Switched from 300w cfl to 140w of dollar store led

[grilledcheese101]

Nice man. Been a bit lazy. End of week 4

 

[klozetgrow]

Those are looking delicious this is my white widow auto be live she's about ready to chop

 

[GrowLightResearch]

I purchased 14 10w 800 lumen bulbs from walmart on sale for .50 cents a piece.

Very good up front cost. Very low cost per lumen.
The down side is they are probably not too efficient.
The up side is they are doing the job just fine.
It would be interesting to measure the wall watts and calculate the total electrical cost per lumen.

 

[Chip Green]

Every brand of screw in LED bulb I have taken apart, has had a very close value, of actual draw measured, as the package has stated....60w "equivalent" 9.5w actual, drew about 10w....
If I were a betting man (which I am) I'd wager his 140w collection, is just over 140w on a Kill-A-Watt.

 

[grilledcheese101]

Yeah exactly, 16x9w = 144w + the shitbox amazon 60w. Take what you can from this, but i personally think if you doubled up on the 9w bulbs you could apply this to a slightly larger area.

Photos are from the same day as the lat update

 

[grilledcheese101]

End of week 5, gonna feed one more time next week and than its getting flushed and fed RO water mammoth and finisher and molasses untill finished. Smell changed from blueberry in the early weeks to now, a more bitter blueberry with a sour milk aftertone (lol), this thing fucking reaks and being in the room with it is overwhelming.its kinda gross how dense the smell is tbh. Lol i forgot my coat in there overnight and it stinks like i was rolling around in pot.

 

[HydroRed]

End of week 5, gonna feed one more time next week and than its getting flushed and fed RO water mammoth and finisher and molasses untill finished. Smell changed from blueberry in the early weeks to now, a more bitter blueberry with a sour milk aftertone (lol), this thing fucking reaks and being in the room with it is overwhelming.its kinda gross how dense the smell is tbh. Lol i forgot my coat in there overnight and it stinks like i was rolling around in pot.View attachment 4087516 View attachment 4087517 View attachment 4087516 View attachment 4087517 View attachment 4087518 View attachment 4087519 View attachment 4087520 View attachment 4087521 View attachment 4087522

Looks good. Better get a cover on that fan before it turns into a bud trimmer

 

[grilledcheese101]

 

[klozetgrow]

Looking good should be some good smoke

 

[grilledcheese101]

Looks good. Better get a cover on that fan before it turns into a bud trimmer

Lol i had one on but had to run the fan at a higher speed to make up for the drag the sheild produces and still blow the plants around, im litterally to cheap to pay for it to be on high power. Haha.that being said it has cut doen a few fan leaves

 

[grilledcheese101]

Week 7 photos taken with samsung s6