9 Purple Kush under 360 watts of LED. Dunit 2nd LED Grow
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dunit
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No doubt big commercial growers (except the legal ones in the US) wouldn't consider LED right now. Very familiar with the BC commercial game and those guys have it dialed. I used to build industrial control panels for a living and I've done some commercial wiring back in the day although I stay far away from it now cause that game has gotten hardcore.Good facts on the LED.
Most growers i know havent heard of LED and dont want to bother with small time shows. If your gonna grow i wouldnt do less than three hps lights. Like come on your damaging your house already.
If your just doing a personal grow for smoke then i guess LED is the way to go. But if your running a house then HPS is better.
Im from BC and growing is a big thing out here. and with big things comes big lights.
Nice for 14 days tho. Keep it green
They only take one pull to get their startup costs out and still put enough in the jeans to set up a second one if the first one gets kicked. After that it's all gravy. Those guys aren't interested in power consumption as they steal it or run generators. Go big, go fast and move.
I know they used to budget $1000 a light to startup but that was rent, build cost, salaries, nutes, clones, A/C, generators all in! $50 a ballast is certainly half of anything I ever heard.
I still think LED is gonna change even the commercial game and not too far in the future.
Imagine the potential when two guys can tear down all the equipment for a 40 light show and pack it in a small utility trailer and be gone in an hour. No hard wiring to disconnect. No bulbs to break. No 40 pound ballast boxes. No three ton air conditioners. No fucking 4 foot sheet metal shades to try and sneak out of a house...lol... you get the idea
When they changed the laws in BC (and killed the economy) a few years ago and flagged houses for power consumption the game changed. Suddenly everyone running smaller commercial shows started looking at options. Now three or four lites is the limit to stay under the radar unless you get a generator and then there's noise, refuelling..etc etc.
I really think LED will produce same results with 50% of the power consumption and I think this next run will prove that.
Suddenly your 4000 watts just started producing the same weight as your old 8 lite show and you're back in the money. At that point do you give a fuck that the startup cost was high?
LED could save BC's economy. Maybe I should run for election.
dunit
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Every year in BC at least a couple places burn down due to grows. I may be paranoid but I know for years every time I drove home from work I just hoped to fuck nothing had malfunctioned and my house hadn't burned down.Good facts on the LED.
Most growers i know havent heard of LED and dont want to bother with small time shows. If your gonna grow i wouldnt do less than three hps lights. Like come on your damaging your house already.
If your just doing a personal grow for smoke then i guess LED is the way to go. But if your running a house then HPS is better.
Im from BC and growing is a big thing out here. and with big things comes big lights.
Nice for 14 days tho. Keep it green
Never mind starting a fire, you'd have trouble keeping your Tim Hortons coffee warm with LED's
mr.smileyface
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i think digitals are the best so far.. Plug and play. Most people i know wire plugs to their cords so its easy to assemble and dessemble.Every year in BC at least a couple places burn down due to grows. I may be paranoid but I know for years every time I drove home from work I just hoped to fuck nothing had malfunctioned and my house hadn't burned down.
Never mind starting a fire, you'd have trouble keeping your Tim Hortons coffee warm with LED's
Get this in BC they are changing every power meter to smart meters. It detects power theft and taps right away.
I dont like flip flops for that one reason. Im not an electrition. I know a fare share about amps,watts,voltages. Ive been growing for two years now.
Ive had a ten lighter in an apartment for fucks sakes. I also ran a house for a year straight with a 6 bulber. Im 22 and know more than i should about growing. I just cloned ten trays of clones for my next place. 45 minutes a tray!
The ballast im talking about are Used.. Just cause i said i could get them that cheap doesnt mean i do. I prefer digitals or switchable cased magnetic. But if i was going real big i would get the oldies. The brand new lumitecs are 340 and the switchables are 130.
Ive had my fare share of fuck ups in this game. Now i got my strain dialed in.
When LED arent 500 for a 600w then i might consider it.
Im in it to win it. I need ten pounds every two months to myself or im not happy. I just dont think LED will do that for me. Ill wait till 1000w leds come out haha
sleezy1
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1000w LEDS!! that would be enough for 30 plants at least!i think digitals are the best so far.. Plug and play. Most people i know wire plugs to their cords so its easy to assemble and dessemble.
Get this in BC they are changing every power meter to smart meters. It detects power theft and taps right away.
I dont like flip flops for that one reason. Im not an electrition. I know a fare share about amps,watts,voltages. Ive been growing for two years now.
Ive had a ten lighter in an apartment for fucks sakes. I also ran a house for a year straight with a 6 bulber. Im 22 and know more than i should about growing. I just cloned ten trays of clones for my next place. 45 minutes a tray!
The ballast im talking about are Used.. Just cause i said i could get them that cheap doesnt mean i do. I prefer digitals or switchable cased magnetic. But if i was going real big i would get the oldies. The brand new lumitecs are 340 and the switchables are 130.
Ive had my fare share of fuck ups in this game. Now i got my strain dialed in.
When LED arent 500 for a 600w then i might consider it.
Im in it to win it. I need ten pounds every two months to myself or im not happy. I just dont think LED will do that for me. Ill wait till 1000w leds come out haha
dunit
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So you're running around 6000-7000 watts for flower plus a veg room which is another 1600-2000 so I'm guessing its hard to fly under the radar with that. To get that kind of yield with LED you'd run about 4000 watts including veg which is way easier to slip by with. Would cost a fuckload to get up and running though.i think digitals are the best so far.. Plug and play. Most people i know wire plugs to their cords so its easy to assemble and dessemble.
Get this in BC they are changing every power meter to smart meters. It detects power theft and taps right away.
I dont like flip flops for that one reason. Im not an electrition. I know a fare share about amps,watts,voltages. Ive been growing for two years now.
Ive had a ten lighter in an apartment for fucks sakes. I also ran a house for a year straight with a 6 bulber. Im 22 and know more than i should about growing. I just cloned ten trays of clones for my next place. 45 minutes a tray!
The ballast im talking about are Used.. Just cause i said i could get them that cheap doesnt mean i do. I prefer digitals or switchable cased magnetic. But if i was going real big i would get the oldies. The brand new lumitecs are 340 and the switchables are 130.
Ive had my fare share of fuck ups in this game. Now i got my strain dialed in.
When LED arent 500 for a 600w then i might consider it.
Im in it to win it. I need ten pounds every two months to myself or im not happy. I just dont think LED will do that for me. Ill wait till 1000w leds come out haha
Good luck amigo.
ColoradoLove
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Looking good man. How far off the plants do you keep the LEDs?
dunit
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About 14-16 inches.
ColoradoLove
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Couldnt you run them closer? Just start backing them off if you saw light bleaching?
Or did you already do that?
Or did you already do that?
sleezy1
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I had the lights 6 inches away, but the new growth and top foliage started to curl. So I had to back off the lights a little to 10 inches.
kush groove
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looking good dunit, i got six girls under 260watts.....about two weeks behind in flowering
we can compare apples and oranges in about 2 months time
we can compare apples and oranges in about 2 months time
ColoradoLove
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Thanks man
dunit
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If your new growth started to curl I'd check your PH first
dunit
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Sounds like a plan amigo
