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building new flower and veg rooms for the winter and I just got a new 630 watt DE CMH bulb
for my Gavita flex and it works fine!
$53 on Amazon. I prefer the 4000K spectrum in the CMH, I like the terps from the Blue light and this bulb isn't UV shielded so more resin.
this bulb looks just like the Growers Choice DE 630 except for the price... link to bulb: https://www.amazon.com/CMH-Grow-Light-Bulb-Lights/dp/B076DWMZZ7
Fires great on 600 and 750 watt settings and it was brighter than the 1000watt conventional MH next to it.
got me a real timer set up and 240v outlets on the ceiling in the flower room.
now that I can see CMH running on conventional high frequency ballasts I'm going to order
one of these $33 DE reflectors from GrowersHouse and see if my 600 watt ballasts will fire these 630 CMH bulbs.
to me it seems like there will be a powerful advantage from using one DE 630 over 2 -315's
in terms of canopy penetration and it's a big savings in bulb cost as well.
for the time being I won't sweat decreased bulb life running these on high frequency ballasts,
some day when I hit the lotto I'll be running plasmas and legit gear but today I'm strictly budget, yo!
for my Gavita flex and it works fine!
$53 on Amazon. I prefer the 4000K spectrum in the CMH, I like the terps from the Blue light and this bulb isn't UV shielded so more resin.
this bulb looks just like the Growers Choice DE 630 except for the price... link to bulb: https://www.amazon.com/CMH-Grow-Light-Bulb-Lights/dp/B076DWMZZ7
Fires great on 600 and 750 watt settings and it was brighter than the 1000watt conventional MH next to it.
got me a real timer set up and 240v outlets on the ceiling in the flower room.
now that I can see CMH running on conventional high frequency ballasts I'm going to order
one of these $33 DE reflectors from GrowersHouse and see if my 600 watt ballasts will fire these 630 CMH bulbs.
to me it seems like there will be a powerful advantage from using one DE 630 over 2 -315's
in terms of canopy penetration and it's a big savings in bulb cost as well.
for the time being I won't sweat decreased bulb life running these on high frequency ballasts,
some day when I hit the lotto I'll be running plasmas and legit gear but today I'm strictly budget, yo!
this is the best deal I could find on the 630 CMH dual 315 watt bulb fixtures.
$223 at Amazon with 2 bulbs, hangers and timer. CMH 630W CDM Grow Light Fixture external ballast
this 1000 watt Nanolux CMH is what I'm really craving, I have 10 foot ceilings in my new rooms and 4 of these fukkers would blind you!
might grab the bulb and try it with one of my conventional ballasts....
or this one, 945 watts, $123 on Am.
I'm curious to try this bulb with my conventional setup also, going to drop $125 and see watts up.
they say it will only fire on low frequency AND magnetic ballasts, have not plugged in a mag ballast in years...
$223 at Amazon with 2 bulbs, hangers and timer. CMH 630W CDM Grow Light Fixture external ballast
this 1000 watt Nanolux CMH is what I'm really craving, I have 10 foot ceilings in my new rooms and 4 of these fukkers would blind you!
might grab the bulb and try it with one of my conventional ballasts....
or this one, 945 watts, $123 on Am.
I'm curious to try this bulb with my conventional setup also, going to drop $125 and see watts up.
they say it will only fire on low frequency AND magnetic ballasts, have not plugged in a mag ballast in years...
Ganjaganjakush
Active member
I would definitely get the bulb guard for the bare bulb DE CMH ive seen alot explode big fire hazard
Lots of people complaining about those cheap chinese aftermarket bulbs. Read the amazon reviews. Either getting bad results in yield/quality from the spectrum being off or they burn out in a month or 2.
I was looking into getting one of those 945w SE bulbs like the one you posted. They have them at the grow shop near me for $200. When I asked the guy at the counter about them he said word is they pop often from being used with 1000k ballasts.
Can't beat the Philips bro. You really that cheap?
I was looking into getting one of those 945w SE bulbs like the one you posted. They have them at the grow shop near me for $200. When I asked the guy at the counter about them he said word is they pop often from being used with 1000k ballasts.
Can't beat the Philips bro. You really that cheap?
Dood! how you been??? what's the hot clones in your stable these days?
I've got 2 fire extinguishers on the ceiling and they warned about the same thing with the Horti no UV shielded 1000's that I always run bare.
I like the resin with no UV shield so I will wait until I see what happens when one blows, those big 1000's will scare you when they go, lol.
there's panda up now because the drywall isn't finished yet but I don't think I'll have anything in the room that would catch fire from a piece of hot bulb when I'm done.
many grow rooms are covered wall to wall with plastic or foam insulation that could light up very easy, or rubber floors...
this is the best room I've ever had and it has a window that I can throw a big banger into in the summer, definitely don't want to burn it down.
I've totally been growing with extension cords everywhere in the past but I'm stoked to have a dedicated 240 line for my ballasts now and plenty of power for the future.
19 openings to grow into...
those 945's are for old style magnetic ballasts according to the seller.
when I have money to spend I'm not that cheap but not selling my flowers means trading food money for grow supplies now so I'm pretty cheap.
20,000 hours on a Phillips bulb equals 4 years of 12/12, I don't want to trade that for a month but time will tell...
there are almost zero reviews of the DE 630 bulbs on Amazon, couple good , couple bad, one exploded in a 1000 watt fixture and a few people say they work in a Gavita.
couple sellers on eBay who have moved 60 or more of them have positive feedback but no real reviews.
you can see how the prices are falling on eBay and if you cruise Alibaba it's shocking how low and varied the US price is on canna lighting.
