Lighting

[faylingmudder]

I'm thinking about using the son agro lamps with the 30 extra watts devoted to especially blue light for vegetative stage. Can i put these bulbs in a regular HPS ballast? where is the best place to find the bulbs and the ballasts? can i use a regular HPS reflector? are they relatively the same size (approx 9.75 inches)? thanks.

[Weedguru Higher]

Son Agro HPS bulbs will fit in standard hps ballasts, ie: a 430 Son Agro hps bulb may be put into a 400 watt HPS ballast.

Best place to buy would depend on where ya live. Canada? US? UK?

[faylingmudder]

US. id also need to get a ballast and reflector, but it would all need to fit in a 3x5x1.5 locker. damn, this project is so exciting to me.

[Weedguru Higher]

Hmmm..I looked into grow lights and almost bout some from www.insidesun.com because of their great prices. But turns out that shipping to canada is very expensive. Wound up going to the hydro store and paying $211 plus tax.

They sell refurbished lights for like $75 US

[Weedguru Higher]

You can get hoods like this one



You can mount that on top of the grow box (obviously you cut a hole) so that you save space inside

The one in the pic is an air cooled hood..you connect ducting and a fan to it, lowers the temperatures

[faylingmudder]

thanks dude. also, this may not have much to do with lighting, but is flat white paint really superior to mylar? i was going to paint it white (2-3 coats for moisture/rotting prevention) and then put mylar up on the inside.

[Weedguru Higher]

I think mylar is the best, maybe wrong though

I know for a fact that flat white is better than aluminum foil, but mylar is different.

[faylingmudder]

I'm having a problem finding what i need for my lighting setup regarding the HPS bulb. I think i just need a bulb, ballast, ignitor, capacitor... right? i want to use the 400 watt bulb (id use 1000 watts, but im also connect about 8 floros at 32 watts each, so i dont want to overload the socket). could someone please take a look at these products and tell me if im good with just ordering that? thanks

bulb: S67533
ballast: V90D1912K

here's the site: http://www.buylighting.com/

[Weedguru Higher]

I've never assembled a ballast, I buy them ready to plug in the wall.

[Weedguru Gooster]

You can get the whole Bulb/Ballast/Hood combo from most companies - I reccomend Hydrofarm, they now have an 8 year warranty on all parts and assembly except bulb - they usually have a 20,000 hour life or so - it is very common to get them this way.

I would reccomend a HPS Ballast with the 430 Sun Agro and use a conversion bulb to MH for the vegetative growth stage, then swap the HPS bulb in for flowering stage.

Goo
(I use 24 on and no dark for vege time, and 12 on 12 off for flowering) and it works for me