So I have been on the CFL route for awhile, & plan to veg my violator kush, white berry, & ak 48 with cfl's this go round again.... do the 70W or 100W HPS [medium base] provide enough juice to cover flowering?? What are the down falls here? I ask because it seems a no brainer to not have to invest in a grow light set up [ballast & all] if these HPS bulbs will work in a medium [regular] light socket?? Is it possible to just take out the CFL's and screw in the smaller HPS when its time to flower [ my ventilation is good enough to handle the heat already]
looking to switch to HPS
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tigerblowztreez
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HPS lights need a ballast. the smaller ones (50-150watt)use a standard light socket but still need a ballast
you will have more heat to deal with as well but its not a big deal. I had a 150 watt hps outdoor flood light that I remoted the ballast(search this site -it has several posts on how to)& added a 2.5 in hole in the side attached to a pvc tube w/ a PC fan to suck the air out of the closet. after running several hours,you could touch the glass in front of the bulb.it worked great.
you will have more heat to deal with as well but its not a big deal. I had a 150 watt hps outdoor flood light that I remoted the ballast(search this site -it has several posts on how to)& added a 2.5 in hole in the side attached to a pvc tube w/ a PC fan to suck the air out of the closet. after running several hours,you could touch the glass in front of the bulb.it worked great.
SCARHOLE
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I just made my jump to hids.
Got my Wappa, Sensi star, Motavation, AK48, an some autos going.
I gota cab 3x2x3 with two 175w MV for veg I got for free.
For flower ill use two 150w HPs conversion bulb in there at 50$ each.
You should get a dual ballast that runs a hps an Mh. The bulbs are cheep
You must have ballast to run those HId bulbs.
Definatly get fans bigger than a cpu fan. I used a 50 cfm bathroom fan.
Get a cool tube or diy some 1/4 in firewire glass (what i did) in there in somthing to keep the heat down.
Im sure hoping it will make dense bud like the outdoors......
My sig has footage of it when i just got one bulb an cfl going in it.
Got my Wappa, Sensi star, Motavation, AK48, an some autos going.
I gota cab 3x2x3 with two 175w MV for veg I got for free.
For flower ill use two 150w HPs conversion bulb in there at 50$ each.
You should get a dual ballast that runs a hps an Mh. The bulbs are cheep
You must have ballast to run those HId bulbs.
Definatly get fans bigger than a cpu fan. I used a 50 cfm bathroom fan.
Get a cool tube or diy some 1/4 in firewire glass (what i did) in there in somthing to keep the heat down.
Im sure hoping it will make dense bud like the outdoors......
My sig has footage of it when i just got one bulb an cfl going in it.
I just got that same one, its very nice and blows 4 of my 100watt cfl's away, not very hot compared to my 600watt, its a good deal. Stuffs growing better/faster since the switch, i use it for my vege while im waiting for my flowering plants to finish. I have my vegging plants in a 3 gallon DWC rubbermaid, amazing results so far
