Boom, what makes you think that 600s are a poor choice to achieve 1g/w off of? Have you ever run 1Ks, and if so, what makes you think they would better lend themselves towards reaching this goal?
Asking because I need to decide quickly (within the next week) whether I want to go with 4 600s or 3 1Ks in my setup - any insight into my conundrum?
Not sure if this is a threadjack or not, but if it is I apologize - lemme know and I'll delete the post.
well ivve never sat down to study the lumen charts and compared mathmatically. i would much rather of been rockin 6x1000w instead of 6x600w for the obvious watt increase thus better results and penetration. 1000ws run wat hotter tho. thats an issue and need to be further away unless air cooled really well like mine. i actually chose the setup of 3x600w per table over 2x1000 for a couple reasons;
less power consumption
less heat build up
cheaper equip cost
more light spread and gives 3 diff hots spots for plants to grow towards rather then just 2.
Now if i could do it over again, id swap em out and run 3x1000w per 4x8 table. cost is a big diff between digi ballasts on the 600-1000w jump. im running all Lumeteks (switching to Quantum ballasts for the shop, won Hightimes STASH award for best product and my boy at GC gets em way cheap and theyve been proven to run better then the lumeteks. also have dimming funtcions, 240v conversion, and lighter then lumentek; not by much tho, oh and supposedly less heat)
if ure local and needs hookups on equip cost i have a guy whos buddy owns a hydro shop and we get everything at cost now. takes a longer time to get but if ure like me and crazy overplanning everything, its worth the wait and being prepared before u shop.
-gettin off topic here;....
but mathmetically speakin if i recall correctly;
the GPW is just a guideline for the grower to understand how hes using his watts to produce best results within the given area.
forumale for those who dont know=
Grams yeilded (divided by) total watts used for flower
EX; 2240 grams divided by 3,600watts = .62 GPW
so realistically to answer ur question bob;
if i did 6x1000w would equal 6,000 watts burned and if i only yielded the same (5lbs=2240grms) then the GPW obviously changes. itd look like this=
2,240g/6,000w= 0.37 GPW which is super shitty.
But the more lumens spread on the table the more weight ull yield. thats my point of using as many 1000ws as u can. i like the 600ws alot but on a commercial scale i vote in 1000ws.
check into the Dual Arc 1000w bulbs too.
Hortilux bulbs is wat im running but alternating lights would be good for internode spacing.
do sumthing like SUper HPS/Dual arc/Super HPS/dual arc/etc just stagger them to get more blue spectrum. im running all super hps and having goodluck. not really much stretching between nodes (could be the strains)
-the dual arc is a 600w HPS arc then next to it inside the same bulb is the 400w MH arc so u get the true blue spectrum.
anyways enough rambling for now. dont worry about thread jackin man if its grow topic related then i wanna discuss shit. in no way do i think i know everything. if anything hahaha. i just do wat i think is right based on my research and grow journals followed from other experienced growers. hope this helps u or any other grower who may be startin off or ready to mod their setup.:party0044:
