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Metal Halide Ballasts

Get Green — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:01:03 +0000

Metal Halide Ballasts have become the most wide used HID source in the last 7 years. Metal Halide Bulbs have a white light that is easier on the eyes than the yellow/orange light emitted by High Pressure Sodium bulbs and HPS ballasts. The new Energy Act of 2007 have mandated that all new metal halide fixtures starting in Jan. 2009 have to be Pulse Start Metal Halide for products that are 175W and above. Pulse Start metal halide bulbs have many advantages over Standard Metal Halide. Ballast ha Finish Reading this Post

Grow Light System

Get Green — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:47:26 +0000

Picking the right Grow Light System can be very difficult. Horticultural grow lighting allows you to considerably extend the growing season by producing artificial light to your plants indoors that produce wavelengths of that of real sunlight. This is a tremendous advantage for those of us who really like having a year-round harvest of flowers, vegetables and fresh herbs. Grow Systems are also a wonderful way to get an early start on spring by starting your plant seedlings months ahead of the l Finish Reading this Post

LED Grow Lights

Get Green — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:44:20 +0000

LED Grow Lights are changing the way we grow plants indoors. LED Grow Lights use less power by emitting only the light spectrum that your plants need. LED’s produce much less heat than a High Pressure Sodium or Metal Halide light source. LED Plant Lights can produce much better results with fewer watts. Comparing LED Growing Lights with HID Grow Lights 14 Watt LED Grow Light = 70 Watt Metal Halide or HPS 15 Watt LED Grow Light = 70 Watt Metal Halide or HPS 45 Watt LED Grow Light = 250 Finish Reading this Post