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For sure. Check that video I linked comparing 315 to 100w HPS. Its very well done. 3D charts, lab tested results, good data, legit comparison. 3x 315s VS 1k HPS on light mover (to be fair for spread, no one likes them of course). Eye opening.i would run a test first maybe buy two units and see if they live up to the hype im going to test them myself if they bring the bills and heat down and yielding the same its a win
TOTALLY respect skepticism~! Wait, you mean HT magazine has accepted money to casually half ass shill for bad stonertech?! Since when?!?Hard to get good solid info on this tech,sorry funk but I know high times is not accurate with anything,if you advertise with them they say your great in articles,we all know that.i trust WS way more than hightimes,lol.
When I talked to Boulder they told me 5 315s over each 4x8 the to replace 2 1ks for a 20-25% electrical savings,thats a far cry from 3' centers.
I don't dispute anyone's claims because I don't know but their are a ton of different stories out there,just trying to figure it out and high times or YouTube videos are about as good a source as McDonald's commercials touting healthy food!
FWIW, its encouraging that a quickly growing pool of light companies are going all in on 315. Not saying personal testing isn't more honest, valid, etc. Not at all. It just seems like everyone I know running them, all data I see (ignore HT, sure they're unreliable) seems to point to numerous advantages and a mature technology (Philips developed for car showrooms to emulatate natural light, gardeners late to using them)... not stoner tech like so much other hyped we've all seen and hate.Thats what im saying i never trust anything i prefer to do my own experiment and see i will be getting x2 maxibright daylight ballast with x2 Phillips 930 bulbs to replace one gavita 1000w de unit same strain consistent weight of 40oz off 4 plants ill find out if there all hype
Ballast manufacturers don't embrace every new technology. None of them I can think of have ever bothered with LEDs, for example.Well, solistek appears to be doing it right, they're sold out of the 315 fixtures.
Edit: never mind they're on pre orders
Thanks man. Agreed. I don't want to go all in on BS stonertech. My optimism stems from looking closely for any complaints or criticism (other than your point of entry cost, totally valid, and reinforces why thorough investigation required before dropping hard earned bills on something new... especially when "new lighting" has been total medicine show disaster for decades. Seriously).I wouldn't consider them if I didn't feel they had possibilities,hell even led cobs have huge possibilities but at what cost?Using Boulder lightings recommendation it takes 2.5 315s to replace 1 1k so roughly 1200-1500$ to replace something that cost 400?in order to justify that their needs to be other mitigating factors like energy savings,higher production,increased quality etc etc before I'm on the bandwagon.
I also wanna comment on the less heat/ac thing,i do have a SS lec in veg and that things throws more heat than an 8 bulb t5,maybe close to a 600!in all fairness the lec ballast is enclosed in the fixture which may contribute to it being hot though,other ballasts seem to be located where more ambient air can cool them.
Lots of good discussion in this thread.
That's the kind of info I'm looking for.I also wanna comment on the less heat/ac thing,i do have a SS lec in veg and that things throws more heat than an 8 bulb t5,maybe close to a 600!in all fairness the lec ballast is enclosed in the fixture which may contribute to it being hot though,other ballasts seem to be located where more ambient air can cool them.
Lots of good discussion in this thread.
In my limited(very)experience I'd guess 2 lecs would be very close to the heat of a 1k,maybe some of the other brands with ballasts outside the case would run cooler?not sure.That's the kind of info I'm looking for.
I want to replace a 1K MH in veg with 2 315 lec. for a bigger light pattern. Do you think the lec would be cooler or about the same. The ballast for the 1K is not in my veg room.
Before gavita i ran awings
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