430 watt HPS bulbs...

Discussion in 'Growing Marijuana Indoors' started by MTheory, Nov 26, 2008.

  1. Do all of them have added blue spectrum? I'm thinking about getting this light and it doesn't say what kind of bulb it comes with (aside from the fact that it's 430w). If it's no different than a standard HPS bulb I'm just going to get a 400w ballast with Horilux bulb.
     
  2. No, not all of them have it.. I'd email them and ask prior to purchase if you're dead
    set on having a HPS w/ added blue spectrum bulb.

    Aside from that, using a 430W bulb in a 400W ballast is not smart. 400W ballasts
    are designed for 400W bulbs.. not 430W. Ballast's have a pre-set igniter that is
    for specific wattage of bulbs.. if you do decide to rock a 430W in a 400W ballast, you
    do so at your own risk. Not worth it for the extra 30W.

    :bongin: ~Experimentalist
     
  3. Thanks for the info. I'm going to go with the 400w hortilux bulb and ballast.
     

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