Mars-Hydro LED Grow Light Discussion

apeshot said:
Hi Sara, I received my Mars II 1200 late last week. It looks impressive - very bright!

I've set it up in my tent and it's been going for about 3 days now on 18/6 light cycle with max temps in the tent at 23 degrees celcius.

It seems to have developed a rattle somewhere though. I am not sure if it is the bearings in the light, or something like the ratchet hangers vibrating that is causing it.

I am not in a position tonight to take the entire light down and investigate further but if the rattle continues then I will do that tomorrow.

In the meantime, I was wondering, is it usual that you will have fan failures on these lights, especially so early in the life of the light?
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My 1200 is about 6 months without a peep...

Personally I would just put your hand on each hanger and that would answer if its one of those.. If a fan, open it up... You'll probably hear which one, if not just stop one fan at a time... (Don't cut your fingers.. !). Just PC fans, it is possible a fan lead is brushing the fans, look for that. I'm sure Sara will hook you up.
 
Well curiosity (and the fact that the noise is a concern for me for stealth reasons) got the better of me and I called someone in to help me take the light down tonight to diagnose where the noise is coming from, and it's clearly coming from the Mars Hydro.

This is potentially disastrous as I have just transferred many $$ worth of plants under the light and can't afford to be without a light source, but the noise is almost too loud that I need to switch the light off.

Sara, can you please advise me on what I should do here? The Mars Hydro seems like an excellent light but I am in a very difficult spot here because I simply cannot have a light that makes this much noise. It has developed since I have been using it as it did not make this noise when I first tested it, and it is getting progressively worse.
 
Wahtoogee said:
My 1200 is about 6 months without a peep...

Personally I would just put your hand on each hanger and that would answer if its one of those.. If a fan, open it up... You'll probably hear which one, if not just stop one fan at a time... (Don't cut your fingers.. !). Just PC fans, it is possible a fan lead is brushing the fans, look for that. I'm sure Sara will hook you up.
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Wahtoogee is right. Open her up. It is very easy. If it wasn't making noise when you got it, it is probably something simple like a wire brushing the fan. The other day I opened up my flower tent and was messing around when my 900 starting making an odd sound. A tag I never removed from my ratchet was poking into the fan and it was like a baseball card in the spokes of the wheel. Removed the tag, no more noise. :peace:
 
Thank you man, didnt know there is night now...but sent emails yesterday and still no answer...i need lights for my customers that ordered them and transport takes some time from China, so trying to speed it up a little....
 
DrVoo said:
But I wrote to Alva and Forrest, maybe there not working there more....thats why i wrote here to Sara
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Sara will take care of you when she gets on tonight I am sure. Depending on where you are, the lights will probably ship from a local warehouse (unless they were custom orders.) Some people get their lights before they even get a tracking number. It all depends on how far you are from the local warehouse. :peace:
 
Czech republic - EU - very near of german borders. Last order took about 10 days to arrive here....but we will see, that were two lights, now i am ordering about 12 lights, co hope transport will be same fast as last time...

i am from semenakonopi.cz and pestujdoma.cz company, these lights are for our customers and shop.
 
DrVoo said:
Thank you man, didnt know there is night now...but sent emails yesterday and still no answer...i need lights for my customers that ordered them and transport takes some time from China, so trying to speed it up a little....
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She posted a few post back that she had not been able to get to all the post as she normally does but would reply this evening.... She is very good at answering every single post and rarely misses one but apparently they were quite busy on their Monday this week but I'm sure she will answer you this evening when she gets here... Normally about 8 or 9pm as super said......:circle-of-love:
 
Just a few pics of the new mars 144x5 weeks into the switch to 12/12, starting to flower already and giving a little frost on the kosher kush. the golden goat is a little yellow but that is my doing as it is in FFoF and waited to long to add nutes but all around the plants love the light and looks like the buds are going to be to quality :volcano-smiley::blunt:


and temps stay low with only a 4 inch duct fan and small fan for airflow. the light is only slightly thicker and i dont own a 144x3 but i can easily pick the 144x5 with one hand and im a small guy haha loving the lights so far, ill post some progress in a couple more weeks :Namaste:
 
and a quick vid if anyone wanted to see the lights a little better :thumb:

