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ChillFred said:
Welcome Tom! Only seen and heard great stuff so far!! Hoping you live up to the expectations!! But i bet you do!! How long have you been into growing cannabis? And more importantly - LED lights? :pass:
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Sorry guys, stepped away for lunch. Here is some quick information on my background.

I've always been into cannabis, just never really a grower myself. I firmly believe that it is he best medicine on the planet and I'm actively involved with legalization groups like NORML.

I've worked on a few grows with a buddy of mine in San Francisco back in the mid 2000's. They were pretty much grey market basement grows of around 200 plants. I learn a lot about HID technology back then. I now live in Tampa, FL where Cannabis is pretty much black market, and I have a daughter so, no illegal grows for me.

I worked for a HID company based out of Oak Ridge TN for four years and was responsible with helping launch a line of controllable HID (CMH and DE) ballasts. While I was there, I worked with a number of scientist and engineers, who were experts in lighting science. One of them was credited with developing the first solid state 100% electronic HID ballast. During that time i spent a lot of time researching all types of grow lighting technology on the market (induction, plazma, MH, CMH, HPS, LED, etc...). We had a full lab with an integrated sphere where we could test multiple different types of technologies and compare spectrums and PAR results. I also worked closely with the Plant Sciences department UT Knoxville, on how different spectrums of light effect plant growth. I found it fascinating and learned quite a bit during that time. Unfortunately the line of HID ballasts and controls were never released, because the tech team couldn't get the ballasts working correctly, supply chain and funding issues.


I joined Platinum a recently and have really been impressed with the technology and just how passionate Platinum's customer base is about the product. I believe its a top quality product at a great price. The 5 year warranty and great customer service does hurt either.
 
PlatinumLEDTom said:
Sorry guys, stepped away for lunch. Here is some quick information on my background.

I've always been into cannabis, just never really a grower myself. I firmly believe that it is he best medicine on the planet and I'm actively involved with legalization groups like NORML.

I've worked on a few grows with a buddy of mine in San Francisco back in the mid 2000's. They were pretty much grey market basement grows of around 200 plants. I learn a lot about HID technology back then. I now live in Tampa, FL where Cannabis is pretty much black market, and I have a daughter so, no illegal grows for me.

I worked for a HID company based out of Oak Ridge TN for four years and was responsible with helping launch a line of controllable HID (CMH and DE) ballasts. While I was there, I worked with a number of scientist and engineers, who were experts in lighting science. One of them was credited with developing the first solid state 100% electronic HID ballast. During that time i spent a lot of time researching all types of grow lighting technology on the market (induction, plazma, MH, CMH, HPS, LED, etc...). We had a full lab with an integrated sphere where we could test multiple different types of technologies and compare spectrums and PAR results. I also worked closely with the Plant Sciences department UT Knoxville, on how different spectrums of light effect plant growth. I found it fascinating and learned quite a bit during that time. Unfortunately the line of HID ballasts and controls were never released, because the tech team couldn't get the ballasts working correctly, supply chain and funding issues.


I joined Platinum a recently and have really been impressed with the technology and just how passionate Platinum's customer base is about the product. I believe its a top quality product at a great price. The 5 year warranty and great customer service does hurt either.
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Glad you made it back @PlatinumLEDTom we'll get some questions rolling now
 
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PlatinumLEDTom said:
Sorry guys, stepped away for lunch. Here is some quick information on my background.

I've always been into cannabis, just never really a grower myself. I firmly believe that it is he best medicine on the planet and I'm actively involved with legalization groups like NORML.

I've worked on a few grows with a buddy of mine in San Francisco back in the mid 2000's. They were pretty much grey market basement grows of around 200 plants. I learn a lot about HID technology back then. I now live in Tampa, FL where Cannabis is pretty much black market, and I have a daughter so, no illegal grows for me.

I worked for a HID company based out of Oak Ridge TN for four years and was responsible with helping launch a line of controllable HID (CMH and DE) ballasts. While I was there, I worked with a number of scientist and engineers, who were experts in lighting science. One of them was credited with developing the first solid state 100% electronic HID ballast. During that time i spent a lot of time researching all types of grow lighting technology on the market (induction, plazma, MH, CMH, HPS, LED, etc...). We had a full lab with an integrated sphere where we could test multiple different types of technologies and compare spectrums and PAR results. I also worked closely with the Plant Sciences department UT Knoxville, on how different spectrums of light effect plant growth. I found it fascinating and learned quite a bit during that time. Unfortunately the line of HID ballasts and controls were never released, because the tech team couldn't get the ballasts working correctly, supply chain and funding issues.


I joined Platinum a recently and have really been impressed with the technology and just how passionate Platinum's customer base is about the product. I believe its a top quality product at a great price. The 5 year warranty and great customer service does hurt either.
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That a very impressive background are you a engineer ureself Tom
 
mohawk warrior said:
:yoinks: Epic.... No waaayyyyy tom diggin deep with the selections
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Haha, i've being DJing for over 20 years as well (turntables not the fake PC DJ's). I can go on and on when it comes to music. On the topic of Major Tom here are two more:


 
I think everyone here knows I am pretty fun lovin and easy goin, I DO NOT LIKE PEOPLE MESSING WITH MY HAPPY BUBBLE! And that is all I will say about that, back to normal happy Derek.. Wellll after a DAB of course
 
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