Mars-Hydro LED Grow Light Discussion

Haha, thanks for the instructions. it's a long journey to travel to China to get the light by cash. :biglaugh:
oldergrower said:
Did you respond to Mars-hydro site with an email or a phone call?
Chances are if you sent an email, no one actually looked at it, a machine merely looked for key words and answered accordingly. Isn't technology great. I would suggest a phone call and keep calling until you get an actual human being. Another option you may have to resort to is, if you paid for them with a credit card, file a dispute with your card in order to get stop payment. Funny how a company will be more attentive to your needs if you stop payment on them. I really miss the old days when you actually handed someone cash and they handed you the product you wanted. Oh well, to the future and beyond!

Best of luck to you.
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P Jennings said:
Greetings,

Received a Mars-hydro 160 today. I would have rather just sent a PM to someone but since I do not have enough posts [not sure what that's about] I have to just post this out in front of everyone.

First impressions, well tell me what you would think guys and gals.

Box is marked Epistar, directions claim Cree. Me-clueless. :goodjob:

Apparently the remote function has got everyone confused. I have watched three videos on YouTube.
1 from Colorado's finest from here, one from a Meduser1, and the third from Mars themselves. My light functions most like Meduser1's and with each change in settings [seedling,veg and bloom] the light turns on, flashes three times and turns off. Looks like it stays on in the others video's so I assume this is a new change to the already cumbersome light, and quite frankly the directions are horrible. I have seen several complain, so I know this is not just me.



Not sure why we are using fish aquarium tech on a grow light, but is what it is.

I like, I would assume most people just want to turn on the seed or veg and have it on 24/7 and when I hit bloom I want 12/12 or 11/13 for the sativas. That said looks like I am most likely stuck with this now as when I ordered it, it had to be built and shipped from China, otherwise I would return it immediately.

If someone would be so kind to explain how the remote really works that would be awesome. If that is even possible...

I'll reserve any and all comments on how well this covers the area it claims, but I built a room specific to its claims and will be testing it here.

:thanks:
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Hi Jen, If it were me (and it almost was but I chickened out He he) , I would toss the remote and use a simple 24 hr timer to turn the awesome 160 light on and off. THat being said...drum rollll..

NOTE to Sara for next Gen pro/sun model: From what I have gleaned reading and growing and not being n expert by a long shot, I think a few switches could replace the funky remote thingee. One switch that has three settings : 24 hrs OFF, 6 hrs OFF and, 12 hrs OFF ( built in timer).One switch to turn off red diodes for grow cycle only. Then a switch for sunrise/UV/sunset auto dimmer function ON/OFF. Humidity and temp can be monitored by a 10$ unit from amazon. Spectrum needs not be adjustable, after all we cannot adjust the sun now can we? A truly remote sensor unit connected by wifi to app on cell phone for sensing temp and humidity would be awesome but not something directly related to lighting.
 
Bigger plants need bigger pots. 10 gallon for the win. Getting ready to flip 12/12 here in a week.


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Hi sj, our light is AC85V~265V compatible and you will also get a US plug.:circle-of-love:
sj207 said:
For those of you using these lights in the US. Is a voltage regulator needed or will they be fine using only a surge protector?
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:thumb: thanks for the advice, Heirloom.:cheesygrinsmiley: This one is of more practically. :thanks: I have gathered up your guys advices and hope we can find a way for this. :high-five:
Heirloom said:
A simple receiver on/off switch on the light would do the same as unscrewing the receiver. I have not personally seen the light, but I can tell you that if threading is involved, some human is going to cross thread it eventually and mess something up. DIP switches would really screw some people up. Give the masses a simple on/off switch and they can't really screw it up. Turn the receiver(s) on for the light(s) you want to control. Off when they don't need to be controlled.

No offense to anyone, but some of us are more mechanically, electronically and mathematically apt than others. In general the KISS principal should apply to mass market items for those who are not as up on tech as others.

Just my two cents.

