Selling 600w to go LED, need help with PAD/rauber technique

[clongo]

Aquarium Light Timers: Coralife Power Center this thing looks capable i think

clongo Reviewed by clongo on 10-19-2010. Selling 600w to go LED, need help with PAD/rauber technique I'm getting rid of my 600w HPS because I'm moving into a studio apartment and don't want super high electricity bills. Normally I can yield about .6-.7g/w. Because of the high cost of LED's I know I'm going to have to seriously downsize in terms of wattage so I want to maximize my yield potentials by manipulating the photoperiods. I'm going to be constructing a few of my own panels and was looking for input as to how I could successfully make a veg chamber and a flowering chamber both using the Rating: 5

[Dogznova]

6hrs HPS then 6hrs of "matching wattage" Clear Inc's then 12hrs SID works good..

No cycling of Inc's during the 6hrs of MH 'on time'...

If you only had 660 led's and a MH or Blue led's... Then you would cycle the 660 every half hour during your MH/Blue led 'on time'... This method would have the MH/Blue led's on the entire 'on time' ..... Unlike the above method that only has the MH on half of the 'on time'... Make sense..

One of the above two substitution methods is the way to go at first..

The HPS and equal wattage clear Inc is the easiest way to go IMO... 2 timers and an air cooled hood and some clear Inc's.. I Just shove the clear Inc's right inside the air cooled hood..

If you got a far amount of 660nm on hand (lol) then the 660 method might be better IDK... Personal I don't have enough 660nm to compete with any of my HID bulbs to try the #2 method out.....

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Digital timers that I've worked with suck.. They constantly needed adjusting... I mean like every day or every other day.. What a pain in the ass that was and still couldn't get it right...lol

The push pull ones, once set work better IMO.. It's just getting them set that sucks.. Then when you need to adjust the timing, you will have to re-set all the timers again... It's tricky IMO...

Hope this helps you out..:thumbsup:

[clongo]

What wattage incandescent can i supplement 150 watts on two bansai's in 1 gallon two 75 watt halogen bulbs? i want to have them on during the whole 12 hour on time for the lights because the plants are a little cold in the first place with only the small light. :rasta: