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Reddit mentions of Apollo Horticulture Purple Reign 1000W Watt Digital Dimmable HPS MH Grow Light Ballast for Plant Growing
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We found 4 Reddit mentions of Apollo Horticulture Purple Reign 1000W Watt Digital Dimmable HPS MH Grow Light Ballast for Plant Growing. Here are the top ones.
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- Package Includes: 1 – Apollo Horticulture 1000 Watt Digital Dimmable Ballast
- BALLAST SPECIFICATIONS: 14.75” x 6.25” x 3.5” / 1.5” Digital Display / Weight: 9 lbs. / Voltage: 120V -240V / Hertz (50hz / 60hz Frequency) / 9.7 amps / Hydroponic S-Type Plug Output
- INTERNAL TECHNOLOGY: Includes embedded circuit technology to minimize power interruptions along with short circuit protection by automatically shutting off the power for ultimate safety. Our ballast also includes a step-less adjustable knob that displays your operating wattage on a digital screen. Our ballast is ONLY compatible with 1000 Watt HPS and MH bulbs and allows for 12-Dimmable Options: 1050W/1000W/900W/840W/800W/750W/700W/630W/500W/420W/400W
- RELIABILITY YOU CAN TRUST: Silent yet powerful operation features built-in dynamic detection to prevent overload, voltage fluctuation, and lamp EOL. ELECTRICAL HAZARD WARNING – DO NOT get wet or place near water. Fast lamp ignition lights up the bulbs within 5 seconds and provides flicker-free stabilization with constant lamp voltage.
- TOP CUSTOMER CARE: Your Apollo Horticulture Purple Reign 1000W Watt Digital Dimmable HPS MH Grow Light Ballast for Plant Growing is backed by our exceptional customer service team and comes standard with our 90-Day Money Back Guarantee.
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| Height | 4 Inches |
| Length | 14 Inches |
| Weight | 9 Pounds |
| Width | 7.5 Inches |
LEDs require a specific current, not a specific voltage. I know that sounds odd, but these COB LEDs will continue to consume current until they burn out, so they need a constant current driver in order to regulate the current that's delivered to them. The actual voltage that is delivered can vary, but it's typically somewhere between 12V and 48V.
I have the materials to build just such a setup, but I've read that the Cree COB LEDs I have don't put out a very good light spectrum for plants. I've got the goods, though, so we'll see how it works out.
While I'm talking about it, here are the light sources I have:
Curious to see how the LEDs compare. FWIW, the scotch bonnet plant I have underneath the Apollo 24W R/B LED has a pronounced preference for the 400W MH that is orthogonally located about five feet away.
A lot of people use 600w HPS in 4x4s for flower. I use an adjustable 1000w ballast in mine, so I can dial down in summertime. I've done grows that came out great at 700w, with a few weeks of that at 600w.
About the Mars Hydros. . .not a fan of the blurple lights for veg. My experience is they grow really squat, bushy plants, which is annoying when you then move them to a big flowering tent with a ton of vertical space. If your budget is 4 Mars (~$250), maybe think about getting a dimmable 400w? I assume your veg tent will be about half the size of your flowering tent. You must already have venting going for HID heat, I say stick with it.
edit: Another option, instead of a dimmable 400w HID, is to get a completely dimmeable 1000w. I have no love for Apollo gear. But this is the ballast I use in my 4x4' tent, it's lasted a year with no issues. You can dial it between 400w and 1050w, in small increments. Having the two HIDs would mean you could run your 600w for flower, and turn down the "Purple Reign" to 400w for veg. Or, when you can handle the extra heat seasonally, you can switch and run the 600w in veg, and up to 1000w in flower.
When my iPower 1000w ballast kicks the bucket I am going to replace it with: https://www.amazon.com/Horticulture-Purple-Reign-Digital-Dimmable/dp/B00WAKP4YK
Then I will buy 400w and 600w MH / 600w and 1000w HPS bulbs. Then only use the power of light I need when I need it.
Make sure your light hood has the glass that drops down instead of slides out. Slide out blows.
LED lights are fine if you have the budget for them, but if you want to use the entire 5x5 tent, you'd want at minimum, 2 900-watt LEDs (preferrably with 5-watt LEDs for better penetration). Nothing wrong with Mars Hydro. You could always just buy 1 to start, and use only half the tent.
A Single 1000-watt HPS light with a vented hood and 8" fan is what I use in a 5x5 tent with good results.
Ballast: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WAKP4YK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage
Hood: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BMVK8HG?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage
Fan: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GYG39UW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage
You would also need, bulbs (MH for veg., HPS for flowering), hangers, ducting for the vented hood, and optionally a carbon filter if you want to control smell. Also, professional growers typically replace their bulbs every 6 months because they lose that much brightness over time...so you might want to factor that in.
One final note is that LEDs do have the advantage that you can grow taller plants...as they are lower profile, and you don't need the same amount of space between the tops of the flowers and the light.
Oh, and what the LED lights draw from the wall is different from what they are listed as...typically they draw about half the amount they are listed at. So an LED that is listed as 900 watts, is actually using closer to 450-475 watts of electricity. The general rule of thumb for lighting is that you want a 35-50 watts of light power per square foot of canopy (for LEDs, you would use the amount of power actually used for this calculation).