 
SmokeSara said:
Thanks guys for the feedback, I checked this with Sophia today and I wanna explain it clearly here for you. :Namaste:
As you know paypal is using mostly as the payment method between sellers and buyers. And you are right, between friends, you can transfer the money within no time and there is also no commision fees for that. :circle-of-love: However, when things comes to international. it is different. :volcano-smiley: Now we send money to you, as we are buyers but you are the sellers, and sometimes, paypal will check the sellers' credit. As we all know you are actually not the real sellers, therefore paypal need to use 21 days to hold the money. Another case is if the paypal account is a new one, paypal will also hold the money for some time. Hope you can understand now. :Namaste:
By the way, have you all get emails from Sophia yet? If not, please tell me, I will ask her to reply you ASAP :high-five:

Have you received Sophia's reply yet? :circle-of-love:
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YES! She contacted me. Thanks Sara! You always handle situations fast and always get results!!
 
DrVoo said:
How are you satisfied with 144x5 ? Also checked new Sun Series, this one also looks interesting, anybody tried it ?
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I love my 144x5w... My first LED was a 96x3w reflector and I absolutely loved it and still do.... my next lights were the Mars II 400's (5w)... also loved them.....putting the 2 together IMO is genius...:yahoo:... the only person I know with the Sun Series is KingJohnC and he is reviewing it but I don't know how it has or is turning out... There are probably others out there I just don't know who they are.....:circle-of-love:
 
DrVoo said:
How are you satisfied with 144x5 ? Also checked new Sun Series, this one also looks interesting, anybody tried it ?
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There is a grow report by cofinest on the home page of the Mars Hydro web site. I think most people are waiting for the new Cree chip lights info release before making a change. As for the 144 x 5 I love mine it is with a couple of mars 2 900 watt and seems to hold it's own and the light is spread over a larger area heat also seems a little less even with the 5 watt chips
 
guambomb80 said:
I have never sold anything on paypal, just recieved "gift" money and paid for stuff. So as bieng a new seller, they required a 21 day hold incase there were problems with the sale. I told paypal I was a services company, and I do reviews on products and the review was complete so I wanted a "one time release of funds they had on hold". PayPal released the funds immediately and I was able to transfer to my bank, so I just made the purchase on my cc. Hope this helps if anyone is still having problems.
GB80
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Ok so after having a baby about this whole scenario, I finally got it all sorted out , thanks to Sophie, Sara and YOU.! After I read this I said to myself when the money is resent I will do what you did. Money was resent thanks to Sophie and Sara, of course.....I then contacted PayPal and told them what u said and they released it! BAM! That's what I'm talking about...results! I can't say enough thank u's to you guys. Really shows what type of people on this site and a company like Mars to even make it happen in the first place...I just ordered 2 144x5's and should be receiving them tomorrow ,(shout out to Lucy! She HOOKED ME UP!) and needed a small light for my 2x2 and low and behold....the free 60x5 free light promo pops up! :Namaste: right place right time I guess.. :amen:I just can't wait to get all my gear and get it going. First time using LED's and have been researching them for a cpl of years now and found this site and this Mars thread as well as mr cofinest and others.... I know I'm new here but not new to growing, just can't say enough about Mars , Sara and everyone here on :420: it's gonna be a lovely summa!:yummy::allgood::yahoo::nicethread::green_heart:
 
:cheer: :thanks:

MarsHdyro Reflector 150W
Preparing for Shipment
Shipping estimate: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - Wednesday, June 10, 2015

When recieved and installed, will put another photo here.


plants: over 3 weeks now, and how they like the lights :love:
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