Difference between growing under 600hps or 1000 hps

Originally Posted by El Barto

Will it make a big difference if I grow it under the thousand hps light or should I get the 600 hps light

difference is 400 watts...lol
had to do it it.

Depends on your grow space.

It is said that a 600 watt hps has a better watt per lumen output.

I would get the 600 to start out less on power for startup and if you want to get into the hobby more then start buying 1000s.
You will be good with the 600 tho.

Get two 600 watters that the most efficient 1200 watts at 170000 lumens cant beat that! plus its two light sources instead of one, with almost the same amount of power! They even have dual 600 watt systems that run off one 240 volt ballast! Badass! check it out 600W DUAL Lumatek Digital Ballast - 240V |
a little pricey but worth it! DRAWS ONLY 5.5 AMPS!!! WTF!!!

Thanks for the info everybody t2kallday with the dual ballast won't the electric company get a hunch with all the high electricity at specific hours of the day

The real differece is with a 600 you can play with the distance from the plant. A 1000 is more set it and forget it.

Depends where you are. Most places have the smart meters now so no person ever sees anything. Its all automated by computer now. As long as you pay your bill they dont give a shit. I know some places where the majority of the town, their electric bill is higher than their rent. Wink wink.


The difference between 600 and 1000. If you run same bulb, same strain, same nutes , not much. Just more cost to buy and run 1000, more heat, more coverage. Otherwise same performance because bulbs have same spectrum. When I used to have a 400. The plants directly under the 400 would produce same size buds as the plants directly under the 1000. Using hortilux on both. I stopped using hid. Its backwards prehistoric technology. If I ever did hid again, I would rather run a bunch of 400 's . Less heat. Rock hortilux blue mh for flower. That bulb has the best spectrum of any hid.