor lamp and not a grow light. so the housing is rather large and i dont want to ruin the light by trying to take it out, will probably have to mount it on the side of my rubbermaid i am planning to grow in. if anyone is interested i can post pictures as there are no pics of the light on the site. but overall i am happy, for 30 bucks, im probably getting around 12000 lumens after the light is filtered through the glass.
 
yeah bud, PLEASE post pics, im very intrested in this light

stealthy44 said:
the light works great.. however they dont mention it is an outdoor lamp and not a grow light. so the housing is rather large and i dont want to ruin the light by trying to take it out, will probably have to mount it on the side of my rubbermaid i am planning to grow in. if anyone is interested i can post pictures as there are no pics of the light on the site. but overall i am happy, for 30 bucks, im probably getting around 12000 lumens after the light is filtered through the glass.
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These guys are real good, owner offers 1 year free replacement on dead ballast and I have used the replacement feature on one which died after 8months and it was no hassle.

http://www.hidhut.com/catalog/hid-hut-digital-ballasts-c-21_35.html

400W MH/HPS 120/240V Digital Smart Ballast $119.99 (I have 3 of these, they are good for cheap ballasts)
250W HPS/MH 120/240V Digital Smart Ballast $89.99
600 HPS- 120/240V Digital Smart Ballast 179.99

http://www.hidhut.com/catalog/full-spectrum-400w-hps-bulb-p-59.html 400W HPS Bulb 24.99

Those first 2 will run either HPS or MH ^^^^^ bulbs. Just screw in the one you want.

Look around a bit, they also have decent prices on other stuff, got one of their econo cool tubes and its pretty damn nice. I also have one of there 1000W dimmable digital balasts (they are currently sold out on those I think)
 
nutesforless.com is a good one so is discountadvancednutrients.com
im also feeling vu-du.com the beans are legit and so is there other stuff.
 
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here are the pictures of the light. i still have yet to mount it in my rubbermaid. just found out two of my three were males and still waiting on the last one to sex. its sadly the smallest but growing now that its all alone. anyone else that gets this light, let me know how it turns out.
 
yeah no problem. i havent been doing much with the light, but i just figured out it is easy to take apart. i just separated it from the case and will probably make a new thread sometime within the next week asking what to do with it, not sure where to put the ignitor and ballast. the light is going in a rubbermaid box. will also need to order a fan to keep it cool. anyway, the light is a steal at 30 dollars. its even got a quality philips bulb, not some generic brand.
 
im going to add i havent been doing much because of school work. haha procrastinating at the moment with this light. if your interested i can post pictures of the light now that i took it out of the case, it will probably be more useful, it would be stupid to try to grow with a flood lamp still in the case. i now even have a nice reflector for my 150 watt hps. the dimensions with the reflector end up being 7.25L x 7.25W x 3.25H. again let me know if you want pics. i might be able to get them up tonight, but it might take me a week also haha, just need to finish this essay on uniformitarianism and catastrophism. ill sum this up with I cant believe they still have that light on sale. if you were on the fence about buying it, just do it. and let me know how it turns out. ill do the same when i get it up and running, still hoping for a female. it would suck to get 3/3 males on my first grow.
 
hey stealthy 44 question for you...

it says on the website for that light you bought it comes without a cord? what the hell does that mean? do you have to have wiring skills to get this thing plugged in?

I see those green and white wires coming out of it
 
it means it does not have a power cord. they sell one for 2.95 under lighting accessories. then all you need to do is cut the end off the power cord and strip the wires and attach the black to black, white to white, and the green to green, green is ground. can anyone else explain how important the ground wire is on a ballast? because after taking the light apart the green becomes useless. So your answer is no, you dont need any wiring skills, you just have to be able to strip a few wires and tape with electrical tape or one of those plastic caps.

EDIT: it looks like they jacked the prices up for the light too by 10 dollars. now 39.99. but not only that, they raised the prices of everything on the website pretty significantly.

SquishMitten said:
hey stealthy 44 question for you...

it says on the website for that light you bought it comes without a cord? what the hell does that mean? do you have to have wiring skills to get this thing plugged in?

I see those green and white wires coming out of it
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