FINALLY!!!! 1000W S35 HPS BALLAST KIT

[ronjohn420]

okay here we go!!!

ronjohn420 Reviewed by ronjohn420 on 11-23-2006. FINALLY!!!! 1000W S35 HPS BALLAST KIT YES ALL IVE FINALLY BROKE DOWN AND BOUGHT IT AND IM SO HAPPY!!!!! theres only one problem, its a "build your own" kit and i have no idea on how to wire it (ballast,starter, and igntor) ill go make pics and post (BTW ITS NOT IN GROWING/LIGHTING BECASUE ALOT OF MY PEEPS ARE IN HERE) P4B move if you feel necessary Rating: 5

[justaseed]

i hope that's not your face posted there!!!!!!!!!! if it is you are crazy! security is the most important thing to a grow. posting your pic on sites like this is an extreme risk to the security of your grow imo!

you should realy have a housing for that ballast to lower the risk of fire.

[ronjohn420]

i hope that's not your face posted there!!!!!!!!!! if it is you are crazy! security is the most important thing to a grow. posting your pic on sites like this is an extreme risk to the security of your grow imo!

you should realy have a housing for that ballast to lower the risk of fire.

haha are you refering to that great cut and paste "photoshop" job i did to that pic, lol
youve read the sig ,"i dont do any of this stuff, its just for play fun and games"!!!!

but as far as the ballast, its grounded to a wooden board and sat (away from anything) on the closet shelf

later,
Ronjohn

PS, the fact that were on here is bad enough, i wouldnt worry even if the pic WAS real

[justaseed]

i guess your right, all this shit just gets me nervous sometimes i have 2 young children who need me not to go to jail for gardening! it wouldn'ty hurt to put a fan blowing on the ballast.

[ronjohn420]

i guess your right, all this shit just gets me nervous sometimes i have 2 young children who need me not to go to jail for gardening! it wouldn'ty hurt to put a fan blowing on the ballast.

actually now im in need of your/someones help....
the ballast heat is not the prob.... its actually the bulb itself

my GR was at 72-80'F when i was using floros, and the closet has 2 20inch box fans in it (1 on the shelf blowing on the ballast/plants the other is at the bottom of the door used as exaust, and i know it should be intake at the bottom and exaust at top but i cant afford to do the wall work now):smokin:

but now my GR is normal on the OFF hours but when it comes on ot only takes about 15 minutes to heat my whole room to about 90'F (which makes sleeping difficult) i have a digital in/out hydothermomter in there and it is as follows
at the tops of the plants 88-91'F
2 inches away from the bulb 128.3'F constant
my whole bedroom 85-90'F

so my room faces the front of our house and i put a fan in the window (which with my light leaks (above pics) it fucking scares me to death to open the window (the ON cycle is from midnight to noon)

so my fan is blowing in winter air at 35'F (which is suspicious as hell) into my room and my room temp stays at 75F and will not drop and my exaust fan is like a damn space heater blowing this hot air out

please what do i do

im in fear of getting caught by neighbors seeing this activity and such so what can be done for light leaks and heat (btw the above pics do... i repeat DO have 6 mil plastic on the closet door vents)

god i didnt think 1K of light would be this hard to maintain!!!!

help needed...

thanks in advance,
ronjohn

[Psycho4Bud]

There's a couple things you can do to remove the heat factor from that closet:

1) Remove the ballast to a box outside the closet........helps quite a bit.
2) Add another cooling fan directed towards the bulb.......usually with my set up the oscillating fan I use for the plants hits the lights but I also have a larger area to work with than you do.
3) Your best bet is to probably drop the bulb wattage down to a 400 or 600 and put the 1000 in a drawer. The higher wattage the more heat.......your ballast will still work with a lower wattage lamp and with the use of Mylar you can still get the desired effects your looking for with that small of an area.]

Have a good grow!:thumbsup:

[justaseed]

taking the ballast out of the grow space will make a HUGE difference.

the light leak will not only comprimise the security of your grow but will cause the plants to flower extremely slow, hermie, revert back to veg, or even not flower at all. the dark cycle must be COMPLETELY DARK if you want a good grow. i always made my 12hours on from 6pm to 6am. in the summer it is much cooler so the temps stay down and in the winter it keeps the temps from getting too low at night. with lights on from midnight to noon you better not have a day job or you are gonnahave to stay up real late or get up real early to take care of your plants(watering, transplanting, training, etc.) you cannot open the door to the growspace when the lights are not on!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ronjohn420]

hey thanks folks!!!!

ive just been running the light for like 5hrs a day and tryin to keep it dark when not in use untill payday, then im gonna construct a "cool tube"
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthrea...ight=cool+tube

and put a coat of foil as a reflector (i already have mylar lined walls)


but untill then, is it safe for the gender of the clones to run under 4/20 untill then (the heat is too bad to run the light any longer)

thanks,
Ronjohn

[justaseed]

just use some flouros or cfl's (24/0 or 18/6) in the mean time 4 hrs of light isn't good for clones(or any plant for that matter)

oh yeah, don't use foil, it creates a "laser" effect with hid lighting and will burn your plants.