Club Vert(600)

Nice dez i hope work picks up and you can get two bulbs going again.

Dezracer said:

I can run a dedicated 220v line to my room if I want to. I have an extra conductor in the line running from the panel already. I would just need to install a new breaker in the panel and rewire the receptacles in my room. Do you have to buy the complete fixture from Advanced or can you just buy the ballast and bulb?

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Its just the ballast and the bulb from advanced.

Thanks for the info!

Dezracer said:

Thanks for the info!

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Super easy to set up.

If you end up getting from advanced and need help then PM me. I'll walk you through it.

have you ran the mover at different distances to compare?

a senile fungus said:

Super easy to set up.

If you end up getting from advanced and need help then PM me. I'll walk you through it.

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Thank you.

brimck325 said:

have you ran the mover at different distances to compare?

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To compare what?

Right now I have it so that it favors one side, so my little ones get more light. But I'm not sure if I should leave it moving or leave it still. I'm still playing with it

brimck325 said:

have you ran the mover at different distances to compare?

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I have run mine at a couple different strokes and love the 16 in i run now.

I'll be running my mover at around 22inches once I have the tent full.

But for now, it is at around 13inches and favoring one side.

I'm not sure if I should keep moving the light or just leave it slightly above the plants. I want them tall and lanky so I can flatten them against these walls...

I finally finished my sockets... I just bought some at the store instead of making my own, I was tired of building and messing with it, and I know this is safe too.

Here are some pics

Octagon round two!

I picked up a used 600w digital ballast and just ordered a Ushio HPS bulb for it. I'll have a true 600 watt vertical again within a couple of weeks. I"m trying to find a mover used so I can run that too until I can afford to get and run a second light. I'm a huge fan of light movers with vertical gardens and already have some track and a pulley mounted in my room from before. I just need the motor portion of the mover and I'm good to go.

I like the mover. When i get the second 600 i will do side by side in separate octagons on the same mover.

That's what I would do as well. I even considered setting up a pair of octagons inside my flower room but they'd be too small, I think. I only have the 5x5 to work with for flower. It's just too bad I can't take the wall out another foot to make the room 5x6. Then I could run two 3' diameter silos in there, each with a single 600 on a mover.

4.5 or 5 will be the ft print on the next one.

Are you still going to use a single 600 if you go with a 5' octagon? I noticed when I ran the double 600 setup before in here that I didn't get a lot of fluffy buds. The plants were all against the walls except for what I stuck on the floor too so they were all around 24" from the light source. I haven't tried it with a single 600 so I don't know what the quality would be like. There might end up being some fluffy buds in a 5' dia octo but I can't say for sure.

Dr.D81 said:

Nice dez i hope work picks up and you can get two bulbs going again.

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Thanks, me too! Work picking up is always a good thing.

Dezracer said:

Are you still going to use a single 600 if you go with a 5' octagon? I noticed when I ran the double 600 setup before in here that I didn't get a lot of fluffy buds. The plants were all against the walls except for what I stuck on the floor too so they were all around 24" from the light source. I haven't tried it with a single 600 so I don't know what the quality would be like. There might end up being some fluffy buds in a 5' dia octo but I can't say for sure.

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No it should be fine i lose the space the shelves take up so a 5 ft foot print would be a 4 ft canopy.

That makes sense. My canopy is bigger than that but it's because I tied the plants back to the screen that's mounted to the walls.

Dezracer said:

That makes sense. My canopy is bigger than that but it's because I tied the plants back to the screen that's mounted to the walls.

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Yea we would have the same canopy in the end. If i go with the tubes it will still be the same.

I'm gonna jump in here guys, and say that my biggest concern with my vertical setup is light intensity and penetration.

You guys are talking 5ft of width for a 600w HPS...

I have 4ft of width for a 315w CMH, I have no idea if its gonna be enough (in wattage and intensity)...

I'm getting nervous about it, and already planning upgrades lol.