LEDs run much cooler than cfls but IMO leds are garbage unless you spend a good deal of money on a quality set up.
right, so your opinions are based on crappy led ops that dont grow very dense bud but actually grow.
it looks like you are growing some decent buds with shitty LEDs, kudos to you
yeah I agree kudos, personally you need a wider spectrum to get some improvement
CFLs will actually put out quite a lot of heat. Why speak about something if you dont know what u are talking about. I just tested a 26 watt white cfl and the bulb temp is 146.9 degrees so why would you tell someone looking for REAL info that they put out almost no heat. It is people like you that have filled this site with bullshit info dude.
CFLS do produce some heat, really just measure ingoing amp draw and all that light radiation and electricity consumed will turn into heat whether inside or outside the plant. Everything that has electricity flowing unless its a superconductor will produce heat. The temp is merely the concentration and the actually flow, current draw converted to watts to btus will tell you how much heat you have.
Then if you can do enthalpy calculations u can calc how much airflow you will need to absorb and move that heat. The best way is to isolate those sources from the room with ducted lights.
Anyways i've grown nice stuff with the right led spectrum and wattages. It does take hundreds of leds, and if you dont build them yourself they will be very expensive upfront. They do produce a good amount of heat, but are more efficient than most conventional lights.
however lots of the heat produced by leds is usable radiation for photosynthesis and not so much the infrared spectrum like a toaster (or a MH/HPS) which you cant actually see except maybe a deep deep red, the elements also produce reds, yellows and oranges so the eye will see that when you look inside the toaster/ect.
My next op im looking into doing salt concentrations less than 400-500 throughout the whole grow. Then increasing transpiration until i get nute burn. I will raise temp or drop humidity until the plants cant take it. I have lots of airflow, so probably wont be loading up on too much c02 if at all. I exchange the room like 24 times a day, if not more.