i need help hps

Discussion in 'Growing Marijuana Indoors' started by tamacha91, Jan 4, 2010.

  1. #1 tamacha91, Jan 4, 2010
    so i started flowering 2 weeks ago. and im using a 400w mh a 70 w hps and 3 42 w cfl in a 3'x3' room. is this ok
     
  2. #2 paint_u_dgt, Jan 4, 2010
    I would be better if the 400w was hps and the 70w was mh. But it should be ok.
     
  3. #3 johnk, Jan 4, 2010
    Yeah, you can get a 400w HPS 'conversion' bulb that will work with your MH ballast (about $50 if it's in your budget). GL!
     
  4. #4 tamacha91, Jan 4, 2010
    ok so the 400 w is a fixture i got from a store and the fixture says. hps,mh and it came with a 400 w mh bulb. dos that meen i con go out and get a 400w hps and itl work in the ballast?
     
  5. #5 ducksausage, Jan 4, 2010
    Sounds like it, digital ballasts can accept and fire both types of bulbs.
     
  6. #6 tamacha91, Jan 4, 2010
    ok but just to make sure a digital ballast dosnt have an lcd or anything like that dos it. cus the one a have is just a huge 40 lb ballast with a soket atached for the bulb
     
  7. #7 johnk, Jan 4, 2010
    If it's 40 lbs. it probably not a digital ballast lol! Is there a switch somewhere on it that you can select mh or hps? Any info on the label?
     
  8. #8 tamacha91, Jan 4, 2010
    all it says is 450w max hg,mh,hps
     
  9. #9 johnk, Jan 4, 2010
    I don't know what the 'hg' means but it sounds like your ballast can drive both an mh or an hps bulb. Then you wouldn't have to buy a $50 'conversion' hps bulb but could use a regular hps bulb which you can find for $15-20 if you look around.
     
  10. #10 johnk, Jan 5, 2010
    OK, I get the 'hg'. That's the symbol for mercury so I guess your ballast can drive mercury vapor bulbs but you wouldn't want to use those for growing anyway. GL!
     

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