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    Hi folks,

    I've decided to scrap my loft tent and build a proper room that'll give me a little more space and height. It'll be 2.2m x 2.2m so enough for six girls I'm hoping. At the moment I have 2 600w wing reflector lamps (just the basic ones). I was thinking about getting 2 gavita 1000w DE units but I'm wondering if this would be too much light for the space? I'll be doing the walls and floor with diamond mylar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Gatherer View Post
    Hi folks,

    I've decided to scrap my loft tent and build a proper room that'll give me a little more space and height. It'll be 2.2m x 2.2m so enough for six girls I'm hoping. At the moment I have 2 600w wing reflector lamps (just the basic ones). I was thinking about getting 2 gavita 1000w DE units but I'm wondering if this would be too much light for the space? I'll be doing the walls and floor with diamond mylar.

    Thanks guys
    Have you seen the led quantum boards that are all the rage yet?
    Probs about the same price for the same light output as the gavitas.
    It's nice to be nice.

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    Gavitas are a great upgrade but like to sit a bit higher that the normal hps to get the best out of them u may no have the hight in loft
    Check out the new 750de hps afjustawing do they decent


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    Quote Originally Posted by Benson123 View Post
    Have you seen the led quantum boards that are all the rage yet?
    Probs about the same price for the same light output as the gavitas.
    Yeah, A friend of mine says he's not doing as well will LED as what he done with HPS. I'm not sure what LED setup he has though, I'll ask him when I next see him. I looked at the quantum boards but the floor space is just over 2 meters and I also have the loft roof camber to take into consideration. It's unfortunate that I'm limited by the shape of my grow space otherwise I would have probably given the quantum lights a try.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FACE View Post
    Gavitas are a great upgrade but like to sit a bit higher that the normal hps to get the best out of them u may no have the hight in loft
    Check out the new 750de hps afjustawing do they decent


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    These may be just what I'm after, thanks mate. Are you using these at all? Just wondering what the heat sig is like as it says on the website that it runs cooler than a normal 600w hps?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Gatherer View Post
    These may be just what I'm after, thanks mate. Are you using these at all? Just wondering what the heat sig is like as it says on the website that it runs cooler than a normal 600w hps?
    I don't like the ballast being hook inside the tent. I had A 150 once just regular hps, but ballast was inside, and it was hot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hotshot View Post
    I don't like the ballast being hook inside the tent. I had A 150 once just regular hps, but ballast was inside, and it was hot.
    I believe you can take the ballast off and use it outside the room

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Gatherer View Post
    These may be just what I'm after, thanks mate. Are you using these at all? Just wondering what the heat sig is like as it says on the website that it runs cooler than a normal 600w hps?
    Very little heat as u get a light spreader that fits under the bulb an takes the heat away n gives the light a even spread
    Even at 750 watt u can sit 50 cm above if u wanted
    The ballast is detachable as well so can sit outside or inside the grow room
    They do a de hps or de cmh both run at 400v


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    I wouldn’t go Gavita, unless you got a nice high pitched roof to get them high enough I’d pass on them.


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