Blue Dream 800W Induction Lights SOG

LOL I wish I owned a company.... my current physical condition of relapsed leukemia keeps me from doing anything but go to the hospital.

Can't do more than explicitly say I do not work for or have any business/financial/familial/any other relationship with Inda-Gro. I stumbled on them after running 1 MH/HPS grow and researching LED's as a means to lower my energy costs (cooling mainly) I stumbled onto the subject of induction lamps. Little more searching (not much to find on the internet except negative nancies unwilling to try anything new)and I found www.inda-gro.com and saw they were in San Diego; I live in Southern California also. I also found a Canadian company that I'm sure makes wonderful products as well; go find them and someone post something about them for comparison's sake. Or order the bulbs from China wholesale and assemble the driver with your own manufactured hood. I enjoy inda-gro because I can just drive over and ask questions or whatever and the lights were about $700 each with a generous discount when I talked with the sales person about my cancer and disability and ambitions to post a journal. There's not a lot of info on the subject yet.

Due to increasingly and intrusive big gubment i will no longer run a journal until political winds on the subject change a bit. I can't do anything right now because of my leukemia and treatments so i had to give up some F1 mom's I had just ordered

Glad to see continued interest in the thread I was hoping it would be in a educational forum instead of trying to vet myself to a bunch of people I've never met and advertisements for hijackers. I suggest you read through all 3 of my grows to see how this has progressed before replying.

calbunn said:

A few pics of the

Tangerine Dream
Waikiki Queen
Jack Herer 6

Getting ready for the LA CON and the BC PURP

all done under 2 of the 420 series lights

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Looks fantastic love seeing the results. The video was very informative as well thanks for putting the time and effort to do the comparisons those are great. Grats

See more user supplied grow videos click to go to this YouTube channel. These have the new Pro420PAR lights being tested, they do a better job on flowers and better grows too.

solcielo said:

So just did a final burp/weigh and everything came out to 241g total all dried out...

...Thus completes this journal; questions, sales pitches, and curiosities should take a look at some of the general induction lighting threads. Of course positive feedback is always welcome as I never get tired of having my ego stroked. I was hoping for a higher yield but I still am quite amateur and could have done some things better I'll give a try next time; certainly nothing negative to say about these lights they have been a great replacement to the 1000W MH/HPS for my situation. Kuddo's all around to those who helped make this a more informative and helpful thread to those looking to use a (presently) non-conventional and arguably superior light source.

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Fantastic thread! Thanks for taking the induction plunge and sharing with all of us Solcielo! BRAVO +rep

Im having trouble finding some key info in the thread. 1. how many plants were there under the lights? how long did you veg? What was the total yield?

ok I found the info, (2) 400 watt inductions lights grew 241 grams including all the small stuff. Thats .3 grams/watt. Ok i guess if your new and had spider mites but not at all a good promotion for induction lights (not that promoting these lights was your goal.

Given the equation stated earlier in the thread that 3000 watts of HPS would be equal to 1600 watts of Induction, then

-it takes 25% more space for induction to equal HPS.
-it take 533.33 watts of induction to equal 1000 watts of HPS
-a 400 watts of induction is equal to a 750 watt HPS.
-induction lights use only 47% of the energy that a HPS does to grow the same amount but 25% more space.

Induction lights obviously suck ass. 250~ grams with 800 watts is ridiculously low. I get 300 grams with 315w CDM and 4 plants.

[edit] Yeah I know I know, old thread, but since everyone else just praised this grow I had to say something.

dunit said:

I switched from HPS to LED and not only did I toss my A/C but I had to put down an insulated sub-floor to cover the concrete to keep the temp up and I still have a small heater....lol

I think LED and induction have a lot in common in terms of efficiency and thermal savings. LED is certainly the big push but I only think it's because induction isn't as marketable. I don't mean from a consumer benefit standpoint, I mean from a big business fleecing the consumer standpoint. With LED you can talk about lens angle, multi-spectrum, thermal management, by-pass resistors, delay circuitry, individual LED wattage, total wattage and a host of other stuff to claim a marketing advantage. Where's the ad speak for induction? Apply power, get light. Tough for the marketing team. Awesome potential though.

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This puts it in a nutshell as well as anyone could - love it!