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Originally Posted by KayBay
What's the cost of building your own setup? Seems like more than buying a simple hood.
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Not sure what you are referring to. The growtronix system is not a build your own system, it's a computerized environmental control system. You can check it out in this thread
http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/for...ix-system.html, and starts around $1000.
If you are referring to the "Kill a Watt" devices, they range in price from about $20 upwards to $200 depending on what you want with it. If you are referring to Overdriving Florescent
lights, a typical florescent light fixture contains 1
ballast (
cfl's have them in the base of the bulb). The idea behind Overdriving Florescent Lights is to use 2 ballast instead of one in the same light fixture. So you still need the light fixture, then another ballast and wire it in correctly. I can only assume this adds extra power to the florescent light
bulbs, driving up it's light (lumen) output. And likely it's power consumption also, as well as shortening the life span of the bulbs.