Yeah I got the opticlimate too. Time to do away with my timers and exhaust fan relays. I normally put 12 1000w hps in a room that size. In large hoods so it's like a ceiling of lights. I was told I could maybe get away with 8 dimlux so I went with 10, don't really know about them so I'm trying to get it right. Gonna do another room this same size next month, then rip out all my hoods in the other 2 rooms. By July I should have 40 of these things cooking lol. Switching to dimlux should save me 8000w.
My hobby shop sold me on these, and they're really knowledgeable so I take they're advice. I wanted gavitas with remote ballast and air cooled hoods but he said gavitas are back ordered and I needed these asap. The nanolux rep was in there when I ordered them and even he was saying nobody can touch dimlux right now, they're the best out there. I went with the 1000w because that's just what I do lol. My veg room has 8 1000. I always ran as much lumens as I could. I was gonna do 12 dimlux but the guys at the store told me I might fry them. I don't have any stretch the old way I did it so I just never tried running a full spectrum setup. I actually have a case of dual spectrum bulbs I've had for about a year and never used, maybe I'll use them this month and see what they do lol.
I actually didn't know about the ceramic dimlux till you said something and I looked them up. I may buy some next month and checker board a room. I always just used high quality bulbs and would hit 2 lb a light so I just didn't worry about trying metal halides or ceramics. But now I've almost got my shop finished so I can do some experiments.
Sorry if my posts are hard to read lol. My writing is a little spacey and jumpy. I'm better at building stuff lol.