LED GROW TEST. 126W hydro grow led VS. 180W pro source LED LIGHT

bobkessel said:

KILL A WATT METER TEST?

I am curious as to what these lights total draw is. The Kill A Watt meter is about 20 bucks and you can get it at Radio Shack. It reads quickly how much something is realy drawing. I have seen that most of these lights make a cacluation and end up drawing another 30 to 40 watts more than they are rated. Have you tested these lights this way? In the end when we are all paying 35 cents a kWh we are going to want the most efficient light possible. I believe both of these lights will do a good job growing, but I am intersted in how much are they going to cost me every time I turn them on. 200 watts today is still 200.00 a year. What is their warranty read like. If I buy one of these and it dies next year because the power company surges me will they replace it? What is my fault and what is theirs.

BOB

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sorry man i dont care that much about the power to spend $20.00 on a meter i have to save money and get x-mass gifts for alot of people. they always use more watts they they say because of the fans that are inside them. i can tell you any other HID lighting will cost you more then led's, not including cfl's.

i belive the sticker on my 180w say total of 200W. the 126w dosent say anything, but i belive i heard it was 140w total. im not 100% sure

i belive they both have a 3 year warranty's, they should be covared if somthing like that happens but you might want to e-mail the companys and ask about that.

prosorce 90 watt draws 75 watts, under 1 amp... i dont have a jumbo to test

I have a kill-a-watt, I will find it and test the jumbo...

3 year warranty is good, but 5 is better. hehehe :0)

The whole idea here guys is to see which light performs better, he/we is not picking apart the little stuff. Irish's intention is to grow some nug, and he just happens to be using 2 different units, so now we have a grow some nug side by side comparison test. How lucky WE are...

Much love Irish.

-pf-

So Irish whats the update? Man they are looking goooood!

Keep growing Bro..

KenWood said:

So Irish whats the update? Man they are looking goooood!

Keep growing Bro..

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i bought a better heater last night that is keeping the room at around 80F* and they are growing very well now. my other heater was keeping it around their but once it shut off the temps would fall real quick so it ran none stop, and thats 1,500watts running none stop, costing me some extra funds. so i bought an oil heater that heats the oil and shuts off while the oil stays hot for a few hours. my room never droped down on the temp at all. when i see them eirly this moring they grew like crazy. i cant wait to see them today when the light comes on.

So being in the low 70s, or around 70 is too cold you think Irish??

Wintertime blows! I gotta get me some heat...

See ya at 420 Irish...

project fuoro said:

So being in the low 70s, or around 70 is too cold you think Irish??

Wintertime blows! I gotta get me some heat...

See ya at 420 Irish...

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i know low 70's is too cold. you want around 80-85F* the pants need heat that the HID light gives off, that led dosent when its winter.

i have another test that might be in the works after this current one; that another led company wants me to do agianst the winning light. right now untill i am done with this current test i am going to keep this companys name on the down low, since I havent totaly agreed on it yet. this will be a led unit that i havent seen on the fourms yet, you might not even know about these lights yet. but the companys says they arnt sacred and will go up agianst the winning compay no problem at all.

stay tuned, these company seems pretty bad a$$ from what i have seen.

wow my plants are realy starting to take off now. realy starting to open up so their isnt much leaves blocking light.

i have to raise the 126w on a daliy basis because its growing tall fast.

the 180w isnt realy growing to much taller yet but more wider and bottom branches are coming up.

both lights are at 12"
both plants have alot of bud sites and their starting to realy pop out now. hopfully in a few more days ill have some nice bud tops fourming.
ill wait a few days untill i take some pics so it will be a big differnces since you last seen them.

irishboy said:

wow my plants are realy starting to take off now. realy starting to open up so their isnt much leaves blocking light.

i have to raise the 126w on a daliy basis because its growing tall fast.

the 180w isnt realy growing to much taller yet but more wider and bottom branches are coming up.

both lights are at 12"
both plants have alot of bud sites and their starting to realy pop out now. hopfully in a few more days ill have some nice bud tops fourming.
ill wait a few days untill i take some pics so it will be a big differnces since you last seen them.

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Pictures MAN Pictures JEESH. LOL I was wondering about heating my test room. At the other we have the heat around 82. Went tonight to the HPS site walked in the room and notice one of the plants was missing it was the biggest with buds big as my forarm. I started to freak and relized it had snapped and was laying on floor. We tied it up hopefully it will keep going we have like 1-1/2 week left before cutting. DAMN!

KenWood said:

Pictures MAN Pictures JEESH. LOL I was wondering about heating my test room. At the other we have the heat around 82. Went tonight to the HPS site walked in the room and notice one of the plants was missing it was the biggest with buds big as my forarm. I started to freak and relized it had snapped and was laying on floor. We tied it up hopefully it will keep going we have like 1-1/2 week left before cutting. DAMN!

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i think the leds should be around 80-85F* and they seem to go crazy.

that sucks for you big bud. the plants should be cool that used to happen to me all the time. i just put a stake into the medium and taped my stock up then tied the plant to the stake and all was weel.

irishboy said:

i think the leds should be around 80-85F* and they seem to go crazy.

that sucks for you big bud. the plants should be cool that used to happen to me all the time. i just put a stake into the medium and taped my stock up then tied the plant to the stake and all was weel.

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Yea fingers crossed

lets see those pics man i cant wait to see bud i use led as u see by my name but only for veg curious to see how well they flower

alright guys i talked to that other test company and made a deal with them, they want me to test out their 300w led light. and told me they dont care if i want to do it by itself or go head to head with the winning light out of this test right now. they said they will put their light up agianst any light on the market. even if its higher watts then theirs, since PS has a 350w and HGL has a 318w. i will have to talk to each one of my current test companys to see if their down for that? dosent matter either way to if they want to or not, i dont realy care. ill do another test if PS or GHL wants? or ill just do a full grow with this other light; i still get a free 300w out of the deal to grow with their light.
you can also find a you tube video of their 600w led light grow with 8 plants.
anyways heres the companys name i am going to test out Grow Led Hydro i know its funny both companys have the same name but backwards. they use 9 spectures and use 3w leds instead of 1w like PS & HGL.
this is going to be a weird test since evey companys claims that the 3w led arnt better then the 3 one watts leds. but this company claims the 3w is the way to go.
i have no idea but this will be a fun test. but time i get to test out some high power led lights:439:

Wow,

That sounds pretty good to me, do you need an assistant? jk

You know my kids have been hanging out in the mid to low 60's now since the mod on the fridge

So I am going to say the LED's work well in the lower digits which is good for some of us without heat........out here in the cold............so cold........

Anyways how much are they asking for the 300 w?

With all these options which one to choose?

I guess it depends on the application?

Good luck man keep up the good work

TCurtiss said:

Wow,

That sounds pretty good to me, do you need an assistant? jk

You know my kids have been hanging out in the mid to low 60's now since the mod on the fridge

So I am going to say the LED's work well in the lower digits which is good for some of us without heat........out here in the cold............so cold........

Anyways how much are they asking for the 300 w?

With all these options which one to choose?

I guess it depends on the application?

Good luck man keep up the good work

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thats the thing their are soo many to chose from? thats why i am willing to do all these test to find the best of the best and the other fourm members can know were to send their money for leds.
i belive his light is in the $400's.

$949.99 for the 300w. Seems like not too bad of a price i think the 318w from HGL is $1100. Irishboy the ladies are coming along nicely. I'm excited to see the pics that are coming up.

fhspolo16 said:

Hey I want everyone's opinion on something. I have been following a couple of these led grow journals and I am thinking about building my own in a mini-fridge. Which do you think would work better for that, the Prosource 90w or the Hydrogrow 63w. I wanted to go with the 126w you are testing but I realized my mini-fridge is about half an inch narrower than the 126w light. Glad I realized that before ordering anything. haha. Irishboy props on the grows and thanks for testing these two lights out so we can put to rest all the bs

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If you're only a half inch out, why not remove a section of the interior of your fridge, or the entire interior? You know you want the bigger light...!

fhspolo16 said:

$949.99 for the 300w. Seems like not too bad of a price i think the 318w from HGL is $1100. Irishboy the ladies are coming along nicely. I'm excited to see the pics that are coming up.

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the girls are doing nice i will post some pics on sat, i just want to get some pics when the flowers strat showing. hopfuly by sat.

ya they have good prices, i will find out how legit these lights are when i test them after this grow.

Irishboy, I'm jealous you have companies that provide you lights. I had to buy my TI outright. But I'm still glad I did. I'm curious if anyone from Theoreme Innovation has approached you to test. Nice grow show by the way.