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    Quote Originally Posted by Trex View Post
    No . I was told by GE and Philips engineers not to dim any bulbs .
    They even showed me charts how the spectrum and intensity just goes full out of whack .

    For example a 600w hps dimmed to 400w .pumps out less then 300w !!! . Its hard in the bulbs too . A total energy waste .

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    Yep...I know...just a lot here do dim their HPS so I said 'shouldn't' to avoid the arguement but got one anyway, fml

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    Quote Originally Posted by MonsterEnergy View Post
    dimming any bulb shortens there life as you found out, it also means they don't output the correct spectrum either
    the dimming switch is so you can use multiple bulbs with the ballast

    i have a 400w and a 600w, i just swap em over,

    Cheers for that Monster...gonna bang that in every thread I see the mention of dimming bulbs

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    it's from eyehortilux 'bulb manufacturers' so it's definitely correct
    people wanna save money and dim the bulbs, where that is actually costing em more replacing the bulbs all the time

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    Quote Originally Posted by MonsterEnergy View Post
    dimming any bulb shortens there life as you found out, it also means they don't output the correct spectrum either
    the dimming switch is so you can use multiple bulbs with the ballast

    i have a 400w and a 600w, i just swap em over,

    Ok useful didn’t know that. Multi bulbs is the way forward I guess pain in the arse with a cool tube too


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    Quote Originally Posted by Trex View Post
    No . I was told by GE and Philips engineers not to dim any bulbs .
    They even showed me charts how the spectrum and intensity just goes full out of whack .

    For example a 600w hps dimmed to 400w .pumps out less then 300w !!! . Its hard in the bulbs too . A total energy waste .

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    Ok, again knowing is growing


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