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Love it.LMFAO
Love it.LMFAO
Figure in real life the light gets cut back slowly so why not try an imitate that since I'm trying to play god lol.
I'm no expert on light spectrum but I saw a graph showing the reds & blues and all the other necessary colours of light plants neede get drastically cut using ballasts at 50-60-70% and such to the point of eliminating almost completely the reds & blues. Your better off using a 300w at 100% than a 600w at 50% was the suggestion of that article.Actually real life for them is the environment and techniques the breeder that made them uses.
I'm no expert on light spectrum but I saw a graph showing the reds & blues and all the other necessary colours of light plants neede get drastically cut using ballasts at 50-60-70% and such to the point of eliminating almost completely the reds & blues. Your better off using a 300w at 100% than a 600w at 50% was the suggestion of that article.
I also go straight to hps soon as I flip them to 12/12.
Some ballast will let you do that others like mine say no but yes thats better using the 300 at full capacity than a 600 at 50% but you've got to read your ballast recommendation for what lamps will work or not. I've been told and saw a Youtube video saying all dim-able ballast will let you run your 300w on a 600w ballasts at 50%& 60% settings but not all ballasts are rated to do so. So you take your chances if your ballast doesn't say you can do it.So would it work if I have a 600w ballast at 50% with a 300w bulb?
So would it work if I have a 600w ballast at 50% with a 300w bulb?
Okay my bad I've never seen a 300 but I thought he had one. There are youtube videos saying all dimmable ballast can run a 600w bulb at 60% & 70% on a 1000w ballast but not all are rated to do so. Safety issue I suppose but they'll all work according to the videos I saw. I assumed that meant all dimmable ballast whether 200w 400w 600w or 1000w could run bulbs at 100w 200w 300w or 600w respectively if they make them.No such thing as a 300 watt hps or mh. Some ballasts are dimmable and some are dimmable and select a watt. My ballasts take 400’s or 600’s or dim 600’s down. Not all are selectable that way.
Okay my bad I've never seen a 300 but I thought he had one. There are youtube videos saying all dimmable ballast can run a 600w bulb at 60% & 70% on a 1000w ballast but not all are rated to do so. Safety issue I suppose but they'll all work according to the videos I saw. I assumed that meant all dimmable ballast whether 200w 400w 600w or 1000w could run bulbs at 100w 200w 300w or 600w respectively if they make them.
I wouldn't take the chance either but I looked into it when I had too much heat in the summer, I ended up just turning my 1000 down to 60%. A 600w bulb is quite a bit cheaper than the 1000w and if I could run a 600 in my ballast I would have done that but my ballast said It wasn't rated for that feature.Well the instructions on some say only dimmable and some like galaxy and solis tech are selectable.
I think a way to tell is of the dimmer shows percentage or watts.
What looks like it works on you tube doesnt mean its right or safe.
I wouldn't take the chance either but I looked into it when I had too much heat in the summer, I ended up just turning my 1000 down to 60%. A 600w bulb is quite a bit cheaper than the 1000w and if I could run a 600 in my ballast I would have done that but my ballast said It wasn't rated for that feature.
Directions that came with my HIDs said to turn it up to full power for 6 seconds and then turn it back down to achieve proper SpectrumI'm no expert on light spectrum but I saw a graph showing the reds & blues and all the other necessary colours of light plants neede get drastically cut using ballasts at 50-60-70% and such to the point of eliminating almost completely the reds & blues. Your better off using a 300w at 100% than a 600w at 50% was the suggestion of that article.
I also go straight to hps soon as I flip them to 12/12.
Directions that came with my HIDs said to turn it up to full power for 6 seconds and then turn it back down to achieve proper Spectrum