Vivosun 1000wtt digital dimmable ballasts

shaggydog365

shaggydog365

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I've never used a dimmable ballast before, is it a good idea to dim the bulb with this ballast, what's your opinion on dimming?Is dimming worth it?
 
CobKits

CobKits

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prob would get some better responses from people with experience in the HID section

but in general, dimming HIDs make the lumen/watt efficiency go *down* (unlike LED which is the opposite, for a given setup, less power is higher efficiency in lumen/watt)
 
Airwalker16

Airwalker16

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CobKits said:
prob would get some better responses from people with experience in the HID section

but in general, dimming HIDs make the lumen/watt efficiency go *down* (unlike LED which is the opposite, for a given setup, less power is higher efficiency in lumen/watt)
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Not only does the efficiency go down drastically when dimming HID, but the bulbs Color Spectrum will not be what's intended or advertised.
Go LED!!!
 
shaggydog365

shaggydog365

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CobKits said:
prob would get some better responses from people with experience in the HID section

but in general, dimming HIDs make the lumen/watt efficiency go *down* (unlike LED which is the opposite, for a given setup, less power is higher efficiency in lumen/watt)
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Ok, thanks
 
shaggydog365

shaggydog365

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Airwalker16 said:
Not only does the efficiency go down drastically when dimming HID, but the bulbs Color Spectrum will not be what's intended or advertised.
Go LED!!!
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Ok thanks. Yeah someday I'm going led, but there so expensive. I've been looking into HLG, and Spektrum king, someday.
 
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