is the hacienda digital ballasts any goon ,any 1 have anr reasons to stear me clear off 1

hi storm...
never heard of them m8,if your after a digi i would recomend a lumatek,tried & tested, alot of people
seem to be using them having no problems including me excellent bit of kit imo

I got the 400w digital Lumatek with super lumen switch,keeps pretty cool and no interference!,so far so good.

Not familiar with that brand, but if it has a good guarentee then it might be worth it.

The advantages of a digi ballast when starting out is budget dependent. Plenty of gram per watt grows done with magnetic ballasts but that whatever advantage a digi has over a mag pales into insignificance compared to the advantage a 6" extractor fan has over a 4".

If you can afford it as well as good extraction then why not? If you go cheap on the fan to buy the digi, then that's a mistake.

I have three lumatek's hey are great, not hot, quiet - but as rand says, if the guarantee on the ones you want is good - there is no reason to avoid

nice 1 ppl tar 4 your replies, get a 2 year guarantee with em so here goes

storm

Very cool. If you don't mind? We have a stickied topic on digital ballasts (click here). If you could post pictures and reports on them there, it would help out a lot of fellow growers.

yeah sure as, rand

the LightWave digital ballasts on greens "gold colour" are great also.

very very very slight warm to the touch.. fantastic bit of kit so far, no problems.

tar 4 info peeps much appreciated, is it true that the digis use less leccy and push more lumens out???

storm the hacienda one is a brand made by ikon who own shops in england named after the ultimate club in manchester

is that a good thing or not doc??

I am well happy with the Horti-pro 600 from Greens.

I have the Hacienda one, no probs with it - runs dead quite and not hot at all - just like it should. I got mine at a VERY decent price otherwise I would have prolly stumped up the extra cash and got the lumatek bcos its purple

And has a track record and has a longer guarantee eh and is proven not to give out any rf hmm think i'll stick with lumatek myself

Yeah but cares about all that when its purple?

The Maxibrights are such a dark purple that they look black.