Mars-Hydro LED Grow Light Discussion

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5 weeks into 12/12 today. 3,4,or 5 weeks to go depending on the strain. All under a mars II 1200 in a mars 4×4 tent.
 
Beautiful

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5 weeks into 12/12 today. 3,4,or 5 weeks to go depending on the strain. All under a mars II 1200 in a mars 4×4 tent.
 
I want to share my experience with Mars-Hydro customer service


I had a complete section die out in one of my Mars Pro II 320's.

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After reading some horror-stories from Mars-Hydro haters, I was kinda curious how this would turn out. I can assure you all, you have absolutely nothing to fear. This is how it works in reality:

- I first contacted Sara on the 420 forum who then put me in touch with their repair service

- Then you get two choices - you can send the lamp to the closest repair center and get it repaired, or you can figure out what is wrong yourself (with good help from the Mars-Hydro team) and then get spare parts sent in the mail.

The last option made most sense to me as I don't want to send away the lamp and then have to wait a long time for it. Luckily I have one spare 320 so if one breaks I can always replace it with another one. I own 3 320's in total and I use two of them in my main-room. So it made sense to me to take down the broken, put up the other and in the meantime fix my light myself.

- Then Mars-Hydro produced a video exclusively for me to show me how to remove/replace the PCB section of the Mars pro series. That one is still not online so I can't share it here. It was sent directly to my inbox - plus points for this service! Really helpful

- They also sent me links to two other videos describing how to test which section of the lamp is broken. In this case it could be the PCB or the power controller for the blue section. This confused me a little bit because the links were for older Mars models, but I understood why when I opened the lamp. The instructions applied also to my lamp.

- The instructions I received were as following:


"Could you please detach the reflector and then take a picture of the number of PCB, too. BTW, I have observed those pictures. And the rows of the led bulbs with blank may be caused by the faulty power supplies or the led bulbs. Could you please kindly check the drivers inside? If it is hard for you, please let me know.If it is, please send the light to the service center where the engineer always offers professional repair.

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Here is the instruction for swapping the driver.

STEP 1: Switch the drivers inside to check whether the led bulbs with blank will be on again.
STEP 2.1: If all the led bulbs with blank come back,the power supply will be the problem.
STEP 2.2: If some come back, the others not, the power supply and led bulbs both are faulty"

"Then some steps that only applies to their old series, so I removed them from this text"

Then I followed the instructions, swapped the drivers/power supplies, figured out which part was broken and sent them the requested photo of the PCB number plus this photo identifying the broken part:

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Then Mars-Hydro repair service replied:

"Dear DeVille,
It's me again. Sorry for the delayed reply because of the weekends.
It's so great that you find the problem by yourself and give me an elaborate description. Thank you very much. I have consulted the engineer of MARS-HYDRO about the light's problem. The engineer says that the 100w power supply of the light should be replaced. So Mars-hydro is glad to send you a 100w power supply without any charge. Is the following shipping address available for you?"

"Deville's adress cencored out from the conversation"

"I will arrange shipment for you as soon when you confirm the shipping address"


- Then I received some great unrelated information about my Mars Pro II 80 lights


"BTW, I have checked the delivery system and it shows that your 4xMars 80 LED will be delivered in the next few days"

- "Deville's tracking information cencored out from the conversation"


I also made a suggestion for how they could make it easier for us customers to identify the PCB number without having to open the lamp. For this the repair-service had this comment:

"And for your suggestion, It's meaningful for MARS-HYDRO and I will send the suggestion to the engineer. Thank you.
Look forward to hearing from you

Best regards
Lucy (Mars Hydro)

Email: service@mars-hydro.com
Official Website: Mars , Led grow light , Mars Hydro"

After hearing all those horror stories, I have to say I am relieved. This was very straightforward.
Their repair-service representative was helpful, kind and friendly. Very willing to help indeed. I love that they let us fix our lamps ourselves if we belive we are qualified for it. How many other companies out there would let their customers do that?

In my case I was also relieved when I opened the lamp and saw how streamlined it was built. There is nothing in there a customer can't exchange her/himself. So I would recommend everyone to go for the "fix your light yourself" solution.

If you don't feel alright with that solution, they also have repair centers all over the planet that will fix it for you. But that would be too time demanding for me and I really don't like the idea of sending the light away.

All in all I would rate Mars-Hydro customer service 9/10 - Top notch!
But beware of the risk that language issues may lead to random moments of confusion :) We managed to understand each other in the end and all worked out great.

