Club 315w lec

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TS-leo

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msrp @ $299 including lamp from gc.

pretty competitive pricing if the quality is solid.

not sure about their lamps. Anyone tried yet?
 
KushyMcKush

KushyMcKush

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DemonTrich said:
20k hrs is the bulb life, says philips.
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Right, I know what Philips claims, but Im interested in real world experiences. Id imagine the uv decay would be pretty significant at 20k hours running. I should have phrased my question differently. At which point SHOULD they be replaced to maintain peak performance?
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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KushyMcKush said:
Right, I know what Philips claims, but Im interested in real world experiences. Id imagine the uv decay would be pretty significant at 20k hours running. I should have phrased my question differently. At which point SHOULD they be replaced to maintain peak performance?
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I've been running lamps with this tech for a couple of years and they're fine. Two years is a max interval but it's not like you gotta swap them every couple of runs.

I'm going to start saying it right here, however; you only want to run these for a long as it takes for you to get COB LED or better. They ARE better lights, more efficient, longer lasting and you'll get bigger crops of better bud.
 
Javadog

Javadog

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The math makes LEC work very well right now though.

I have pretty much convinced myself that I can take a 600W HPS
down and replace it with 315W LEC and still get the same yield,
or close enough to blame my skills for the difference.

When I can fully light a four foot tent with $500 of LED then LEC will
begin to fade away.

JD
 
KushyMcKush

KushyMcKush

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ttystikk said:
I've been running lamps with this tech for a couple of years and they're fine. Two years is a max interval but it's not like you gotta swap them every couple of runs.

I'm going to start saying it right here, however; you only want to run these for a long as it takes for you to get COB LED or better. They ARE better lights, more efficient, longer lasting and you'll get bigger crops of better bud.
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Thanks! The only thing that made me wonder is the slight color change, but maybe this is just the lamp burning in. I will be adding a second light and Ive been going between a second 315 or 200-250w of cob led.
When you say cob led or "better," what is currently better? I was under the assumption that those are at the top right now. DE hps?
 
DemonTrich

DemonTrich

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80% at 10k hrs
Philips testing results

Hammerhead and rives on ic have done testing on all. These 2 guys plus others have KILLED it running 315 cmh ONLY. Nothing else. Or else why would I dump 2100 and drop 6x600 mp/hps from my current killer grows for cmh only.
 
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ttystikk

ttystikk

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Javadog said:
The math makes LEC work very well right now though.

I have pretty much convinced myself that I can take a 600W HPS
down and replace it with 315W LEC and still get the same yield,
or close enough to blame my skills for the difference.

When I can fully light a four foot tent with $500 of LED then LEC will
begin to fade away.

JD
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In my experience, a 315W CMH system doesn't quite replace a 600W HPS.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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KushyMcKush said:
Thanks! The only thing that made me wonder is the slight color change, but maybe this is just the lamp burning in. I will be adding a second light and Ive been going between a second 315 or 200-250w of cob led.
When you say cob led or "better," what is currently better? I was under the assumption that those are at the top right now. DE hps?
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COB LED is great, but time and technology never stop their march. It's currently looking like Quantum boards will be the next better thing.

DE lighting of any sort is a big step backwards in efficiency. That's not to say you can't grow good crops with them, but once you factor in the cost of cooling you'll find they are anything but efficient.
 
KushyMcKush

KushyMcKush

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Frosty for sure. Heres some pics of my first harvest under the 315. Don't have a final yield yet, most still has a few days left of drying, but the quality is great. Main issue was penetration which killed my density and stacking under probably 8-10" from the tops. I didn't top/train as much as I should have which killed my yield. Just wanted a quick veg. This run I think Im going to net and definitely train/top/defoliate more to get them bushy for a more even canopy. A little more light too.
501st og #1
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501st og #2
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Ssdd (just cut this branch today to test)
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