It's not HID's time factor that I try to manipulate...HID has a time factor of 3.6 and it's a very strong 3.6, hence the (high intensity). Trying to get HID's time factor down to 1.8 (wile the light is on) is not cost effective at all...This is kind of hard to explain, but it's the plants 24 hour time factor I'm trying to manipulate. By properly using individual spectrums of light we can (indoors) create aprox a 1.8 time factor, But it requires 24 hours of light. Sun light has a time factor of 1.7 so you can see the reason for the 1.8 time factor. Sorry if I confused you..


Anyway.... Yes at the end of the UV-b tread I did start to talk to MAC about the PAD stuff. I wanted to show him were to read it..But what I originally started talking about was Clear Inc's for ripening and trich production....

As I stated in that tread.. I get better results using supplemental clear inc's. The cost if you buy a Halogen is about $4.95 for 100 watts and a regular clear inc cost about $1 each. In my garden i've gotten much better trich results with these type of clear inc's then a uv-b bulb.. Clear inc's have alot of 660/730 in them.......

Plus 660/730 is also PAD lighting and that just happens to be the light that pumps up the trics...NOT uv-b... Also 660/730 PAD lighting cycled properly has 99% synthesis potential, again the sun has 99.8% synthesis potential and HID has 69%.. So running PAD lighting 660/730 for 17 + hours can get some crazy results..For one it's equaled to 12 hours of Standard Indoor Darkness (SID) and 5 hours of Day Light.. That in it's self is a nice trick don't you think..

Not sure what your plans are with the shop lights... Are you going to add the blue to your HPS on time? If that's the plan it will take alot of them IMO to get HID's time factor down to 1.8.. If running HID... Look into Rauber's substitution method in the PAD manual, chapter 10... Hope this helps.:thumbsup:
Dogznova Reviewed by Dogznova on . HID Time factor manipulation I've been following the UV-B thread for a while. Cool stuff. Makes me want to get back into growing. But, what really gets me going is the Martian stuff and the light time factors for increasing tric production. I seems to me that, unless you've got a ton of cash for LED's or have alot invested in HPS setups already, it's really hard to get down to the magic 1.8 and decent yield. However, I have some ideas to get closer: Fluorescent Supplemental Lighting: http://kinoflow.com has HO Rating: 5