DeVille
 
So very excited. So much so that I am sitting hoping to see these babies grow right before my eyes. Received and installed my brand new Mars-Hydro Reclector 96. Idk about the kids, but I am loving it right now. Time will tell how they love it.
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There tent can do that,our engineer are trying to figure out a solution for this function.:high-five:
Yeah,most of our tents are in square shape,but you need rectangle shape?:high-five:
I've seen some Gorilla branded tents that are expandable vertically but being able to extend it horizontally as well would be awesome.
I'm not sure why but it seems square tents are what everyone designs. Unless you get the really massive ones there is very few that are a more rectangle shape
 
There tent can do that,our engineer are trying to figure out a solution for this function.:high-five:
Yeah,most of our tents are in square shape,but you need rectangle shape?:high-five:
Yes rectangle is a much better design I think and can fit better in to spaces. For me though, I can also fit it inside a wardrobe to hide it from being seen
 
:bravo:so can i call it "Mars-hydro growing room?":cheer:
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5 weeks into 12/12 today. 3,4,or 5 weeks to go depending on the strain. All under a mars II 1200 in a mars 4×4 tent.
 
:circle-of-love:thanks for your review of our Customer service.:Namaste:I'm glad to hear that you are satisfied with our after sell service.:thanks:
Another reason we recommend customer to go with Mars Pro II series lights is because it's easier to repair,compare to the Mars II or Reflector series lights.:high-five:
humm...the language issues...we are always trying our best to improve our English skill...tahnks for your tolerable:thanks:...i know that sometimes wrong words can bring many troubles....:Namaste:
I want to share my experience with Mars-Hydro customer service


I had a complete section die out in one of my Mars Pro II 320's.

320_-_2_-_003.jpg


After reading some horror-stories from Mars-Hydro haters, I was kinda curious how this would turn out. I can assure you all, you have absolutely nothing to fear. This is how it works in reality:

- I first contacted Sara on the 420 forum who then put me in touch with their repair service

- Then you get two choices - you can send the lamp to the closest repair center and get it repaired, or you can figure out what is wrong yourself (with good help from the Mars-Hydro team) and then get spare parts sent in the mail.

The last option made most sense to me as I don't want to send away the lamp and then have to wait a long time for it. Luckily I have one spare 320 so if one breaks I can always replace it with another one. I own 3 320's in total and I use two of them in my main-room. So it made sense to me to take down the broken, put up the other and in the meantime fix my light myself.

- Then Mars-Hydro produced a video exclusively for me to show me how to remove/replace the PCB section of the Mars pro series. That one is still not online so I can't share it here. It was sent directly to my inbox - plus points for this service! Really helpful

- They also sent me links to two other videos describing how to test which section of the lamp is broken. In this case it could be the PCB or the power controller for the blue section. This confused me a little bit because the links were for older Mars models, but I understood why when I opened the lamp. The instructions applied also to my lamp.

- The instructions I received were as following:


"Could you please detach the reflector and then take a picture of the number of PCB, too. BTW, I have observed those pictures. And the rows of the led bulbs with blank may be caused by the faulty power supplies or the led bulbs. Could you please kindly check the drivers inside? If it is hard for you, please let me know.If it is, please send the light to the service center where the engineer always offers professional repair.

repair_service_01.jpg


Here is the instruction for swapping the driver.

STEP 1: Switch the drivers inside to check whether the led bulbs with blank will be on again.
STEP 2.1: If all the led bulbs with blank come back,the power supply will be the problem.
STEP 2.2: If some come back, the others not, the power supply and led bulbs both are faulty"

"Then some steps that only applies to their old series, so I removed them from this text"

Then I followed the instructions, swapped the drivers/power supplies, figured out which part was broken and sent them the requested photo of the PCB number plus this photo identifying the broken part:

repair_service_02.jpg


Then Mars-Hydro repair service replied:

"Dear DeVille,
It's me again. Sorry for the delayed reply because of the weekends.
It's so great that you find the problem by yourself and give me an elaborate description. Thank you very much. I have consulted the engineer of MARS-HYDRO about the light's problem. The engineer says that the 100w power supply of the light should be replaced. So Mars-hydro is glad to send you a 100w power supply without any charge. Is the following shipping address available for you?"

