My LED laboratory

Damion5050

Damion5050

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How many floods did you purchase ?? and there is no priceing on the site, do you need to email them or something??
 
MstrWilliam

MstrWilliam

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yes you do.....I ordered 4 red LED floods, and 4 blue led floods....21-25 apiece
panels are 30.....they have a 90wt for 420, and a 300wt for 1280....

I find the company extremely reliable. and will be using them again.
 
Damion5050

Damion5050

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When you bough the floods did you get solid colors like a red one and a blue on or did you get the one with both colors in one?
 
adrianvasquez1985

adrianvasquez1985

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MstrWilliam said:
And what would you be paying monthly to run said set-up?
then you have heat to contend with....yadda yadda yadda
That box costs nothing to run 24/7.....and stays at a constant 75f
I added the back 2 cfls and the panels for a boost yes....after a week and a half of bloom, but the plant was raised just fine on the 4 led floods and 1 cfl
expecting over an oz without even trying.

not trying to compete with commercial ops. though I know a few who are now wanting to purchase the same lights to boost their mh/hps sytems.....expensive yes.....But I don't shop at wal-mart.......((((just a hardcore smoker with too much time on his hands who likes to get high and create things.))))
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amen... he is right... LoL
 
MstrWilliam

MstrWilliam

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Damion5050 said:
So u think then 4 blue 4 red floods and 4 panels for a 3x2x5 foot tall area is good?
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with these particular lights I recommend a flood per plant....I only use the blue during veg, and into the 2nd week of bloom.....then I switched to red.....the panels were installed l8 because I was using them elsewhere....I will be putting them in my bix box when this plant is done (see my grow journal "old timer's first time"......

I don't recommend anyone go out and buy these just yet, unless the money isn't an issue. New ones are coming out soon....they will be stand alone LED grow lights.....and the prices will drop.....but if you must, then what I have done works just fine....keep all other conditions ideal, and the first plant will pay for the lights.

I am only trying to show people that they work.....especially for a mother plant......



I have now taken my plant to "planet ito"....switching my bloom cycle to 21h36m on/12h off......wish me luck!
 
Damion5050

Damion5050

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kk 1 per plant 6 plant so 6 floods each, I am just trying to cut my electric use, I use HPS and cfl combo
 
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fumbahliah

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vandula said:
just an fyi, LEDs use little energy have low heat bc they light output is SO SMALL. if you had the same amount of wattage going to the LEDs at other lights, they would be just as hot.
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this is wrong. LED's don't emit any heat because they don't emit any wavelengths in the infrared spectrum. it's all purely visible light.

E=hv (v is frequency of light, h planks constant, E energy input or bandgap energy (can be tuned based on material used in the diode))

it operates on the same phenomenon as the silicon semiconductors in your computer however instead of heat frequencies ie. infrared being released (why your processor needs a fan), visible light is released. hence LIGHT emitting diode. that's why they have so much potential to be much more efficient if you can tune v to be an optimal spectrum for growing plants.

also, to the op. what are you doing about smell? i'm thinking of making a similar set up to yours with cfl's and led panels and was curious if you were doing something for that.
 
MstrWilliam

MstrWilliam

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So all seems to be well on Planet Ito. Lots of new growth inside of buds. Plan to run ttl of two weeks. Buds crawling up stalks and thickening. Mind you they are all about the size of bic lighters, but hey I'm using LEDs and CFLs so by rights they shouldn't have even made this far. Still hoping for the best tho!

21 daze till finish.
 

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crazy monkey

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Hi, I am new to this forum, My first one to be exact. I have been using a set up of 4 1000w MH to grow and switch to 4 HPS and 1 MH for bloom. 5000w total in a 10 x 10 room. 8 plants left and 8 plants right, small walkway in center. my best so far in less then 4 months is 5.5lbs. 2 8" centrifugal fans to manage heat. 24hrs on then 12/12.No bug problems, no mold problems. Using blueberry and White Widow for now. I need to be more efficient with power and stuff. I just bought (3weeks ago) 2 1000w replacment kits (240w leds)from ledgrowlights.com. cost $1575 for each kit and shipping.(xtra discount for 2 kits, call them). I got 20 4" blue bulbs and 40 6" Red. I have replaced on side of my room so far and took out 2 1000w fix. As far as i can tell, I will be the first to try something so big. So far I messed up and left the lights on for a few days 24 a day in the bloom stage so my right side has slowed it looks like. I will have to do another crop until i can give full opinion on these. If they lower my electric bill, and grow the same, i will be happy. I am also swiching my eletric house water heater to natural gas tankless on-demand hot water heater. I fert once a week with a very strong mix and use a rainbird auto watering system once a day for 30 sec. I am full auto just about and can turn over 4.5 to 5.5 lbs in 3 to 4 months. no CO2 generator but i have my Gas dryer vented into the room(free CO2). I have a wind tunnel from using 2 8" fans so no need for co2 enrichment, sucks out too quick anyway. I will keep all posted on how things go.

