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BiGrEd1011

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whitebb2727 said:
You can build a setup like mine for less than $500. Around $3-400 if you shop around.
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https://4hydroponics.com/sun-blaze-t5-44-light-fixture

this is what i have. got it at a thrift shop lol. In the box.

found these on 1000bulb.com

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/89018/SUN-901485.html

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/89005/SUN-901480.html

my only question is those are 95w bulbs......My fixture comes with 54w bulbs.....would i be ok stepping up to 95? Or would that burn the whole fixture out?
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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BiGrEd1011 said:
https://4hydroponics.com/sun-blaze-t5-44-light-fixture

this is what i have. got it at a thrift shop lol. In the box.

found these on 1000bulb.com

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/89018/SUN-901485.html

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/89005/SUN-901480.html

my only question is those are 95w bulbs......My fixture comes with 54w bulbs.....would i be ok stepping up to 95? Or would that burn the whole fixture out?
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I think it will run the bulbs at 54 watts. I think it will work. You just can't do it the other way around.
 
babe

babe

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BiGrEd1011 said:
https://4hydroponics.com/sun-blaze-t5-44-light-fixture

this is what i have. got it at a thrift shop lol. In the box.

found these on 1000bulb.com

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/89018/SUN-901485.html

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/89005/SUN-901480.html

my only question is those are 95w bulbs......My fixture comes with 54w bulbs.....would i be ok stepping up to 95? Or would that burn the whole fixture out?
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I had the same notion, however I used t5 because they weren't a drain on electricity, increasing the watts is going to spike your electric bill. The whole idea with the grow I had was to not spend money(at least as little as possible) and right it could fry your fixture. I wouldnt do it.
 
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joehartley

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[QUOTE="HSA, post: 6748443, member: 177076]

You can sit T-5 lamps a couple of inches off the tops of your plants even though the manufacturer recommended a height of 6" to a foot. I don't know that you can do that with any other lighting system without cooking your plants. There's no real heat to deal with.[/QUOTE]

Greeting stoners (from an old thread)

I don't understand how you can put T5 withing 2" of buds? Mine are 7" and the bed temps are 80-90 degrees F. which is too high isn't it?
 
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BiGrEd1011

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babe said:
I had the same notion, however I used t5 because they weren't a drain on electricity, increasing the watts is going to spike your electric bill. The whole idea with the grow I had was to not spend money(at least as little as possible) and right it could fry your fixture. I wouldnt do it.
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ill go with the 54w bulbs. $24 for 4 bulbs. fuck yeah!
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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Mrjacob274 said:
Its shows. My problem is i can never find the t5 bulbs i need that arent HO.
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You can run a higher watt light in a smaller watt ballast.

You can't run it the other way. Well you can and that's over driving a bulb but I won't get into that.

Just get the same length bulb even if its a ho bulb. It won't hurt.

1000bulbs.com has everything.
 
babe

babe

Member
joehartley said:
[QUOTE="HSA, post: 6748443, member: 177076]

You can sit T-5 lamps a couple of inches off the tops of your plants even though the manufacturer recommended a height of 6" to a foot. I don't know that you can do that with any other lighting system without cooking your plants. There's no real heat to deal with.
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Greeting stoners (from an old thread)

I don't understand how you can put T5 withing 2" of buds? Mine are 7" and the bed temps are 80-90 degrees F. which is too high isn't it?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, ya need a fan, plants start wilting there. I found the best distance was a foot or so, ya want em to stretch a little, if there too close to the light it dwarfs em. esp autos
 
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churchhaze

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Just to put things in perspective:

20 dollars can buy a replacement 400W HPS lamp. The HPS would beat those high end bulbs.

27 dollars can buy a vero 29, which has a test power of 77W. The vero 29 destroy those T5 yields.

32 dollars will buy you a "premium" T5 tube which is 52W and would be clobberred by either the HPS or the vero 29.

And the T5 need to be replaced relatively frequently or their efficiency drops quicky! You're suckers for following this guy. You could easily get a 400W or 600W HPS and put an end to all your nonsense.
 
Evil-Mobo

Evil-Mobo

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churchhaze said:
Just to put things in perspective:

20 dollars can buy a replacement 400W HPS lamp. The HPS would beat those high end bulbs.

27 dollars can buy a vero 29, which has a test power of 77W. The vero 29 destroy those T5 yields.

32 dollars will buy you a "premium" T5 tube which is 52W and would be clobberred by either the HPS or the vero 29.

And the T5 need to be replaced relatively frequently or their efficiency drops quicky! You're suckers for following this guy. You could easily get a 400W or 600W HPS and put an end to all your nonsense.
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Congratulations, you just effectively came over to the T5 section and did the exact thing you guys bitch about over in the LED threads when guys go over there bashing your LED's........ :clap:
 
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