Will LED lights like these work for growing?

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Would that kind of LED light work for growing?

The benefit would be the fact that you could have lots of them in your closet, they generate little heat and lots of light. no cables since they run on batteries and last for ever. (well like a week at a time - even then you could just hotwire a couple battery packs onto it and run it forever)

I think those lights are 1W

 

[iron joint]

where are you getting the money for 30 flashlights?

 

[ReAnimate]

where are you getting the money for 30 flashlights?

they are like $2 each

 

[iron joint]

well you'll have to find out how many lumens they output. A lot of led's have horrible efficiency.

 

[CyberSecks]

dude its so worth it to fork out the money for a dual ballast.
and if your rele broke. theres some 150 watt cfls on ebay for like 14.99 a pop.

 

[iron joint]

You have no know exactly how much lumens the bulbs produce and at what spectrum, as well as the power consumption. Not "about a watt" if its 1.4 since were adding them all up.

dude its so worth it to fork out the money for a dual ballast.
and if your rele broke. theres some 150 watt cfls on ebay for like 14.99 a pop.

i'm assuming you mean a 150W equivalent? Usually these bulbs are horribly efficient and i don't recommend it.

 

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They run cold seem brighter then normal lights. i figured they would have an advantage over using CFL lights.

I heard the LED lights are BS. but just clarifying

To be fair, its probably cheaper to buy a 20 $2 torches then it is to buy a LED grow light

 

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how about something like this:

Base: GU10 Light
Power: 125000 mcd
LED Quantity: 15
LED Type: 5mm
Beam angle: 50 degree
Diameter: 50 mm
Power connect: 230 Volt
Length: 55 mm
Lifetime: 10x longer as Halogen Color
Temperature: 2700K (warmwhite)
Power consumption: ca. 1 Watt

 

[iron joint]

converting this to lumens from millicandels
beep boop boop booop beep

so its a 73.586 lumen bulb. Right on par with a good CFL. I'd work on getting a more efficient system, also, thats a horrible kelvin for vegging.

 

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coolest calculating sound ive ever seen