butterbudface
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around 80 plants. What setup will yeild more?
4 x 400w hps VS 16 vero 29's @ 1.55a
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Atulip
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1600w of HPS would most likely yield more than 900w of Vero29. Estimating with hortilux bulbs.
~2700umols unreflected from hps, ~1750umols for the vero29.
2700, 20% reflector loss, 5% bulb wear(if replacing at 90%), around 5% to poorer spread. ~1950. Vero's could do better depending on what you attribute to these losses. Definitely a better long term investment(adding another ~200w of Vero should safely close the gap. Or going with 900w of 16 x cxb3590s would be 2200+ uuuuumols)
~2700umols unreflected from hps, ~1750umols for the vero29.
2700, 20% reflector loss, 5% bulb wear(if replacing at 90%), around 5% to poorer spread. ~1950. Vero's could do better depending on what you attribute to these losses. Definitely a better long term investment(adding another ~200w of Vero should safely close the gap. Or going with 900w of 16 x cxb3590s would be 2200+ uuuuumols)