DrFever
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Well after some researching and allot of bias claims from LED growers
I for one am not sold on LED anytime soon ,,, but have decided to actually give it a try and see for my own eyes results growth rates and of course Yields
With so many false company claims LED is one really hard subject to understand
this is what i so far came up with LED although many claim there by far more efficient one would guess with there 50,000 hr life expectancy and actually running there LEDS know where near 100 percent but in the 65 percent range know wonder they last longer there not running really at full peak EVER
Heat is another misconception Really i guess if you running 90 watt UFO but in reality its like 40 watts there would be no heat but this is really FALSE Claims cause i have spoke to many LED growers and They report to me saying that Heat is generated big time as you get up in wattage LED
Another thing i have been reading about is they do not really show out put power on LED systems ????? as a grower i could give a shat about in put power its whats coming out to me that matters Right ???
and most importantly PAR values on LED this is a good one you be surprised sure many led companies will show possibly very high readings By clustering the LEDs closely together and using narrow beam optics, it is very easy for a manufacturer to show an extremely high PAR measurement directly under the fixture. However, unless you are only growing one plant in this exact location, you need to know how much PAR is being distributed across the entire grow area. Since most LED lighting systems centralize the LEDs into a small fixture footprint, these systems naturally produce very high PPFD levels directly under the fixture. However, these light levels will drop significantly as you move the PAR sensor just a small distance from the main fixture housing.
Then we get into the LED companies mentioning 1 w 3 w 5 w 10 w or the amount of watts drawing wattage of the LED does not tell you anything meaningful about the lighting system’s performance. Since LED and fixture efficiency varies widely, the wattage of the LED is in reality stupid
So with that all said it sure puts a cluster fawk into deciding what LED is the one for you right my thoughts tho Do your Home work before shelling out lots of money
Now from what i have looked at for LED's i have broken it down to possibly 3 different companies will study further as well after talking with these companies on which one i am going to purchase and actually test it for my self once an for all
Enjoy here are the links to the 3 LED types i am very interested in
http://www.bmlhorticulture.com/spydr-600-grow-max-spectrum/ my first choice so far amazing spread light bar set up really neat
http://www.illumitex.com/illumitex-led-products/neosol-ds/ my second choice this is the one many claim that is the 1000 Hid replacement
http://www.topledgrowlight.com/mars-ii-1600w-led-grow-light.html#.U-aFtxBdWVN my third choice 1600 watt mars 2 and this one 1/4 price 1600 watts interesting for sure
whats your thoughts people ??
I for one am not sold on LED anytime soon ,,, but have decided to actually give it a try and see for my own eyes results growth rates and of course Yields
With so many false company claims LED is one really hard subject to understand
this is what i so far came up with LED although many claim there by far more efficient one would guess with there 50,000 hr life expectancy and actually running there LEDS know where near 100 percent but in the 65 percent range know wonder they last longer there not running really at full peak EVER
Heat is another misconception Really i guess if you running 90 watt UFO but in reality its like 40 watts there would be no heat but this is really FALSE Claims cause i have spoke to many LED growers and They report to me saying that Heat is generated big time as you get up in wattage LED
Another thing i have been reading about is they do not really show out put power on LED systems ????? as a grower i could give a shat about in put power its whats coming out to me that matters Right ???
and most importantly PAR values on LED this is a good one you be surprised sure many led companies will show possibly very high readings By clustering the LEDs closely together and using narrow beam optics, it is very easy for a manufacturer to show an extremely high PAR measurement directly under the fixture. However, unless you are only growing one plant in this exact location, you need to know how much PAR is being distributed across the entire grow area. Since most LED lighting systems centralize the LEDs into a small fixture footprint, these systems naturally produce very high PPFD levels directly under the fixture. However, these light levels will drop significantly as you move the PAR sensor just a small distance from the main fixture housing.
Then we get into the LED companies mentioning 1 w 3 w 5 w 10 w or the amount of watts drawing wattage of the LED does not tell you anything meaningful about the lighting system’s performance. Since LED and fixture efficiency varies widely, the wattage of the LED is in reality stupid
So with that all said it sure puts a cluster fawk into deciding what LED is the one for you right my thoughts tho Do your Home work before shelling out lots of money
Now from what i have looked at for LED's i have broken it down to possibly 3 different companies will study further as well after talking with these companies on which one i am going to purchase and actually test it for my self once an for all
Enjoy here are the links to the 3 LED types i am very interested in
http://www.bmlhorticulture.com/spydr-600-grow-max-spectrum/ my first choice so far amazing spread light bar set up really neat
http://www.illumitex.com/illumitex-led-products/neosol-ds/ my second choice this is the one many claim that is the 1000 Hid replacement
http://www.topledgrowlight.com/mars-ii-1600w-led-grow-light.html#.U-aFtxBdWVN my third choice 1600 watt mars 2 and this one 1/4 price 1600 watts interesting for sure
whats your thoughts people ??