Have 5'x5' Room And Need Best Light

[Amwar420]

Thanks Bro, youve Been a Big help!! Think im ready now..

 

[Pimp T]

No problem good luck

 

[Amwar420]

Hey i was looking at the gravitas and i didnt see that the bulbs came with, do i buy those seperate? Will mh and hps fit? The ones i seen wheir $388 like u said on a site called Indoor Grow Source i think..

 

[Pimp T]

No all gavitas come with reflector bulb ballast and cord gavita has its own light you use with it no other can be used

 

[Amwar420]

O ok, so i just increase the light in flowering?

 

[Pimp T]

Yeah id dial the lights down to 300 first few weeks of veg then increase to 600 maybe a week or 2 before flower

 

[Amwar420]

Ok and where would i buy new bulbs when those blow, i would wont back ups handy ya know?

 

[Pimp T]

Umm I think on amazon or gavita website im not sure I kno they sell them separately tho.I think they come with a replacement warranty if they blow

 

[MrBelvedere]

monster gardens has all the gavitas n good service and rep if you are buying online...

 

[Amwar420]

Ok this the last question for real lol Do i plug my timer in the wall then my surge protector into the timer then both lights into the surge protector or do i use two defferent outlets, two timers and two surge protectors??

 

[Amwar420]

Ok thanks mrbelvedere

 

[MrBelvedere]

Get a high quality timer, the cheap ones may meltdown under high load and mess ur photoperiod up. The Gavitas already have surge protection built in...

When you say surge protector are you talking about the Outlet strips with surge protection? or a big UPS one?

 

[Amwar420]

O ok and i was talking about the strip.. How will i kno its a high quality timer, I've been looking on Amazon? So how would i hook it up if it already has a built in surge protector, jus pplug into timer? I also see that bulbs are like $90 a piece lol

 

[MrBelvedere]

this timer/outlet strip is good:

So you will have Wall Outlet > Titan Timer Strip. then plug your two gavita ballasts into the Titan Strip. make sense?

 

[Pimp T]

That timer will work I wouldnt plug more than 2 gavitas and the inline carbon fikter combo into it. I think the load rating for those are 1850w. Id plug ac and dehumidifier into separate outlets

 

[Amwar420]

Hell yeah thanks Bro!!

 

[Amwar420]

Hey Pimp T, i went on Monster Gardens to get my gravitas , they only have the 400v not the 120v

 

[Amwar420]

Nvm Bro i got it.

 

[Th3K3yK33p3r]

I would rock 4 400 watt lights. SOG or a SCROG

Seriously? Over 1600 watts in a 5x5? I hope you didn't take this advice seriously Amwar420.

What do you want, LED or HID?
If you want LED, you could get some Platinum LED Panels, the P1200 model which draws about 758 watts in Bloom and half in Vegetative stage https://platinumgrowlights.com/products/p1200 if you want to save and buy almost the exactly same panel, you can get from E.shine for half of the price $650 and uses the same wattage as the Platinum LED
You can see they are very similar products, and E.shine claims they make the Platinum.
I also recommend the Mars II 1200, it uses around 520~600watts for only $435.99
If you want to go with HID's, I recommend a single 1000w dimmable, 1000w, 750w, 600w. That way you can dim it down during the summer if it gets too hot, during the winter you can increase to 750 or 1k. I am running 2 of them right now at 60% power, sometimes I go up to 75%, but I am going to switch to full LED in my next run.
Here are some pictures of what I have right now on week 5. I have 2, 600w running in a 7L x 5W x 5H. As you can see I have very limited ceiling but I am still getting wonderful results. You having high ceiling will be able to spread your lights way better than I.
Peace

 

[Smokey503ski]

Lmao! Yes be afraid of running 64 watts per square foot. Lol.

I really hope you don't listen to the newb about not running 1600 watts in your 5x5 area.
You want to shoot for 50 watts per square foot.

Leds are the way to go if you want to lose money.