convert 600hps to mh ?

[B00st3d]

I recently set up a 2nd room in my house and for now Im runnin a 600hps and a 400mh , both on Galaxy digi ballasts. I was thinkin bout gettin another 400mh ballast and another bulb and removin the 600hps but then thought maybe I can just convert the 600 to mh. My plans are to finish veggin these 15 plants in there and then flower them in the same location. The thought of maybe gettin some halides with a broader spectrum better suited for flowering crossed my mind.

I saw Solarmax carries what they call a 600 watt veg conversion and Sunmaster has a 600watt Halide Cool Deluxe bulb for 100 bucks. I noticed also that its also just 50,000 lumens for the Halide cool deluxe. Anyone know the PAR on these bulbs ? Can it work with a digi ballast safely? Its just that I dont wanna have to buy another 400 bulb and ballast if I can buy a conversion bulb for a fraction of the cost. If anyone can clear this up for me that would be great.
EDIT: I forgot to mention the 600 watt CMH, any word on the release of those ? I know there was talk last year about this on here but nothing ever came of it , at least not that I know of, can anyone comment ?

 

[satty]

I have never flowered with M.H.
But i hear some of the best bud ever was grown under M.H.?

 

[B00st3d]

I've used a 1k MH to do maybe the first 2-3 weeks then switched to hps and it def makes a difference. I know this topic might not be the most popluar one but some feedback would be nice. Maybe some of you guys are just finishing watchin Lebron James get spanked.Post up! I know someone on the forum has done this b4.

 

[vindiesel]

i would like to hear experiences too. in process of picking either a straigh up 250HPS or a HPS/MH...using CFL for flowering.

 

[B00st3d]

Ya I noticed that there is several of these 600watt conversion bulbs on the market rangin from 50-72000 lumens but Im interested in the PAR and spectrum details. I hate just goin by what I read from the manufacturer. I notice theres alot of ppl on here that just post up without really knowing. Seems like ppl just quote what they read somewhere else without havin any real experience to base their statements on. So if anyone has used a 600mh conversion or has information on PAR ratings for any of the 600mh bulbs, etc...then thats who I need to hear from.

I have read about conversion bulbs bein low in PAR rating in general, does this also apply to the solarmax conversion bulb, thats the one I was thinkin bout gettin tommorow. Also does anyone know anything about the spectrum range, photon production, etc.. I just wanna make sure I get a conversion bulb that will run good on the frequency of my Galaxy digi ballast and also make sure that it provides useable light, not just lumens.

 

[B00st3d]

So far over 40 views and no one knows anything ? I was hoping to take that HPS out of that flowering room today, some feedback would be nice. Im basically choosing between the solarmax and the sunmaster as both have been tested with the Galaxy and work fine according to what I've read. Anyone ?