Mars-Hydro LED Grow Light Discussion

:circle-of-love:Hi Jennings, you can set up your own mode to specify the time and light. Please send me an email. I will help you. The email is info@mars-hydro.com :Namaste:
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.

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:thanks: thanks for the advice and thank you for the video, Brian. It will be much helpful. We appreciate it very much. It seems that we need to shoot another operation video, but not now. Now the executive department is planning something else. :cheesygrinsmiley:Haha, I have a vision. When it's finished, you guys will criticize us more fiercly than the remote controller.:passitleft:
arellanobrian said:
ya the remote took me a bit to get used to and i work in tech support so can understand how it is confusing haha i actually was shooting a vid to show how to program (should have that in a week) your own spectrum and set the timers for the programmed modes, came home that night from work and the light were off haha i had forgot to change it back to my correct custom mode and they were getting no light for the longest time. I do agree that there are things that can be improved with the remote, like having the temp/humidity gauge be on the light or something to that degree, be able to change it from Celsius to Fahrenheit and make pro gaming the modes just a bit more user friendly
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lol :ganjamon: more mermaids
CatfishKnight said:
Ok I changed from (3) 10 gallon pots to (9) 3 gallon. Lol
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:party::party: thanks for the updation!
arellanobrian said:
And here is the Weekly update guys, was a little rushed in making the vid and was a bit hungover from watching the Bronco's play yesterday so sorry if i seem a bit off haha but on a good note Colorado is still undefeated :circle-of-love:

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Gnarl E Green said:
Gnarl to Martian Engineers: add Dipswitches to remote transmitters and receivers! Resistance is Futile!
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I seem to recall the remotes being in question before the lights were even made available as for dip switches that's too easy and old school for modern engineers addressable frequency scanning 2.4 G receivers anything else is just to simple(even though they worked for the last 50 years)
Myself a central control panel hardwired (old school) to a Master light then daisy chain to all other lights in series for larger grows. Then just a simple control panel with necessary light functions built into the light as other manufactures have done for the smaller grows.
On a serious note can't a switch be added to the antenna feed on the light and once set turn off the input feed so other lights can be set differently and not effect it ?
 
SmokeSara said:
Haha, we literally have a heated discussion. The engineers are thinking a way for it. :lot-o-toke:
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Morning Sara

Your engineers, like many, have forgot the first rule of engineering: KISS...Keep It Simple Stupid. One of my engineering professors, many years ago told the class that and it has always stuck in my mind.

The simplest way to solve the "remote issue" is to put a flash memory onboard the light that holds the programmed settings and a on/off switch for the receiver to communicate with the remote.

Turn the receiver switch on, program the settings for the light, turn the switch off so the remote no longer communicates with the light. Now you have the settings for the light stored ON the light and the remote no longer needs to communicate with the light until such time as you want to change settings. And you can still use one remote to program multiple lights, not to mention that if the batteries die in the remote, it won't affect the settings for your lights.

Just a thought from a crazy celt :)
 
I like how you have the closet or room divided up. Different layers... :)
Klovneposen said:
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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Klovneposen said:
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:
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Yes I am a lucky man with a builder of a wife. She really is a Beautician. 1/2 of our garage is her Beauty Shop. She works from home. Was very nice when the kids were growing up.

And both of us were sitting in the room last night in chairs facing each other. Lol.

If it was all my ideas it would have been a shitty looking room with everything hanging all over the place.
But my wife likes a very clean house and a clean, organized, grow room for me.
I really can't complain... :)
 
Hey Catfishknight that room is coming on amazingly. One thing that you may have forgotten though is your protection. If you will be in there a lot I would seriously consider getting yourself some LED glasses, not only will you be able to see your plants clearly without having to drag them in and out of the room (or switching LED's off and white lights on) when checking for deficiencies/pests etc, but they will also protect your eyesight too. I've written a review of the Method Seven glasses on my Plushberry thread but I'm sure there will be other reviews out there. I'm not too sure whether the lights will affect your skin if you are under them too long but they definitely will affect your eyesight. There's no harm in staying safe while enjoying the comfort of your room, and yeah the music is a must :)

All the best and I'm looking forward to seeing the completed room full of nice big fat juicy buds on your plants :thumb:
 
I have this 20 watt Green Led Light installed on ceiling. Works great when all the lights are out. :)
I will check out the glasses too.
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Kriaze said:
Hey Catfishknight that room is coming on amazingly. One thing that you may have forgotten though is your protection. If you will be in there a lot I would seriously consider getting yourself some LED glasses, not only will you be able to see your plants clearly without having to drag them in and out of the room (or switching LED's off and white lights on) when checking for deficiencies/pests etc, but they will also protect your eyesight too. I've written a review of the Method Seven glasses on my Plushberry thread but I'm sure there will be other reviews out there. I'm not too sure whether the lights will affect your skin if you are under them too long but they definitely will affect your eyesight. There's no harm in staying safe while enjoying the comfort of your room, and yeah the music is a must :)

All the best and I'm looking forward to seeing the completed room full of nice big fat juicy buds on your plants :thumb:
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Lol, we just got 4.5 gal (17L) pots and I think they're HUGE. Our first grow we did I admit was in very under-sized pots, about 1.3gal which of course is way too small for 90cm-100cm-ish plants. But they still grew "ok". TBH, 10gal sounds sounds a lil too big, I mean this is almost an entire 50L soil mix for one single pot? :) Still new but I'd say you'd be fine with 5 gal pots.

Edit: HAHA..I just wanted to mention a green light..and low and behold I see your post :)
 
flexy123 said:
Lol, we just got 4.5 gal (17L) pots and I think they're HUGE. Our first grow we did I admit was in very under-sized pots, about 1.3gal which of course is way too small for 90cm-100cm-ish plants. But they still grew "ok". TBH, 10gal sounds sounds a lil too big, I mean this is almost an entire 50L soil mix for one single pot? :) Still new but I'd say you'd be fine with 5 gal pots.

Edit: HAHA..I just wanted to mention a green light..and low and behold I see your post :)
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Green Led light it is... Like a beacon...
Since I went down to (9) 3 gallon pots it looks like a lot more than just (3) 10 gallon ones. Lol.
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420flyboy said:
I use a pair of level 3 welding glasses found online at safety glasses.com , they are like $12 and work perfectly, don't spend the money on method glasses , just saying . Just get level 3 shade of green welding glasses , these have the same effect as the more expensive glasses and they are uvb/uva protection.

Jackson Nemesis Safety Glasses with Shade 3 Lens
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Thank you flyboy you just saved me some cash, and time researching. :goodjob::circle-of-love:
 
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