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were did you find that ballest?
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were did you find that ballest?
What type of ballast can operate that type off bulb ?
Ceramic Metal Halide Grow Light Ballasts are low-frequency, square wave ballasts specifically designed to run CMH and LEC Lamps at peak performance
Quartz glass is often the material used to make the arc tube, which can erode over time diminishing the output of light. This can diminish the overall lifetime of the lamp and will require re-lamping sooner than with other types of HID lamps. This design can make MH lamps more unstable in terms of maintenance, longevity and spectrum output than other types of HID lighting, including CMH lamps.
Ballast are everwhere. Ebay has many. Hydro stores. Many used ballast are around too.were did you find that ballest?
on the web , they have online ship. got them after 10 dayswere did you find that ballest?
Sell them and get the T5 you want.how many t5 you think would provide 'main' if I'm runnin 3 or3 48" bars, two in front one behind fixture.
If I were to start over I would have just bought an 8 light T5 fixture and called it a day but I already spent the $$ on the LED's so I'll be danged if I don't use them lol
Hamilton alsoBallast are everwhere. Ebay has many. Hydro stores. Many used ballast are around too.
Or3 light bars are equal to 2 t5's. I prefer them over t5. I have a real nice giesemann 6 bulb 36" t5 unit in the closet. I have many bulbs too and will just hang onto it as its a nice proven fixture.Sell them and get the T5 you want.
can you post a link?on the web , they have online ship. got them after 10 days
Yeah, so where do you buy MH fixtures and bulbs?
I totally agree with you. I have been on this forum long enough to see many threads from a selection of users that wish to prop up MH at the expense of LEDs. Both are successful methods with years of results and I wish people could just leave it at that. Quit telling me your religion is better than mine when mine serves me just fine (even though you say it’s all marketing). People will switch when they have don’t have success, not because someone told them to.Brother I get your passion for halides. Nothing wrong with that. But you are missing the point, imo.
Saying that leds basicaly cant hold a candle to leds is pure BS. And constantly putting them down with your "zero" world experience running them is so old and very dissapointing from a vetran reefers point of view.
Thier are plenty of reefers running all the available light systems with outstanding results.
Any thread that has a halide/led point of view has become a, you know what, kind of contest.
I have said enough on the subject.
I am going to go help a couple fellow reefers here online with thier systems.
BRS has some, Premium Aquatics is my go to for halides. They can order anything Reef Brite makes. Hamilton has great stuff still.
90's reefers: LEDs can hold the candles, yes. It's not the same though. BUT there are many who prefers LEDs, and that's fine. The problem is that each side decided to defend their own preferences. The LED propaganda started this strategy since the beginning with their brain washing! People need to understand that LED copanies wouldn't compare to halides unless it would be the best option available, like Tullio said couple times. The comparison will never be fair for any halide user/lover simply because they love the results from halides and know the results from LEDs.Brother I get your passion for halides. Nothing wrong with that. But you are missing the point, imo.
Saying that leds basicaly cant hold a candle to leds is pure BS. And constantly putting them down with your "zero" world experience running them is so old and very dissapointing from a vetran reefers point of view.
Thier are plenty of reefers running all the available light systems with outstanding results.
Any thread that has a halide/led point of view has become a, you know what, kind of contest.
I have said enough on the subject.
I am going to go help a couple fellow reefers here online with thier systems.
BUT... BRS is strongly preaching halides "will be banned" and is a "dead technology". Their excuse not to keep the normal inventory is that they "don't have shelf space" (BRS told me over the phone when I called them!) to have them in stock and "people are not buying", while the reality is that at the same time Hamilton and ReefBrite were selling lots (Hamilton and Reef Brite also told me over the phone at the same time!) and they could just display the pics on BRS website and ship from the manufacturer.BRS has some, Premium Aquatics is my go to for halides. They can order anything Reef Brite makes. Hamilton has great stuff still.
Hamilton reduced their stock after selling a ton. I'm not sure if they will ever produce some of the best halide gear they had. The market is pretty dominated by LEDs and there is too much risk in investing on new stock today. I hope they won't retire! One of the best fixtures they ever made, the Cebu, is retired. But everything is possible!Right on thank you. I checked Hamilton and everything says out of stock or discontinued.
No not at all. More BS. If you can be "brainwashed by a company then you dont need to be in the hobby, lol. Its pretty simple.90's reefers: LEDs can hold the candles, yes. It's not the same though. BUT there are many who prefers LEDs, and that's fine. The problem is that each side decided to defend their own preferences. The LED propaganda started this strategy since the beginning with their brain washing! People need to understand that LED copanies wouldn't compare to halides unless it would be the best option available, like Tullio said couple times. The comparison will never be fair for any halide user/lover simply because they love the results from halides and know the results from LEDs.
LED users come and post on halide threads trying to diminish halides. The passionate halide users see the results with their own eyes and know what's best for them. That is not going to change, my friend. Time for the LED companies to stop brain washing this new generation with propaganda! Do you agree with that part?
You just said they were easily available though and selling like crazy with plenty of stock (BRS is lying)?Hamilton reduced their stock after selling a ton. I'm not sure if they will ever produce some of the best halide gear they had. The market is pretty dominated by LEDs and there is too much risk in investing on new stock today. I hope they won't retire! One of the best fixtures they ever made, the Cebu, is retired. But everything is possible!
I certainly don't want to go further and ruin this thread.No not at all. More BS. If you can be "brainwashed by a company then you dont need to be in the hobby, lol. Its pretty simple.
Your comments prove you have never ran leds, maybe not even halides, on a acro system.
This is you:
"The comparison will never be fair for any halide user/lover simply because they love the results from halides and know the results from LEDs". Again your bashing leds with no real world experience except what others spew.
I am the one in the above quote you referenced and I know the results you get from leds because I have ran both. I prefer leds now and I know what halides can do.
Its ok to be pro whatever but constantly putting down a proven lighting system, all included, is counter productive, imo.