I built my light bar from hOme depot, right angle aluminum, 1.5" flat aluminum, 16ga. lamp cord, 60 light bulb sockets. Think of a city grid, thats what it looks like.
 
adrianvasquez1985

adrianvasquez1985

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crazy monkey said:
Hi, I am new to this forum, My first one to be exact. I have been using a set up of 4 1000w MH to grow and switch to 4 HPS and 1 MH for bloom. 5000w total in a 10 x 10 room. 8 plants left and 8 plants right, small walkway in center. my best so far in less then 4 months is 5.5lbs. 2 8" centrifugal fans to manage heat. 24hrs on then 12/12.No bug problems, no mold problems. Using blueberry and White Widow for now. I need to be more efficient with power and stuff. I just bought (3weeks ago) 2 1000w replacment kits (240w leds)from ledgrowlights.com. cost $1575 for each kit and shipping.(xtra discount for 2 kits, call them). I got 20 4" blue bulbs and 40 6" Red. I have replaced on side of my room so far and took out 2 1000w fix. As far as i can tell, I will be the first to try something so big. So far I messed up and left the lights on for a few days 24 a day in the bloom stage so my right side has slowed it looks like. I will have to do another crop until i can give full opinion on these. If they lower my electric bill, and grow the same, i will be happy. I am also swiching my eletric house water heater to natural gas tankless on-demand hot water heater. I fert once a week with a very strong mix and use a rainbird auto watering system once a day for 30 sec. I am full auto just about and can turn over 4.5 to 5.5 lbs in 3 to 4 months. no CO2 generator but i have my Gas dryer vented into the room(free CO2). I have a wind tunnel from using 2 8" fans so no need for co2 enrichment, sucks out too quick anyway. I will keep all posted on how things go.

I built my light bar from hOme depot, right angle aluminum, 1.5" flat aluminum, 16ga. lamp cord, 60 light bulb sockets. Think of a city grid, thats what it looks like.
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wow... that sound nice.. i wish i had that kind of money n space to grow that much... lucky bastard.. LoL..
 
VictorVIcious

VictorVIcious

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crazy monkey said:
Hi, I am new to this forum, My first one to be exact. I have been using a set up of 4 1000w MH to grow and switch to 4 HPS and 1 MH for bloom. 5000w total in a 10 x 10 room. 8 plants left and 8 plants right, small walkway in center. my best so far in less then 4 months is 5.5lbs. 2 8" centrifugal fans to manage heat. 24hrs on then 12/12.No bug problems, no mold problems. Using blueberry and White Widow for now. I need to be more efficient with power and stuff. I just bought (3weeks ago) 2 1000w replacment kits (240w leds)from ledgrowlights.com. cost $1575 for each kit and shipping.(xtra discount for 2 kits, call them). I got 20 4" blue bulbs and 40 6" Red. I have replaced on side of my room so far and took out 2 1000w fix. As far as i can tell, I will be the first to try something so big. So far I messed up and left the lights on for a few days 24 a day in the bloom stage so my right side has slowed it looks like. I will have to do another crop until i can give full opinion on these. If they lower my electric bill, and grow the same, i will be happy. I am also swiching my eletric house water heater to natural gas tankless on-demand hot water heater. I fert once a week with a very strong mix and use a rainbird auto watering system once a day for 30 sec. I am full auto just about and can turn over 4.5 to 5.5 lbs in 3 to 4 months. no CO2 generator but i have my Gas dryer vented into the room(free CO2). I have a wind tunnel from using 2 8" fans so no need for co2 enrichment, sucks out too quick anyway. I will keep all posted on how things go.

I built my light bar from hOme depot, right angle aluminum, 1.5" flat aluminum, 16ga. lamp cord, 60 light bulb sockets. Think of a city grid, thats what it looks like.
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That is really good information and welcome to our forum. What we need from you now is a journal of your own. Here is one method of posting one, I am sure there are others.
Welcome (insert your name here) , here is what I do. I will click on the subject that I want to start a thread in, Lets say I want to start a Grow Journal. I would click on that subject, Grow Journals, its the last entry in every thread line, Subject. When you click on that it takes you to the Grow Journal Forum, you will see there are a few there. At the top left hand corner it says like New Thread or Start a Thread, some thing like that. Click on it, enter your Title, and share your plan. Details are helpful, pictures are a must. Before you are done with your post, Scroll down to the bottom where it says notification, and make sure you are getting notified if someone posts in your thread, That way, you can put all of your unanswered questions in one spot. I think you start out in Advanced Mode, if not select Go Advanced. This will allow you to post pictures right in the thread. You just scroll down to Manage Attachments>Brings up a new WIndow were you can Browse> and Upload>Close this Window> and Preview Post. They will show up as thumbnails in the bottom of the post. Submit Reply.
We do have a Grow Journal Contest going, GardenKnowm is heading that one up, check it out, second place is still open. lol Welcome VV:blsmoke:
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In addition to this, you will want to put a link to your journal in your signature. Click on My rollitup. In the Control Panel on the left hand side we want to Edit Signature> brings up a text box, anchor your cursor there and then go get the address of your journal, copy and paste it in your signature. Save Changes. Now when you post a response to someones question they will see the link to your journal. VV:blsmoke:
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