Building a HPS is cheaper?

[sensirie]

ok i will check them out thanks for the ref.

[steme]

People will sacrifice HUGE amounts of quality to save a few bucks? Building a light of your own is less quality? Thats odd I built a light and its been working perfect for years. And the case I keep it is so cold I can keep it in my grow cab. I love it. SCARY WIRES ahhhh. I learned how to wire my own light in about 30 secs while looking at this picture.

[Weedhound]

And if it breaks? If mine does anytime in 8 years its replaced off the shelf as Rhizome mentioned.

And yes, i'll stand by that statement. It's your word you built it....and your word it's worth as much as something I bought. I think I'll leave this discussion right there....have a good day.

[sensirie]

alright guyz just take a toke and sit back, i wasnt trying to start any fights, but i do have a question about hps lights. im gonna have 12 plants in a 11x5 area and i was going to run one 1k hps is that going to be enough? or should i consider another alternative
happy smokin :rasta::jointsmile:

[Zcomp]

I would consider more light for 55 Sqft. Although I don't think you'll need 55 Sqft. for only 12 plants. For 12 I would consider a few lights instead of one.
To weedhound, I think steme has a point for the electrically inclined. I do great wiring but never schooled for it. If something were to break, even past your warrentee date, He could just replace say... a capacitor. Knowing how to test your individual pieces, and having built it yourself, You have the cheapest repair allowed.
From my exp. building computers, I can say that manufacturers often put a cheap component or two under there "schnazzy" design. So it stands to reason that picking all your own known components would be an advantage. It always has been with my PC.
On the otherhand, I buy complete setups. I don't want to deal with my own troubleshooting. I have way too many other things in my brain right now. But if I were to go large scale, I wouldn't waste money on some fancy sticker and a UL #.