New Induction Grow light

[squarepush3r]

any updates? bumpp

[bubbas]

any updates? bumpp

Hi Everyone sorry for the long MIA...long story.
Well we finally got our order of Induction lights in one and a half months late due to production problems. Here are some pictures of them with reflectors. We have been advised by our lawers not to publish a grow journal with them unfortunatly. We will however publish measurements of light quality and comparing them to other light sources. We will be measuring Lux, Par, heat and current draw from different lighting sources HPS, large CFL's, EFDL, and mircrowave sulpher plasma at different heights and light distribution over a given area. We are thinking of loaning or selling a light (special pricing) to someone to do a grow journal with. Anyone interested?

[squarepush3r]

Hi Everyone sorry for the long MIA...long story.
Well we finally got our order of Induction lights in one and a half months late due to production problems. Here are some pictures of them with reflectors. We have been advised by our lawers not to publish a grow journal with them unfortunatly. We will however publish measurements of light quality and comparing them to other light sources. We will be measuring Lux, Par, heat and current draw from different lighting sources HPS, large CFL's, EFDL, and mircrowave sulpher plasma at different heights and light distribution over a given area. We are thinking of loaning or selling a light (special pricing) to someone to do a grow journal with. Anyone interested?

hi. would love to see some lux/par reports from these. Which model did you end up getting? The 3600k as you mentioned above?

[stra8outtaWeed]

i would be interested how these might team up with LED's...i have 3500k warm white LED's in my lights but the lower 2100k might be useful!:jointsmile:

[bubbas]

hi. would love to see some lux/par reports from these. Which model did you end up getting? The 3600k as you mentioned above?

I have them in 2700K and 6500K in 300 watt and 2700K in 400watt. As for testing LED's they do not measure like other sources in other words you can't use a quantum light meter to measure LED's for some reason.

[lifted247]

I just read all 50 something posts and i would have to say this thread is extremely informational, Now this is the info that i gathered, and bubba if ur still there let me know if im right
Induction lighting is gonna cost me a little bit more for the ballast reflector and bulb than either MH or HPS, but it is also going to be more efficient, low heat, so that means the exra money i pay for INDCTN lighting i woll actually save some money because i wont have to buy expensive inline fans and running a lot of tubing for ventilation, is this correct? The picturs were very helpful, but if you could maybe put all the info into like a comparison chart that showed like lumens, heat, kw/hr stuff like that i believe it wuld help. I am extremely interested as i will be settingup my first multi plant grow room in a month and am currently trying to figure how i want to light it

[khyberkitsune]

I thought I'd drop in with a bit of news - expect to see HID-based induction systems coming sooner or later. I figured out how to deal with the fused quartz tube messing with the induction field and causing severe diminishing of light output. Now if I could only find a manufacturer that can actually do the construction of the tube, because it's a bit more complicated than the typical HID tube.

[bubbas]

I just read all 50 something posts and i would have to say this thread is extremely informational, Now this is the info that i gathered, and bubba if ur still there let me know if im right
Induction lighting is gonna cost me a little bit more for the ballast reflector and bulb than either MH or HPS, but it is also going to be more efficient, low heat, so that means the exra money i pay for INDCTN lighting i woll actually save some money because i wont have to buy expensive inline fans and running a lot of tubing for ventilation, is this correct? The picturs were very helpful, but if you could maybe put all the info into like a comparison chart that showed like lumens, heat, kw/hr stuff like that i believe it wuld help. I am extremely interested as i will be settingup my first multi plant grow room in a month and am currently trying to figure how i want to light it

I will be publishing my comparison in a week or so. I'm trying to borrow a 1000 watt HPS from a friend. I have all the other types of lights already. I'll be trying to use the same wattage for each type of lighting or close as i can. Another major benifit in cost that your missing is that these last 100000 hours or about 24 years on a 12/12 cycle. It would be the last light you would buy. That's why they are more than HPS.

[RackitMan]

Hi Everyone sorry for the long MIA...long story.
Well we finally got our order of Induction lights in one and a half months late due to production problems. Here are some pictures of them with reflectors. We have been advised by our lawers not to publish a grow journal with them unfortunatly. We will however publish measurements of light quality and comparing them to other light sources. We will be measuring Lux, Par, heat and current draw from different lighting sources HPS, large CFL's, EFDL, and mircrowave sulpher plasma at different heights and light distribution over a given area. We are thinking of loaning or selling a light (special pricing) to someone to do a grow journal with. Anyone interested?

While all of those measurements will be helpful, there is no legal reason you could not do a grow journal with tomatoes as compared to HID or LED lighting.

[Swansen]

While all of those measurements will be helpful, there is no legal reason you could not do a grow journal with tomatoes as compared to HID or LED lighting.

Yeah, i'll second that, raw information is nice, but it only says so much. Do some comparison grows with a few plants and you'll convince A LOT more people.