extremepsi
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helping a friend set up a new flower only room 4x8 he is thinking about going with 3x600 or with 2 1000 what do you guys recommend ?
lighting a 4x8 area
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extremepsi
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i have access to a light rail didn't really think about but that's a good idea
sdf
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I don't want to down talk Vostok or degrade his advice but I would think 3 600w would be better for more penetration into the canopy. If you could do 4 600w you would be very happy so long as you have adequate ventilation.
I would run dual 4x4 vertical doughnuts with 2 levels of plants and either 2 600w per doughnut or one on a light mover.
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I would run dual 4x4 vertical doughnuts with 2 levels of plants and either 2 600w per doughnut or one on a light mover.
If you want more info on something like this check out the vertical section or pm me
kinddiesel
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pack as many 600 in that room as possible. the more light the more yield ! keep in my the 600 less heat cheaper to run then 1000. my opinion 600 are the only way to go in home use .
UncleBuck
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have you ever heard of the law of diminishing returns?
joe macclennan
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fixed it for ya
from what i've read and seen 60w.sqft rocks the house bro. or 1k/4x4
also what snaps recommends. He does design rooms for a living
UncleBuck
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so it's up to 60 watts per sq ft now?fixed it for ya
from what i've read and seen 60w.sqft rocks the house bro. or 1k/4x4
also what snaps recommends. He does design rooms for a living
and no one sent me a memo?
joe macclennan
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well technically it works out to 62.5...
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jijiandfarmgang
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Difference is negligible.
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UncleBuck
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i know how to divide 1000 by 16, i was pointing out that even that may be overkill. from what i've read here and elsewhere, light saturation occurs slightly before that. about 50-55 watts per sq ft as i said.
joe macclennan
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1000w/4x4 rocks it out bro. I've tried less.....never again
extremepsi
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so far its a split decision 3-3 any other suggestions
Drascious420
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3x600's. What method are you using to grow. 2x600s would be adequate say if you scrog on an ebb and flow table or even an nice undercurrent system. Most I pulled under a 600 was 1.1 lbs. that was under a scrog net. I have a 4x8x6.5 tent
Drascious420
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There were 2 600's in the tent one each over 4x4 area
extremepsi
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it will be scrog using aero
Drascious420
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3x600's will work
SnapsProvolone
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3 x 600 might seem good on paper but in my tests we found slightly better yields from a 4x8 area using two 1kW lamps. The fact that you have the added expenses associated with three lights, there was no gain but rather a slight loss made it a no go imo.
Penetration is better with 1kW lights, spread is more even with the three 600's however its meaningless imo since my runs with two 1kW lights have even canopy.
If I was running 3 foot wide trays I would use 600's all day long.
Penetration is better with 1kW lights, spread is more even with the three 600's however its meaningless imo since my runs with two 1kW lights have even canopy.
If I was running 3 foot wide trays I would use 600's all day long.