Quote Originally Posted by hanayama
yea.....im leaning towards straight HID.
dont you need more lumens in your flower room than in your veg room tho? i think i read somewhere about that.( i.e. 20,000 lumens for veg. and 50,000 for flower)
maybe it has to do with simulating nature more...higher sun intensity in summer and early fall when a plant would start flowering...

i have a 400 watt HPS with a switchable ballast already. so i could make that a MH and could get a 600 watt HPS for flower.

but then im back to the energy usage.
im definatley not trying to have a crazy electric bill...

hmmm...must smoke....more on this later im sure
If you use two 400 watts you'll only be using 800 watts at any given time and use a total of 12Kwh a day if you use the 18/6 and 12/12 schedules. Thats 360Kwh a month. Not bad I say :thumbsup:

Not too shabby if you ask me

edit: Also it's worth noting that your flower room will be more intense than your veg room even if your wattages are the same in both rooms. Remember HPS puts out more lumens than MH per watt. :thumbsup: