LED Companies w/ LINKS
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JimmyIndica
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hows the osram workin for ya?
JimmyIndica
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me too!I can't wait!!!
PSUAGRO.
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It's "working" so far........but we're only sixteen days in. Will see
Lol........like legos betterI can't wait!!!
AquariusPanta
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AquariusPanta
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Yeah it's ~120W because of the driver's efficiency (~88% with decent load).
JimmyIndica
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I am noticing that whatever one I put under the vero29 3k. I get in a lot taller a lot quicker! so 4k might be my a51 buy!
JimmyIndica
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a51 offering a cxb?
alesh
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It's actually closer to 84% as ACDC supply (<87.5% - not fully loaded) and DCDC driver (96%) are used. Together with that small passive HS, this light doesn't look well designed to me.
freddfish
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Hey, folks.....got an emergency newbie question. Hope you all can help.
Helping a friend with a tent grow, he has a 2x4 tent and is using a 180W UFO LED light. IF this isn't the exact model he is using, it is awful close http://www.amazon.com/Eyourlife-12-Band-Indoor-Hydroponic-Growing/dp/B00CIOEUP2
Anyway, from what I can tell, it is not enough light to take care of 8sq ft, and I told him so....so he is thinking about getting a 2nd light to spread out through the tent. Not a big deal now, he only has 3 inch seedlings, but maybe later it will be necessary.
I looked at a few on the web/Amazon for him (he's not a computer guy, doesn't even have a cellphone.Good people though), and we liked the look of this one from Apollo Horticulture, and it is right on the price point he can afford.
http://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Horticulture-GL100LED-Spectrum-Growing/dp/B00FGG1HDM/ref=pd_rhf_pe_s_cp_3_YMMW?ie=UTF8&refRID=1CBTVDPJRKNZVEE5922D
There was also this one from GalaxyHydro
http://www.amazon.com/GalaxyhydroTM-Spectrum-Greenhouse-Flowering-Growing/dp/B00INM0750/ref=pd_sim_lg_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=1CRJEJVCPTMCNRXPH059
Both feature full spectrum lighting (veg AND flowering, I guess) , and have 100 LED bulbs. Going by wattage alone, we figure that this might do the trick...but I confess that we are woefully ignorant on this stuff. Trying to learn all the ins and outs, but he needs to get something quickly. At this point he is just looking to get us through a few grows with the thing, not making a lifetime investment.
Thoughts on these products, or any advice?
Helping a friend with a tent grow, he has a 2x4 tent and is using a 180W UFO LED light. IF this isn't the exact model he is using, it is awful close http://www.amazon.com/Eyourlife-12-Band-Indoor-Hydroponic-Growing/dp/B00CIOEUP2
Anyway, from what I can tell, it is not enough light to take care of 8sq ft, and I told him so....so he is thinking about getting a 2nd light to spread out through the tent. Not a big deal now, he only has 3 inch seedlings, but maybe later it will be necessary.
I looked at a few on the web/Amazon for him (he's not a computer guy, doesn't even have a cellphone.Good people though), and we liked the look of this one from Apollo Horticulture, and it is right on the price point he can afford.
http://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Horticulture-GL100LED-Spectrum-Growing/dp/B00FGG1HDM/ref=pd_rhf_pe_s_cp_3_YMMW?ie=UTF8&refRID=1CBTVDPJRKNZVEE5922D
There was also this one from GalaxyHydro
http://www.amazon.com/GalaxyhydroTM-Spectrum-Greenhouse-Flowering-Growing/dp/B00INM0750/ref=pd_sim_lg_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=1CRJEJVCPTMCNRXPH059
Both feature full spectrum lighting (veg AND flowering, I guess) , and have 100 LED bulbs. Going by wattage alone, we figure that this might do the trick...but I confess that we are woefully ignorant on this stuff. Trying to learn all the ins and outs, but he needs to get something quickly. At this point he is just looking to get us through a few grows with the thing, not making a lifetime investment.
Thoughts on these products, or any advice?
AquariusPanta
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I can't see myself ever buying an LED light from either Ebay or Amazon, at least not with the intentions of using it to grow plants.
fluxgro
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Unproductive.
What year is this?
testiclees
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optic vero available on both ebay and amazon.
freddfish
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The vero series looks like some great lamps...but too rich for our blood right now. Maybe in a few years...
I'm trying to see if I can stay around 150.00+/- ..... which is why I was asking about the cheaper Apollo and Galaxy lamps.
Funny looking at the Vero though....while I see what they are doing, it still seems odd to see an LED grow light with only 4 source points......and knowing it will outperform a bank of 10x10 LEDs
alesh
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Both Apollo and Galaxy are shit. HPS would be much better.
“It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.”
PSUAGRO.
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AquariusPanta
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Good to point out, Test... I still wouldn't buy one but only because I'm building prototypes...
freddfish
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He actually has a HID 600Watt with a cool tube... But temps in the room regularly hit 90+. LED seems the better fit, as the fans are noisy.
Aren't there any less expensive LED solutions?
alesh
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None that would produce less heat than a HPS.
While you're led to believe that these "300W" fixtures replace a 600W HPS, the truth is that even they won't beat a 250W HPS.