Fluro question.

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Originally Posted by IthoughtIknewitall

Notanovice are you saying 400 watts of flouro tubes would cost the same to run as a 400 watt HPS?

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yes

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Originally Posted by notanovice

it would cost more in eletricity to run 400watts of floros than a 400 watt hps

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this is wrong, sorry :(

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Originally Posted by notanovice

i`m talking about operational costs, the floros work fine for veg. stage if used properly.
this is just an example to help show you what i mean:
electric kilowatts used by floros will cost about the same as a mh or hps light.
the difference is the light output
the high powered lights are more electrically efficient, using less electricity to power the light, thus costing less to run than floros.
dont get me wrong, floros work fine
just was informing you that floros cost about the same to run as the hps and mh lights

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sorry bout the faux paus :o

Ok how about this question on lighting.

I have a 250 hps but would like more for flowering.
What would be better, Buying another 250 hps and running both (500 watt) or buying a 400 watt hps and running it on its own.
Logic tells me go with the 2 x 250 hps.
Cheers peops.
ps. getting a bit on edge, my lady is not far off. The trichones are still clear but think I can see the occasional cloudy one.

Get the 400 if you can, the 250 does not have the intensity to penetrate the canopy as well as the 400 will.


L0rdsOth :D

hi colliefish,if you can afford to buy the 600W hps growlux it's the most economic lamp on the market,i went from a 400W hps to the 600W hps,what a difference in bud production!!!!not noticed much of a difference in the eletric bill either..hope this helps..love an respect...spliffbuilder.

thanks both of you.
Your help is much appreciated.
Cheers

First of all, useing 400 watts of fluros. would cost a hell of a lot more than useing 400 watts of hps or mh. The best way to explain it is to look at the amps require to run the fixture its self , higher the amps the high the cost. In turn if you have a 40 watt fluro fixture look at what the amps are on that fixture, you would need 10 of those fixtures to equal the same amount of watts as one 400 watt hps. If your concern is cost of electricity than you shoul look at your lights and see if they are what we call in the electrical trade a multi-tap ballast. this meaning you can run your lights at different voltages, higher the voltage lower the amps less cost to the consumer. Unless you have a friend who is an electrician that you trust to know what you are doing with these light forget it. I don't recomend trying that your self. Hope this helps you in any decitions you need to make as far as cost vs. effect, GOOD LUCK.

Hi redeyed,

Thanks for the tip.
Although I am quite handy on the home improvements I will give this chance of electicution a miss, I dont know a sparky I could trust well enough to play with my balast. Looks like I will have to go with a 400 or 600 hps for flowering. As for growing I am going to stick with the fluro's because I have already got them.

Cheers :D

dudes I have 6 shop lights full specrum throwing off about 30,000 lumens I have went full cycle begining to finish with 30,000 lumen's of flourecent lights and my yeild was great! I guess if you can bring the flourecent lights up to a HIGH enough lumen,you could do just as well with your harvest! of course it may cost a little more in the long run but I used many systems and I found not much of a difference over all other then a couple of hundred bucks over a 2 year period............not a big difference.....not in anyway am I saying that mh is not as good of course I be a fool to say that infact mh is much better for growth plus much more,just wanted to make clear that you can pull off some good grows with flourecents!..............30,000 lumen's is 30,000 lumens not matter what lamp's you have......correct? if not please correct me.