"Deville's adress cencored out from the conversation"

"I will arrange shipment for you as soon when you confirm the shipping address"


- Then I received some great unrelated information about my Mars Pro II 80 lights


"BTW, I have checked the delivery system and it shows that your 4xMars 80 LED will be delivered in the next few days"

- "Deville's tracking information cencored out from the conversation"


I also made a suggestion for how they could make it easier for us customers to identify the PCB number without having to open the lamp. For this the repair-service had this comment:

"And for your suggestion, It's meaningful for MARS-HYDRO and I will send the suggestion to the engineer. Thank you.
Look forward to hearing from you

Best regards
Lucy (Mars Hydro)

Email: service@mars-hydro.com
Official Website: Mars , Led grow light , Mars Hydro"

After hearing all those horror stories, I have to say I am relieved. This was very straightforward.
Their repair-service representative was helpful, kind and friendly. Very willing to help indeed. I love that they let us fix our lamps ourselves if we belive we are qualified for it. How many other companies out there would let their customers do that?

In my case I was also relieved when I opened the lamp and saw how streamlined it was built. There is nothing in there a customer can't exchange her/himself. So I would recommend everyone to go for the "fix your light yourself" solution.

If you don't feel alright with that solution, they also have repair centers all over the planet that will fix it for you. But that would be too time demanding for me and I really don't like the idea of sending the light away.

All in all I would rate Mars-Hydro customer service 9/10 - Top notch!
But beware of the risk that language issues may lead to random moments of confusion :) We managed to understand each other in the end and all worked out great.

DeVille
 
:cheer:you got so many lights there.:goodjob:Did you growing room temperature changed? after you install the Reflector96
So very excited. So much so that I am sitting hoping to see these babies grow right before my eyes. Received and installed my brand new Mars-Hydro Reclector 96. Idk about the kids, but I am loving it right now. Time will tell how they love it.
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humm...we only have one grow tent is rectangle,the Grow tent 120X60X180cm....But this model isn't big enough,right?:high-five:
If you put the grow tent inside your wardrobe,will the temperature be a little hard to control?:volcano-smiley:
Yes rectangle is a much better design I think and can fit better in to spaces. For me though, I can also fit it inside a wardrobe to hide it from being seen
 
humm...we only have one grow tent is rectangle,the Grow tent 120X60X180cm....But this model isn't big enough,right?:high-five:
If you put the grow tent inside your wardrobe,will the temperature be a little hard to control?:volcano-smiley:

Yes and unfortunately that is too small for my grow.
No it will be the same as the wardrobe will have ventilation holes. Just means it looks like a normal wardrobe as apposed to a large black tent that looks out of place in a bedroom.
It's mainly just so I can close it when rental inspections happen.
Even if I don't use a wardrobe, I'd still prefer a rectangle tent to suit my grow
 
:cheer:you got so many lights there.:goodjob:Did you growing room temperature changed? after you install the Reflector96
SS, this light does put out more heat than the 2 foot 2 bulb fluorescent that it replaces but due to my ventilation system, no noticeable increase in temp as of yet. My temps run at about 77 with lights on and 72 off. At this locale the temps outside are always 100. So my air conditioning works well. Over the next few days the temps will be monitored closely. If any increase, I'll let you know. But so far so good. Very pleased with this purchase. Go Mars-Hydro!
 
:goodjob:i c,i just afriad that in summer the wardrobe will be a little problem from temperature controlling.:high-five:
It's a good idea to put the grow tent in a wardrobe....:goodjob:
Yes and unfortunately that is too small for my grow.
No it will be the same as the wardrobe will have ventilation holes. Just means it looks like a normal wardrobe as apposed to a large black tent that looks out of place in a bedroom.
It's mainly just so I can close it when rental inspections happen.
Even if I don't use a wardrobe, I'd still prefer a rectangle tent to suit my grow
 
:goodjob:you can do that,the grow bar can take care of those lower buds.:cheer:
You may. That's what it is. Still hoping to supplement the 1200 with the light bars for my next run.
 
:goodjob:i c,i just afriad that in summer the wardrobe will be a little problem from temperature controlling.:high-five:
It's a good idea to put the grow tent in a wardrobe....:goodjob:
I currently use a timber wardrobe I built myself. No issues with temps, infact it keeps the outside temp from changing the inside temp as much. Means more environment control inside the tent.

Why do all companies make the same sized tents?
 
:circle-of-love:The LED grow light will raise up the temperature a little bit,but it will not be a big problem.:high-five:
I'm glad that you and your plants are having fun with it.Keep us updating:cheer:
SS, this light does put out more heat than the 2 foot 2 bulb fluorescent that it replaces but due to my ventilation system, no noticeable increase in temp as of yet. My temps run at about 77 with lights on and 72 off. At this locale the temps outside are always 100. So my air conditioning works well. Over the next few days the temps will be monitored closely. If any increase, I'll let you know. But so far so good. Very pleased with this purchase. Go Mars-Hydro!
 
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