nevergoodenuf
Well-Known Member
First off, I'm the type of person that has a hard time leaving things alone. I always see a way to make things better. I am still new to indoor growing and have only been indoors with leds for 2 and a half. First year was plagues with pest and powdermold. A friend told me to try more but less (25 2g plants in a 4 x 4 tray flowered at 6"). This was my first true success. 10 oz. with the magnum plus. Feeling comfortable with knowing what the girls need, I was ready to get my second light and move from a tent to a room (6x10x10h). Within a week of getting my mag plus2, I had already taken it apart and seen more than one way to make it better. This light puts out a dizzying amount of light, but it also has enough light leak out the side to make you squint a little. The light has 12 light pods that only take 2 screws to remove along with a power lead for 2 pods. The pods can be opened with 4 screws. The top lens plate has the fish eye lens all as a single plastic mold. On the heat sinks side, the heat sink is about 3 quarters of an inch thick with the board attached. The gap from the board to the lens is about a quarter inch. There is nothing to contain the stray light and reflect it all thru the lens. Even if it's only a small %, with a $10 light meter I saw almost 5% more @ 12". The lens do give a true 60 degrees, so you get full light, @ 20" you gain 8" out. Now to get that 4 x4 footprint. I tore apart 2 four foot florescent lights the reflector plate is wide enough to screw the light pods to. I figure @ 12" I will get 6" of light to the side. So 36" front edge of pod to edge of pod. The only wires that had to be lengthened is the one between the set. 22g wire, soldered and heatshrink. The pods are now about 11" on center (4). The new reflector is screwed to the housing and plugged in. The center 4 are screwed to the middle, but @ about 6" on center with the end angle outward. The overall width is about 28" wide. I have this on a light mover (only 6"). I now have 1 mother and a veg tent, t-5. I through 8 to 10 in the flower room every 3 weeks. I'm now play with different size pots and longer vegging. I don't have hard numbers at the moment, due to moving things and changing the light.