hi mate ive been looking into the light and cannot find how many watt in electricity it used i know mine is 400 watt = 4 watt of electricity per hour but as yours has a digital ballast i can t find wot it uses per hour of electricity.....just wondered if you knew pehaps ?....also how is mona lisa doing ?...ha ha...........be lucky weedtastic
hey
weedtastic mate....not sure how much it uses ...but found this ...and Mona Lisa is doing sweet!
Digital Ballast info:
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This is a HIGH OUTPUT DIGITAL ELECTRONIC BALLAST that operates both 600 watt High Pressure Sodium and 600 watt Metal Halide Lamps
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The DIGITAL GREENHOUSE ballast features patented "soft-start" technology which increases lamp life and stops voltage spikes on your power meter. The soft-start technology allows for 50% less power consumption during lamp startup and drastically reduced energy consumption overall.
The DIGITAL GREENHOUSE electronic ballast is lighter, smaller and more reliable than standard technology "core and coil" ballasts. It is also virtually silent, no noise or hum.! The ballast is totally sealed, which protects the unit from dust and dirt, ensuring a lifetime of trouble-free operation.
The DIGITAL GREENHOUSE electronic ballast has a built in "smart chip" and AUTOMATICALLY adjusts to Metal Halide or High Pressure Sodium bulbs. There is no need for a "switch" or to change systems, simply change from MH for vegatative growth to HPS for the flowering phase of growth.
The DIGITAL GREENHOUSE electronic ballast operates at a high frequency (20,000Hz) instead of the lowly 60Hz of standard core&coil ballasts. This allows the lamp to operate more efficiently, produce more usable light for plants and last longer. Lamp lumen loss is minimized allowing for a brighter system over time and extending usable lamp life.
Energy consumption is reduced and on average will save over $100 per year on electric bills.
The DIGITAL GREENHOUSE electronic ballast operates cooler than standard systems improving ballast life and reducing temperature in your growing area.
she is in a 18 quart dish pan....and covers most of it already!
hi mate thanx again for the info much appreciated the wife saw she cud save on electricity so she said she might get me one for xmas ha ha..........oh mona lisa she better turn out female ! B E A U TIFUL plant mate and youve done a great job its now in the hands of the weed gods ha ha...............be lucky weedtastic
Theres a chart that gives @ amounts of elecric used in a book I have. Depending on your rates on how many hours ran.Say if you are paying .12 per kw/hr at 12/12 lighting it will run about 20$ per month. If you are paying .14 per kw/hr it will run about 23$ per. and at .16 about 25.50$. Hope this helps atad
spike69 and for keeping it tuned into grower brother
weedtastic
No problem mate ...will be nice christmas and hope the weed gods are good to us
norcaliwood brother grower for the link ... thats helpful ...... your plants are doing A1 bro
tunes, i think she may have been too cold. we just had a huge weather shift up here and the electric heaters in my house were turned way down. think 77F outside down to 50F overnight with the windows open.. my house dropped too, but heaters are on now. there are 3 others starting to crack. i've got a couple clones of ICE as well, so ill be fine.
Good to hear newsisnoise hope they all start for ya soon....you have a journal going or plan on starting one for your grow? I found it helped with everyones input and ideas
i'm in the middle of building a new room. as soon as these crack and it's finished, i'm moving them in. im going to do a journal once i'm in. don't see much point in it at the moment. hopefully in the next couple weeks i can get started.
OK got a small test dummy i chopped and am drying now...this girl is from my other journal ...hydro 3rd grow cfl....this lady had 5 days of sun AKA new 600 watt air cooled SUN It took light buds and made them a little more solid