Recommend $300 budget light..... For a friend

[TurboTokes]

Light will be used for autoflowers in a 3x3 space. Just looking to help a friend out to give a quality product link to show them, and I'm not to experienced with autoflowers and automated dtw.

I am biased to a 600w hps/mh setup, but they are not to keen on that choice because of the ballast noise

Cheers to any links to suggestions in this price range

 

[hotrodharley]

Definitely a Mars Hydro 100 watt LED then. What ballast noise? The little fan?

 

[ColoradoHighGrower]

I love my 315lec!

 

[TurboTokes]

Definitely a Mars Hydro 100 watt LED then. What ballast noise? The little fan?

Yes the fan on my digital ballast moves a good bit of air and makes some noise for sure

 

[hotrodharley]

Magnetic ballasts don't do much more than hum. No RFI/EMI complaints. Love the 315CMH but cooling can be an issue in a tent.

 

[MichiganMedGrower]

Cmh ballasts are just bricks. No fans on the ones I have seen. Silent.

Also many hps/mh ballasts with no fan.

 

[MichiganMedGrower]

But still need an exhaust fan to grow.

 

[mastrmasn]

I am in the process of building a linear strip light using Bridgelux LED strips for the same space. At a cost of 250$. Did a lot of research on these builds and found that there’s a lot of band for your buck.

 

[TacoMac]

Light will be used for autoflowers in a 3x3 space. Just looking to help a friend out to give a quality product link to show them, and I'm not to experienced with autoflowers and automated dtw.

I am biased to a 600w hps/mh setup, but they are not to keen on that choice because of the ballast noise

Cheers to any links to suggestions in this price range

If it's only 3 x 3, a 400 watt MH/HPS will be more than good enough.

 

[Kushash]

Yes the fan on my digital ballast moves a good bit of air and makes some noise for sure

I have digital and magnetic ballasts.
I think mine are quite but I do have bad hearing.
Don't large fans need to be running at the same time as the ballast for circulation and ventilation.
Can you here the ballast with the fans running?

 

[TacoMac]

Here's the Yieldlabs 400 watt HPS with everything you need for 150 bucks.

https://growace.com/ga-optimal-400w-hps-mh-air-cool-hood-reflector-grow-light-kit.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqL-92aaI3QIVQ0sNCh3qxAOuEAQYASABEgIluPD_BwE

I have the 600 watt version of this light. The ballast is fan cooled but you can barely hear it at all.

 

[Coloradoclear]

So that's a great dollar amount for a decent light. If noise is going to be an issue, you had better figure out your ventilation situation before even thinking about a light. Exhaust noise and odor are not something to overlook.

 

[ColoradoHighGrower]

But still need an exhaust fan to grow.

I wonder if anyone has tried those bladeless fans for either air movement inside their grow space, or configured as an exhaust fan? Those things are pretty much silent too, and they can move a good quantity of air taboot...

 

[growin-Jables]

Shit 300 bucks for a 3x3 coverage.....that's a perfect situation for a 315w cmh. The nanolux 315w cmh is a vertically mounted bulb set up for $240. Then your Phillip's 3100k bulb is $60. Boom 300 bucks and perfect foot print for 3x3. And able to use it from veg ti flower . Boom

 

[TacoMac]

Shit 300 bucks for a 3x3 coverage.....that's a perfect situation for a 315w cmh. The nanolux 315w cmh is a vertically mounted bulb set up for $240. Then your Phillip's 3100k bulb is $60. Boom 300 bucks and perfect foot print for 3x3. And able to use it from veg ti flower . Boom

The problem with that is that the ballast is part of the fixture which causes some very serious heat issues in the tent.

Digital ballast doesn't have that problem and produces the same light for half the price.

 

[growin-Jables]

The 315s put off almost no heat...including be attached to the ballast. Less than what a 400w hps puts off with out the ballast

 

[TacoMac]

So you're telling me that a bulb in a fixture attached to the ballast in a tent together puts off no heat and needs no ventilation at all while a bulb only in a fixture with no ballast at all puts out tons of heat?

Dude, stop smoking. You've had enough.

 

[InTheValley]

4 luminus cobs,
1 HLG-480-2100b
$288
Small driver for fans, ACplug,

400watts and would kick ass

 

[Coloradoclear]

The 315s put off almost no heat...including be attached to the ballast. Less than what a 400w hps puts off with out the ballast

A 315 LEC sun system, built in ballast, puts off the same heat as a 250 HPS. I own one.

 

[chronnie49]

I would go with the 315 cmh for that space too.