First time ever growing. Plant is a white widow clone. Currently using 365 635nm high output leds (3000mcd). Power draw is 188mA at 117 volts for 22 watts of power and a whopping $11.56 per year in electricity at $.06/kWh. Red lights will be doubled soon and our blue lights still haven't arrived! We are attempting to recreate nasa's setup with 92% red and 8% blue. Current setup has cost $80 in electronic parts (leds, boards, etc). Guessing that enough lights for a full 3'-5' sized plant would run almost $200 total, no bulk rates, and building it yourself. Will keep ya posted tho.
The top light carries AC to the board, turns it into dc, and powers the lights.
The bottom board is connected to 2 wall adapter 12V DC power supplies (1 iomega and 1 linksys layin around) that combined actually put out 32 volts. This board is much less likely to shock you so its not covered.
So far the easiest way is rectified AC, more voltage, the DC board was a pain at the lower voltage.
Heres a picture of day 1:
And a couple of day 13:
The top light carries AC to the board, turns it into dc, and powers the lights.
The bottom board is connected to 2 wall adapter 12V DC power supplies (1 iomega and 1 linksys layin around) that combined actually put out 32 volts. This board is much less likely to shock you so its not covered.
So far the easiest way is rectified AC, more voltage, the DC board was a pain at the lower voltage.
Heres a picture of day 1:
And a couple of day 13:
