Led lights

Codeman34 · May 17, 2020

Hey so I have a 1000 watt full spectrum LED light. I have 6 plants as of now not knowing if any are males or not still waiting to find that out. But is that plenty of light for 6 plants? Or would you recommend getting another light?

Hobbes · May 17, 2020

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1000 watts of LED will flower a space of 5'x5', I use one in a 4x4. Shoot for 40 watts per square foot minimum, I get 60.

Inside that 16 or 25 square foot space you can grow your plants like Christmas trees or get more out of them by training.

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Boatguy · May 17, 2020

As long as it is 1000 actual watts. Alot of the "full spectrum" leds only draw a fraction of their advertised power.

Codeman34 · May 17, 2020

Hobbes said:
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1000 watts of LED will flower a space of 5'x5', I use one in a 4x4. Shoot for 40 watts per square foot minimum, I get 60.

Inside that 16 or 25 square foot space you can grow your plants like Christmas trees or get more out of them by training.

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If you go look at my other post i have posted some pics of where I’ll be growing inside a closest. Any help would be appreciated

Codeman34 · May 17, 2020

Boatguy said:
As long as it is 1000 actual watts. Alot of the "full spectrum" leds only draw a fraction of their advertised power.

Yeah that’s very true. I mean idk how I would go about testing it to see how much it’s pulling?

Boatguy · May 17, 2020

Codeman34 said:
Yeah that’s very true. I mean idk how I would go about testing it to see how much it’s pulling?

You could get a watt meter and plug the light into it and see.
Typical led is $1 or more per watt. So $100 is around 100w

Hobbes · May 17, 2020

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You can get a killawatt, the plug into the wall and your light plugs into it. Measures the draw from the wall.

Take a look at the back of the light, see what it says.

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sf_frankie · May 18, 2020

You can get $10 smart plugs on amazon that have a kill-a-watt like device built in. Can also use the app as a timer and to monitor for power outages.

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