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    Was watching a talk Jeff Lowenfels did at Verde Natural and he mentions plasma lighting. By all accounts these lights perfectly mimick the sun, in some cases with higher readings on the spectrum (see below)

    Im due to upgrade my lights and have, up until this point, been set on an IS kit. I remember hearing of the plasma lighting a while back but nothing really came of it and when i looked i couldnt find anything

    I thought it was old news till i watched another video from a month ago and again Jeff speaks of the plasma lights

    Still cant find much info on them or companies that sell them. Sun on demand is the brand Jeff uses but through their site they give a quote for 1000ft² which i obviously dont have

    Anyone know anything about this type of lighting? Its got me really interested...

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    There was a lot of noise about plasma a few year ago but it seemed to just disappear
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    I was looking at the gavita pro series and they do a plasma called the 270e LEP. It does state that these particular ones are supplemental lights to be used alongside a hps system and to be honest, they are not cheap but they do claim to give better oil production. Apparently a plasma lamp will produce UVA/UVB so if you do go down that route I'd certainly apply sun cream when in the groom!

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    Quote Originally Posted by M_C View Post
    There was a lot of noise about plasma a few year ago but it seemed to just disappear
    This is what i thought, and when i saw the first talk was uploaded over a year ago i thought it was old news that just didnt take off but then he mentioned it in a talk he did in April this year maybe its just not popular enough yet
    Quote Originally Posted by The Gatherer View Post
    I was looking at the gavita pro series and they do a plasma called the 270e LEP. It does state that these particular ones are supplemental lights to be used alongside a hps system and to be honest, they are not cheap but they do claim to give better oil production. Apparently a plasma lamp will produce UVA/UVB so if you do go down that route I'd certainly apply sun cream when in the groom!
    Definitely, especially if spending a fair amount of time in there! Apparently theyve developed bulbs thatll see you through from seed to harvest now but finding anywhere that simply gives a price in the uk is impossible


    LEDs it is i reckon!

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    I've heard there's no massive difference between a plasma and a cmh if using the correct bulb in the cmh and no cheap one .

    I'm more than happy with my invisible sun boards and especially the running costs . For me it's running a plasma which will be the same as a hps if using a plasma while the IS boards are half or less that running cost


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    I nearly looked at the CMH setups, it was the price that put me off as I already own a couple of HPS set ups & have now got it down to just one LED - not a cheap game is this!

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    Quote Originally Posted by M_C View Post
    I nearly looked at the CMH setups, it was the price that put me off as I already own a couple of HPS set ups & have now got it down to just one LED - not a cheap game is this!
    I was going too change from hps to cmh just before invisible sun came on board.
    I must have six or more magnetic ballasts and three digital one plus shades etc etc and then my cfl stuff, two bulbs which are still boxed .
    Loads n loads of hydro gear as a think I tried them all

    I honestly can not knock my invisible sun veg panel I cannot remember what watt it is but is the one mounted on a frame with four individual panels.
    Then I have two of the heatsink set ups which are 250watt each for flowering and this time of year they are perfect.
    I've got another four panel light that's hung in a frame purely for flowering and have yet to use it but by what I'm told from rich ( invisible sun dude) I will not be disappointed and he is a no bullshit type of dude.
    I'll also be adding a few of these far red supplemental strips as soon as they are available.

    Some might say I'm biased because I know rich but I wouldn't have got to know him if his product was shite


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    I bought a CMH with the daylight pro bulbs & they do UV A &B, 630 twin as opposed to a double so more control thankfully

    Difference over HPS is obvious, leaves & buds are covered in trichs and I mean covered...after about 15 succuessfully grown plants, I can say its a new one on me...even on the lower leaves, thought I had spidermites when I first saw them ffs

    Oh yeah, 3 different strains too so not a dependant thing

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    Quote Originally Posted by AND View Post
    I bought a CMH with the daylight pro bulbs & they do UV A &B, 630 twin as opposed to a double so more control thankfully

    Difference over HPS is obvious, leaves & buds are covered in trichs and I mean covered...after about 15 succuessfully grown plants, I can say its a new one on me...even on the lower leaves, thought I had spidermites when I first saw them ffs

    Oh yeah, 3 different strains too so not a dependant thing
    I hate to bust your bubble AND, but just because you can see tons of snow on your plants, doesn't necessarley mean that your Plant is high in THCa, some times Snowe plants can be lower in THCa then we are believe to believe. You have to have it measure in A lab, to get the correct THCa level's. Sorry. JMO

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    Quote Originally Posted by hotshot View Post
    I hate to bust your bubble AND, but just because you can see tons of snow on your plants, doesn't necessarley mean that your Plant is high in THCa, some times Snowe plants can be lower in THCa then we are believe to believe. You have to have it measure in A lab, to get the correct THCa level's. Sorry. JMO
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