I am in the process of putting together a new fixture, and was curious if anyone had tried over-driving PL-L lamps. By overdriving, I mean driving the lamp with more power than what it is designed for, rather than the usage earlier in the thread where the poster talked about running 4 lamps rather than three on a Workhorse 8. I was thinking of driving 2 lamps off of each Workhorse 8. I know this is pretty common practice with T12 and T8's, but I don't recall ever reading about anyone doing it with PL-L's.
i am pretty sure the workhorse 8 automatically adjusts to the bulb wattage.i could not find the post by someone on here where it gives more detail .my bulbs do not look like they are any brighter when running 3 instead of 4.
Now my question is, are all workhorse 5 ballasts the same? (Except for input voltage and power factor)
Milhouse.... Ive seen your grows and the buds look killer.
Do you have any pictures of your cab? I want to use PL-L lights but Im not sure how to arrange them in my grow area.
I will be using 8-9 pll bulbs and was wondering if there was a ballast to light up more than 3x55w pll?
To run 5x55w you're gonna need at least 2 ballasts for flowering and one for veg. (~$120 worth of ballasts all told.)My Flower space will have 5 lights for a total of 275w.
Veg and cloning area will have 2-3 pll bulbs
Yes. You need a ballast for each chamber because they will be on and off at different times.^ I will need a seperate ballast for each chamber right? The ballast seem to be the only expensive part and seems somewhat confusing..... Ive grown with screw in CFL's with success and PLL's seem to be the next best option.
Hey all,
I'm in the process of building a box that has a flower chamber that is 46w x 35t x 19d. What would you use for PL L's in that space?
Thanks