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what is the best bang for your buck when buying a 100watt light system with the ability to hook up ventilation right to the reflective hood?
I would wanna build a cool tube like I saw in the FAQ section, but im not too good of an electrician and cant quite figure what exactly the steps are.
What is everyone's opinion?:rasta:
in my opinion, i would go to Hydroponics | Hydroponic Supplies and get one of the sunsystems hoods with the knock outs on both sides so you can get an adaptor and put it on there and blam its a rectangular reflector thats air cooled and focuses more lumens to your plants. and if you have the money, get a digital ballast!
I agree- Sunlight makes quality stuff. Don't go for the removeable louvers, though, if you're sure that you're going to air-cool the hood. It's a pain to make them really air-tight, which can allow for smell leaks in yer lighting exhaust. Also, they're by definition offset- you'll get better efficiancy if airflow is laminar over the bulb, with the built in vent flanges.
Fer Sunlight stuff, I really like the EconoCool- CoolSun if ya got the scratch.
I'll second the rec on the digi ballast- more lumens=more mojo.
Cool tubes are a drag to keep clean- dust builds up inside, foliar sprays outside. Not my favorite distribution pattern, either, unless you're gonna run a bunch of them in parallel.
My $.02
Rhizome tells the truth about cooltubes being a pita to clean .
I ended up using a furnace filter over my air intake for mine . But I love em . I can get up to 6in away from plants once they're adults w/o bleaching or heat issues . Before buying a digi ballast do some research on them - when they first came out I heard you cant use just any bulbs in them , bulb life issues ?
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile:
2nd gen digis are a lot better.
Only compatibility issue I've seen was Hort Blue halide 1ks not firing off one run of early lumateks- sucked, returned ballasts cause, well, Hort Blues rock.
So it sounds like the digital ballasts are unreliable? If there suggested to use what is a good brand?
Are those 1000 watt hortilux blues the bulbs that you can use throughout the entire life cycle of the plant.
also where can I get the best deals on sunlight stuff, Insidesun.com
found this on ebay, is this what your talking about Rhizome
eBay: SUN SYSTEM I HPS 1000 WATT ECONOCOOL REFLECTOR COMPLETE (item 3981343644 end time Jul-06-07 22:53:02 PDT)
If I'm not mistaken hortilux enhanced spectrum hps is dif. than the hortulux blue mh . I do use the old-school hortilux hps start to finish though because I don't have switchable ballasts or digi ballasts to run the new style ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by rickyanny
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile:
I know some folks who run the Hort BlueMH right through and love 'em.
Yes, that's the reflector I'm talking about. Go the extra $ for the decent bulb.
Remember, if you buy off Ebay- somebody has your name, Paypal #, and shipping address.
Walk into the Grow Shop w/ paper money- drive somebody else's car.