HPS or LED

[Newbudgrower]

Fair enough.

 

I am genuinely interested to see the footprint of a 600W HPS.

 

Got a light meter?

Those PAR meters are over $200 mostly over $300 for good one.

Fair enough if your in the business of light testing, but I'd guess not justified to the average grower

[billygoat]

i got a regular light meter, dont think it measures PAR.

 

Surely someone has done the test on a 600 watter... I couldn't find one online though.. 

[Indycar]

I bought a cheap one off ebay years ago, never got around to using it though. But i did use the old OSA Calculator that's here somewhere, and it suggested a 600w HPS is good for a 1.2m x 1.2m spread before it drops away dramatically, which is why i made the screen to 1.1m x 1.1m. Seems to worked well many a times while achieving the results i mentioned above.

 

But yes, I'm in you camp, bill. It would be good to know for sure.

[Serrated edge]

Here you go 1.6 x 1.6 ,,

 

600 w HPS , ,,vertical globe.

 

Plants against wall do well ,,corner plants do well if not too crowded in.

 

You won't get the same coverage from a horizontal globe ,,,more a rectangle.

 

When the outer circle of plants are raised so that the canopy is more of a dish shape those outer plants yield better than the others coz they get far more light. Dish shape increases canopy size as well.

 

Over 1g per W ,

 

Never got around to getting a light meter but I think observation can tell good from crap.at that distance.

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Right

Centre

Looking in.

 

They were taken late may couple years ago.

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[Postman pat]

Put the nails away ladies hahaha. I’ve already got a couple digital 600’s, only reason i’s checking to see if worth updating them yet.

 

Was talking to my local hydro guy, (I’m sure it’s not him just wants to make a sale ) was talking up these spectrum king light recons 2g per watt but $2400. I was lucky to hit .6g per watt at best. In saying that I can’t even grow bloody tomatoes.

 

 

 

 

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[billygoat]

Here you go 1.6 x 1.6 ,,

 

600 w HPS , ,,vertical globe.

 

Plants against wall do well ,,corner plants do well if not too crowded in.

 

You won't get the same coverage from a horizontal globe ,,,more a rectangle.

 

When the outer circle of plants are raised so that the canopy is more of a dish shape those outer plants yield better than the others coz they get far more light. Dish shape increases canopy size as well.

 

Over 1g per W ,

 

Never got around to getting a light meter but I think observation can tell good from crap.at that distance.

Left

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Right

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Centre

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Looking in.

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They were taken late may couple years ago.

Hey mate, I take ya word for it.

 

Just curious to see comparison numbers. The new tech (CMH, LED) all give such good spec info (got something to prove I guess). Be good if the same existed for HPS..

[papasmurf999]

You can get a lux meter on ya phone apparantly reasonably close to accurate.

 

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[kloud9]

Budmaster lux app

 

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[Newbudgrower]

Budmaster lux app

 

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That's awesome

Those meters are way expensive too.

[Newbudgrower]

That's awesome

Those meters are way expensive too.

Not bad I thought