:hippy:
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:thanks: thanks for the help, Gnarl. If not on weekends, somtimes, the warehouse will tell us that they have shipped out the package and given us the tracking number which turns out they haven't. :Namaste:
Gnarl E Green said:
Maybe I can be of assistance at least in explaining what happened when I had a similar experience.
The warehouse said that my package had been sent and gave me a tracking number.
Which said that they had received notification of a pick up, but no actual pick up had been made..
As soon as I figured it out I contacted my salesperson, Lucy who immediately had a new package sent out.
Not sure who lost the original package, the warehouse or the shipper, but I do know Lucy corrected the matter as soon as she was made aware of it.

If you had an original sales girl contact her or contact Lucy forum@mars-hydro.com I'm sure she would help you.
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:goodjob: great job! are you considering to work in China...:cheesygrinsmiley:
thebluntman said:
I agree Dip switches are simple easy way to fix the problem. I installed 12 led fans in a house all had the same remotes. The fan it self 1-4 up or down dip switches, and the remote 1-4 up or down dip switches. All you do is match the up and down with the fan and the remote and they are paired.
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CatfishKnight said:
MarsPro responded to my remote controller problem that one remote controls all 3 units. They said that is normal. 1 remote controls them all. No individual control per remote and each Led Units. I was thinking of using one for clones. Bummer. MarsPro will probably lose a lot of sales once everyone hears about it. :( Which means I can't buy another one of the same unit for my Mother Plant Closet.
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i use only a 12w led in my motherplant room :) it supply's me plenty with weedlings every other month even so many i make seedlings for my friends as well. So if you need a motherlight that will not react to the remote maybe the 48x5 reflector i use for my flowering would do well for you motherplant? im very satisfied with my results in the bloomroom with those small panels. it uses only about 60w in veg mode. just instead of those big bawler lights you got yourself you lucky man. :D

the left one have only grown under 12w from i took that cutting from the plant i grew from seed. i have removed about 12 seedlings from the bottom before i moved it from the 12w to the mars lighting.
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the left bottom room
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:circle-of-love: Hi King, it will save up the settings but you have to "send" the modes again to the light when the light turns on.:Namaste:
KingSativa said:
Do they keep the settings if they are unplugged?
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CatfishKnight said:
Ok I changed from (3) 10 gallon pots to (9) 3 gallon. Lol
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glad to see you changed you mind regarding the number of plants it will give you a quite better palet of phenos to choose motherplants from the first time ;) SOG-ish kindda :drool: damn i envy that room a bit, and the room building wife lucky bastard you, i must say. And she build it just the right size only room for one chair, shinny little mancave :slide:
 
At first, I am thinking like this. Then it occurs to me that it may not be available. The lights will run by sending data from remote controller. Maybe we can design the remote controller like this, don't need to resend the mode after unplugging it and then this way will work out. I love myself.:high-five:
KingSativa said:
Can you just unplug the lights that you don't want to program. And then program one or two. And then unplug those and if the settings are kept then you can program individually pretty easily.
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Haha, we literally have a heated discussion. The engineers are thinking a way for it. :lot-o-toke:
Gnarl E Green said:
By the time Sara comes back online tonight I am sure she will have spoken to an engineer and they will have a solution of some kind and from the looks of your grow room I'm sure you will be brainstorming too. Just another pot hole on the road of life. :)
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wow:party::party::party: awesome job.
CatfishKnight said:
My Air Filter & Exhaust Muffler on cart...
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See Motor and ducting in the inside... & Co2 tank on top...
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Co2 tank hose going up wall and over to the back of one of the rotating Fans...
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And one of my 10 gallon pots with soil in it and a wire cage to support the branches.
Will also put Bamboo Sticks laying on the tops of each wire cirle at angles to support the branches sorta like a Sog at different angles on each of the circles.
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Hi Hook, you need to calculate the volume of your room by mutliplying lengthxwidthxheight. For example, your height is 7' and the volume is 112 cubic feet. If you want to exchange air three times every minute, the minimum CFMs you need is 336(112x3)CFMs. Considering the heat of LED, you can add 2%~5% more CFMs. Hope it works.:high-five:
HookdOnChron said:
Hello All, I have a 1200 watt mars LED, would someone please tell me how many CFMS I will need for my 4 x 4 grow tent? any advice is appreciated, thank you!
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