Gavita’s new 2400 Pro Led..........

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So Gavita came out with an upgraded 1700e..........the version bends, is $1700 new which seems pricey, the new controller unit for it is over $900, this unit uses Gavita diodes and driver and uses around 800 watts from the wall. Same size as the old one, similar but with increased efficiency and results.

So, $1200 for the old one, $1700 for the new. Hard to say it’s worth it. Let’s wait til some reviews come out .
 
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Oh, these have the adapter built in that are needed to connect to the controller. Before, you had to purchase them separately.
 
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So Gavita came out with an upgraded 1700e..........the version bends, is $1700 new which seems pricey, the new controller unit for it is over $900, this unit uses Gavita diodes and driver and uses around 800 watts from the wall. Same size as the old one, similar but with increased efficiency and results.

So, $1200 for the old one, $1700 for the new. Hard to say it’s worth it. Let’s wait til some reviews come out .

Yeh..i dont think 800watts is even needed unless your running co2.im running the spiderfarmer se 7000 at 85% which is bout 620 watts is all thats needed over 5x4 footprint.maybe it could do 6x6 area if you raise the hanging height nd run full blast..
 
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I thought the same thing in my 4 x 4.......... but it’s not apples to apples since they are switching diodes and drivers. They may or may not be as efficient. This new fixture has 3520 diodes, the old one had around 3320, so there’s some of the electricity going there. I’m guessing it’s best for a 5 x 5 space than smaller areas.
 
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I have a mate who grows in very similar sized room so maybe i could get him to purchase one..he's got heaps of money.
 
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@Anthem have you seen this light mate..
No the 1700 is already hard to work with. Would I trade or sell them NO. But have seen several Commercial light companies coming out with Hight Watts. I believe these lights are being requested by growers in commercial Applications. The plant in this application is being drought stressed and feed heavy. This associated with high humidity and temperatures around 81 to 83 degrees created a situation that could use more PPFD but this again required more inputs from the grower and things can go bad much quicker
 
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I’m running at a higher humidity level than I ever have before. The plants just look better, and seem happier. The dehumidifier remains off until serious budding begins.
 
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Im too bloody frightened to run anymore than 55% tops in flower.they seem to grow very well between 49-53% max at 80f .it puts my lst betwween 23-25 deg C. Veg i ran in the 60s and plants grew pretty damn well..
 
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Im too bloody frightened to run anymore than 55% tops in flower.they seem to grow very well between 49-53% max at 80f .it puts my lst betwween 23-25 deg C. Veg i ran in the 60s and plants grew pretty damn well..
Max Have you taken a look around where your intake is coming from? I knew a
 
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No the 1700 is already hard to work with. Would I trade or sell them NO. But have seen several Commercial light companies coming out with Hight Watts. I believe these lights are being requested by growers in commercial Applications. The plant in this application is being drought stressed and feed heavy. This associated with high humidity and temperatures around 81 to 83 degrees created a situation that could use more PPFD but this again required more inputs from the grower and things can go bad much quicker
I just looked at the specs on the light. Typical Gavita .They make good stuff but they are so poor about thinking about the future. So the new model is folding at the middle. Nice should have been folding from day 1 with the 1650E, they fix the controller only allowing the light to be controlled down to 50 percent but once again they came out with more new shit for the new light. Now they require a new controller. I started out with the 1650E and I had one then I purchased another one. I have the Gun 1 E series adapters, they were a piece of shit. Then I purchased a second 1650E and a e series adaptor. The new light came with the gen 2 adapter. I ended up having to buy a second gen 2 adapter. Here is the real rub. I use a different controller. Talking with tech support he mentioned the industry got together as a whole and decided to run the lighting control at 0-10 volts and they agreed on what conducts in the jack they were going to use. What does Gavita do? Change it. I figured out a hack but I should not have to do something like that.
They do some stupid shit, they had a gen 1 controller that had a major flaw as well. If the powers lost and turned back on the control lost all programming and the lights stayed off. So while they product some really nice lights there is always an issue with the stuff and the overall cost to run they gear is going to be high because they never engineer forward or backwards. Just new.
 
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Thats near exactly what i found out bout the flaw the controller had so i contacted gavita about it and they knew nothing here in aust as the gen 2 was taken off the shelves awhile back.but i think the flaw was in the gen 2..i bought the gen1 because i wasnt waiting for them to rectify the problem....i still have the gen 1 but havnt bothered using it.was you getting 100% power running the controller .
Yeah nothing around but what i did find a fair few weeks back was mold on the bottom of these tile cardboard boxes that got wet and are just inside the roller door 7meters in front of the inline vents.i panicked no sooner i picked the box up and ran inside to get the mold cleaner that kills it in 30 seconds but i gather the spores would of been absolutely everywhere anthem.i sprayed it everywhere lol.theres still a box there ive sprayed around it.i dont want to move it till i put the hepa filters at front of the vents..im actually doing it tomorrow as the other hep filters rocked up in the mail..
 
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Thats near exactly what i found out bout the flaw the controller had so i contacted gavita about it and they knew nothing here in aust as the gen 2 was taken off the shelves awhile back.but i think the flaw was in the gen 2..i bought the gen1 because i wasnt waiting for them to rectify the problem....i still have the gen 1 but havnt bothered using it.was you getting 100% power running the controller .
Yeah nothing around but what i did find a fair few weeks back was mold on the bottom of these tile cardboard boxes that got wet and are just inside the roller door 7meters in front of the inline vents.i panicked no sooner i picked the box up and ran inside to get the mold cleaner that kills it in 30 seconds but i gather the spores would of been absolutely everywhere anthem.i sprayed it everywhere lol.theres still a box there ive sprayed around it.i dont want to move it till i put the hepa filters at front of the vents..im actually doing it tomorrow as the other hep filters rocked up in the mail..
I am sure it was the gen 1's here in the US with the problem. I stand by what I said above.
 
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Yeah i know it was one of them..the el2 is the better one .i have the gen 2 el1 master controller..the el2 was the one wwith the problem..
This was like 2018 they found the prob.i was actually told by the dude in the hydro shop..
 
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Didn’t we agree that power thru those Gavita controllers was decreased a bit when the LED’s are run thru it?
 

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