Lacy
New Member
My christmas prsesent from my hubby is going to be my new lighting system and he told me to pick it out.
It was told I could only get a 400 watt but it then moved to a 600 watt and is now at 800 watt
Sooooo. I've been researching this for so long now and the more info I read the more confused I am getting.
I have looked into MH lights because of the vegetative growth and hps for the flowering stage and the ones that combine both. I have assumed that the more lumens the better the light BUT I've recently read that THIS isn't necessarily the case.
There are some dual spectrum lights out there that take both MH and hps combined.
Does anybody have one like this and what do you think about it?
I am taking into consideration...hydro costs etc and would prefer a ballast that is air cooled.
I even read today about some type of lights that are light incadescent but give off the same wattage as a 500 watt but are only 65 watts and are used for growing.
Then there is another type of bulb that mixes the two together.
Sooooooooo I am getting confused.
I bought a 100 watt Sun System unit last night off eBay along with 4 small bottles of DNF for $50 and now I have been keen on the Sun Systems units.
It seems the more I read the more confused I become but seriously I know diddly skwatt about lighting sooooooo if anyone can understand what I am talking about here please fill me in because this is getting very confusing
Thanks
It was told I could only get a 400 watt but it then moved to a 600 watt and is now at 800 watt
Sooooo. I've been researching this for so long now and the more info I read the more confused I am getting.
I have looked into MH lights because of the vegetative growth and hps for the flowering stage and the ones that combine both. I have assumed that the more lumens the better the light BUT I've recently read that THIS isn't necessarily the case.
There are some dual spectrum lights out there that take both MH and hps combined.
Does anybody have one like this and what do you think about it?
I am taking into consideration...hydro costs etc and would prefer a ballast that is air cooled.
I even read today about some type of lights that are light incadescent but give off the same wattage as a 500 watt but are only 65 watts and are used for growing.
Then there is another type of bulb that mixes the two together.
Sooooooooo I am getting confused.
I bought a 100 watt Sun System unit last night off eBay along with 4 small bottles of DNF for $50 and now I have been keen on the Sun Systems units.
It seems the more I read the more confused I become but seriously I know diddly skwatt about lighting sooooooo if anyone can understand what I am talking about here please fill me in because this is getting very confusing
Thanks