So do these digital balasts actually give out a genuine equivelent of a 250w,400w from a 600w bulb?
Or is it better to stick to a dedicated 250w or 400w?
So do these digital balasts actually give out a genuine equivelent of a 250w,400w from a 600w bulb?
Or is it better to stick to a dedicated 250w or 400w?
Glynne (28-03-17)
I love my dimmable digi ballasts.
Means I can flick them down to 400w after transplant, and right at the end of the flush, nice and easy.
You can dim them while they are on, so if i am having a hot day and exterior ambient temps get a little high I can knock both lamps down to 400w and easily control my temps. Its very quiet and I've never had a problem.
From what I can remember on the research i did in to them before buying, they can skew the light frequency a little bit on the bulbs, because they are rated to give a certain temp at a certain wattage, and you are not providing that when dimming the ballasts. But from experience I've never had a problem with plant not growing, and would recommend them.
ERBURT (26-03-17), Glynne (28-03-17), Monsterdad (26-03-17)
Lumitek do great ballasts and bulbs
You will lose a bit of spectrum when switching
Between wattages if you don't use the actual
Bulb for the wattage used
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Glynne (28-03-17), Madmungo (31-03-17), Monsterdad (26-03-17)
also stick to dimming the hps or dual spec bulbs and not dimming MH bulbs.
when running MH stick to dedicated bulbs for the matching wattage
Glynne (28-03-17), Monsterdad (26-03-17), M_C (28-03-17), TomKing (26-03-17), WADDIS (27-03-17)
Like joker says probably best not to dim the MH, it throws them well out, it is blue, when my lights come on I'll grab a picture, its not ideal, but in a pinch its ok for a couple of days.
I've found it handy on hot days, and I do leave it on 400w for 48hr after transplant to get them settled, and personally I've found it far better than sticking it straight on to 600w
Glynne (28-03-17), joker_the_smoker (26-03-17), Monsterdad (26-03-17)
Thankyou chaps, more food for thought.
Although with the size restrictions i cant possibly use a 600watt
Glynne (28-03-17)
Running a 400w bulb in a 600w ballast, dimmed to 400w, would be fine.
Just never turn it up. Likes seriously. Never
If you run a 600w bulb dimmed to 400w it looks like the area on the left, super blue (although it does show up more on camera)
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Glynne (28-03-17), joker_the_smoker (26-03-17), Monsterdad (26-03-17), Trex (28-03-17)
Unless a bulb is spexifically designed for dimmable ballasts i wouodnt use it . And using a lower watt bulb say in a larger wattage ballast is asking for an explosion tbh .
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Glynne (28-03-17)
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