I'd prefer if all my shit was made in Europe, specially my car, fat chance, but I have a Chinese budget these days.
the quality of the light to my eye from the $50 DE seems very similar to the 315 CMH Phillips bulb in my Nanolux fixture, but it's way more bright.
I need to be convinced that the herb quality improves switching from MH to CMH so imma compare and contrast.
if they just throw more weight I won't be happy.
the light from my MH and CMH look very different running side by side and colors are VERY different under the two.
Ganjaganjakush
Active member
I kinda restarted right now so i only got true og,cherry pie,gmo and red headed stranger, i got my chemdog, chem d, and 09 animal cookies coming back to me.eventually
I'm steadily working on my clone only stable. The 2.0 finally landed and is currently in the dome as is some arcata train wreck,and hammers firestorm. I've also got a nice blue berry, forum cookies, gg4, chacos ecsd, gluetang #3 and a lavender x powerplant. Chunky I've got that 1 630 cmh nanolux over the glues and I think you'd like it. It's not making them super stretchy like the hps and they seem to be liking it a little more. Plus it's easier to spot deficiencies with the spectrum compared to the orange hps...
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useless.gardens
I use magnetic 400w hps ballasts with this cmh hulb... i ran them in cools tubes for over a year. This time, I'll rock them in adjusta-wings. This same bulb can be run vert too.
GE 93295
Look into it if you have the ballasts in your gear stash.
I run the bulb with switchable ballasts on the hps setting.
Keep 400w mh bulbs on hand too. Like you, I've been flowering under mh for years.
GE 93295
Look into it if you have the ballasts in your gear stash.
I run the bulb with switchable ballasts on the hps setting.
Keep 400w mh bulbs on hand too. Like you, I've been flowering under mh for years.
Scoutbreath... a stinky male i was choose to made some exotic cross..
maybe i hit Headbanger F3 female and made Scoutbanger progeny,also as
experiment it could be breeded to Amnesia Core and Orange Diesel V3 JH cut..
will give you Chunky update so if you will wish them am share glady with you..
Scoubreath male
Kind regards
maybe i hit Headbanger F3 female and made Scoutbanger progeny,also as
experiment it could be breeded to Amnesia Core and Orange Diesel V3 JH cut..
will give you Chunky update so if you will wish them am share glady with you..
Scoubreath male
Kind regards
PBB the couple
the slowing female
the funky male
thanks
goods smokes for ogkbs growers
the slowing female
the funky male
thanks
goods smokes for ogkbs growers
Dood! how you been??? what's the hot clones in your stable these days?
I've got 2 fire extinguishers on the ceiling and they warned about the same thing with the Horti no UV shielded 1000's that I always run bare.
I like the resin with no UV shield so I will wait until I see what happens when one blows, those big 1000's will scare you when they go, lol.
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there's panda up now because the drywall isn't finished yet but I don't think I'll have anything in the room that would catch fire from a piece of hot bulb when I'm done.
many grow rooms are covered wall to wall with plastic or foam insulation that could light up very easy, or rubber floors...
this is the best room I've ever had and it has a window that I can throw a big banger into in the summer, definitely don't want to burn it down.
I've totally been growing with extension cords everywhere in the past but I'm stoked to have a dedicated 240 line for my ballasts now and plenty of power for the future.
19 openings to grow into...
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those 945's are for old style magnetic ballasts according to the seller.
when I have money to spend I'm not that cheap but not selling my flowers means trading food money for grow supplies now so I'm pretty cheap.
20,000 hours on a Phillips bulb equals 4 years of 12/12, I don't want to trade that for a month but time will tell...
there are almost zero reviews of the DE 630 bulbs on Amazon, couple good , couple bad, one exploded in a 1000 watt fixture and a few people say they work in a Gavita.
couple sellers on eBay who have moved 60 or more of them have positive feedback but no real reviews.
you can see how the prices are falling on eBay and if you cruise Alibaba it's shocking how low and varied the US price is on canna lighting.
I'd prefer if all my shit was made in Europe, specially my car, fat chance, but I have a Chinese budget these days.
the quality of the light to my eye from the $50 DE seems very similar to the 315 CMH Phillips bulb in my Nanolux fixture, but it's way more bright.
I need to be convinced that the herb quality improves switching from MH to CMH so imma compare and contrast.
if they just throw more weight I won't be happy.
the light from my MH and CMH look very different running side by side and colors are VERY different under the two.
What brand are the $50 DE cmh bulbs? And where were they listed? On what site? I love my cmh’s!
Thanks Chunky!
BillB
HA! They jacked the price on the Protopia bulb I bought 2 weeks ago from $53 to $86.
Grow equipment is the biggest scam out there.
There's a company on Amazon called Vietly with $75 de e CMH 630's
Today.
Gonna pull the trigger on the Nano 1000 tomorrow, 4200K FTW!
What's your top 5 favourite cuts chunky?,, is ogkb your number 1?
Dankwolf
Active member
Can't wait to see the lavander power plant ? ( cotton candy?)
Cotton candy is the skunkyest girl I have grown since early 2000s .
Dankwolf I've got many other kinds I'd rather run So she doesn't get ran in full trays often but here was my last full tray of her I ran. About 2p from 23 foot n a half tall plants.
Dankwolf
Active member
She look vary nice
Why don't you run her? What kind of smells do you get on her ?
Yield,looks great can't amagin why you would not run her .
