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Zinglons Acolyte
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: impgl]
#7873903 - 01/13/08 03:36 PM (16 years, 19 days ago) |
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sweet, thatll be awesome cause the area im going to be setting up as a grow room is in my computer room
-------------------- And they wandered off.. nine ways till bedfast. ----- "And lets pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space 'cause theres bugger-all down here on earth!" -Monty Python's "The Universe Song" from The Meaning of Life "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely considered as a bad move." -Douglas Adams "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" "If the words 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence McKenna
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Gr33nday43]
#7881206 - 01/14/08 11:54 PM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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I like metal halite for its bigger lights and better color on the plant..hps seem to give the color a less faint type of color
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Gr33nday43]
#7881306 - 01/15/08 12:21 AM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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Id say mh blue spectrum for vegitive growth. I don't know much about salvia but I know weed.
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Gr33nday43



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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. *DELETED* [Re: Cubie]
#7881812 - 01/15/08 05:51 AM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Gr33nday43]
#7881815 - 01/15/08 05:54 AM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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dont go with the cheapest thing possible, it is the worst way to go . you are better off getting a quality system or even better a digital system.
the cheep systems use more power, die faster and are LOUD HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
you will spend more in power pill in the first 6 months then you would to just buy a nice system.
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: royer]
#7881830 - 01/15/08 06:05 AM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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Good choice on the mh. Hps do have some white n blue spectrum but mh has WAY more. as for those clippings...... Yummy
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Cubie]
#7881933 - 01/15/08 07:04 AM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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i love the look of mh.... its purdy. when im in my hps, i feel like im in back in the time of dinosaurs for some reason
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: impgl]
#7881995 - 01/15/08 07:28 AM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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I know exactly what your talking about!!! That bright ass orangeush light... Mh is prettyer
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Cubie]
#7881999 - 01/15/08 07:30 AM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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I had hps in my bedroom for a few months. Its crazy when you get used to that light and then you go out in the world.
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Zinglons Acolyte
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Cubie]
#7882191 - 01/15/08 08:38 AM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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then what about the mh crossover lamps that are 4000k? they supposedly give proper spectrum for growing and blooming, but im skeptical.... anyone use these?
-------------------- And they wandered off.. nine ways till bedfast. ----- "And lets pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space 'cause theres bugger-all down here on earth!" -Monty Python's "The Universe Song" from The Meaning of Life "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely considered as a bad move." -Douglas Adams "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" "If the words 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence McKenna
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. *DELETED* [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
#7883836 - 01/15/08 02:57 PM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Gr33nday43]
#7883900 - 01/15/08 03:11 PM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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Why bother with a digi ballast and nice reflector and then cut your self short by choosing a sub standard lamp?
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Gr33nday43



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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. *DELETED* [Re: FecalDildo]
#7884015 - 01/15/08 03:30 PM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Gr33nday43]
#7897986 - 01/18/08 04:01 PM (16 years, 14 days ago) |
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I just got my first HID a few hours ago. Picked up an HPS ballast and lamp with an MH conversion bulb (You can find ones for cheap, $25-35ish, but cheaper = lower quality). This means the MH bulb works in a HPS ballast.
If you wanna save money, you can put together your own ballast. Google for HPS ballast kit, and for the Overgrow archives, they have step-by-step tutorials on setting it all up. It's actually pretty simple, but be sure to buy a case for the ballast if you go this route. You don't want that exposed.
Oh, and on vendors: My experience with InsideSun wasn't great. I know Mike is busy and all, and InsideSun is his side project, but the low prices aren't worth the long shipping time and piss-poor customer service. Why not delegate?
I turned off all the lights in my house, lit up the HPS. 10 minutes later, my entire house is a hideously bright orange. I actually intended to be in the same room as the light (it'll mainly be on MH, not so ugly), but even light reflected of a diffused surface is too bright.
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. *DELETED* [Re: Quake3]
#7898048 - 01/18/08 04:13 PM (16 years, 14 days ago) |
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Zinglons Acolyte
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Gr33nday43]
#7898156 - 01/18/08 04:33 PM (16 years, 14 days ago) |
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well, if the grow area is enclosed, you dont have to worry about the lighting being ugly, just patch up light leaks with duct tape,so u really just have to bother with which light the plants can use more of panda film does a good job keeping light in from what ive heard
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Gr33nday43 said: No... I'm going to get everything good. Where did the sub standard lamp thing come from?
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Gr33nday43 said: Nice. I'm going to go with a mh,
There you have it.
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Gr33nday43



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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. *DELETED* [Re: FecalDildo]
#7898512 - 01/18/08 06:05 PM (16 years, 14 days ago) |
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. *DELETED* [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
#7898516 - 01/18/08 06:06 PM (16 years, 14 days ago) |
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Zinglons Acolyte
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Gr33nday43]
#7898538 - 01/18/08 06:10 PM (16 years, 14 days ago) |
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i would just use both for the hell of it, full spectrum is the best spectrum
-------------------- And they wandered off.. nine ways till bedfast. ----- "And lets pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space 'cause theres bugger-all down here on earth!" -Monty Python's "The Universe Song" from The Meaning of Life "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely considered as a bad move." -Douglas Adams "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" "If the words 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence McKenna
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