wattage

I am trying to make sure I am at least in the right general range for my grow and I don't have a proper light meter and cannot afford even a cheap one yet. I just want to make sure I am not under-powering things and wasting potential. My setup is a QB96V2 overhead(with homemade reflector), and...

Wattage and Distance: How Far Should Your LED Grow Lights Be From Your Plants? 200 Watts – 12-20 inches during the vegetative phase, 8-16 inches during bloom phase 400 Watts – 20-27 inches during the vegetative phase, 13-21 inches during bloom phase 600 Watts – 30-38 inches during the...

Hi! I planning to buy a new LED. I have to in my head right now Im looking for one with a good pricing. I was thinking about mars hydro tsw2000 and I saw a philzon cree cob 1500w. The mars hydro pulls 300w from the wall the philzon 320 and also the Philzon is cheaper by about 30-40$. Only...

Hi this sound stupid but if my mars hydro is 600w but the true watts used is 100 is that gona mean that if Im able to get 1g/w its gona be based on the true watts?? (100g)

Hey guys! Got a new 4x4 tent the other day. Got it all set up and my plants moved in. I’m waiting on an HLG 550. It’s in China currently.. waiting to be shipped. Got it off Alibaba so I’m not sure how long it will take to get here. In the mean time I’m running my HLG 100v2, a blurple my buddy...

Short of using a lux meter, is the a way to determine the actual light output from my LEDs? I have a "Vanderlife" 1000 watt, and a 600 watt brandless Chinese special.

Hey guys. Contrary to the title I could be stopped Easily Anyway, I have a 2’x2’x4’ grow box I built, painted white inside. 1 gal pot, 60/40 ffof:perlite 32w Feit LED 3 spectrum grow light and another 9w grow light on the side Day 14 My buddy is in college and recently did an experiment using...

Hey guys! So I have a 2’x2’x4’ wood box interior painted white that I’m growing in. Still trying to figure out ventilation but waiting until after I get lights figured out, I have some ideas already. I currently have one 32w Feit electric 3spectrum grow light I got from Home Depot for like 70...

Whats up my Led Brothers!!! Finally i got my first light togheter.....Got the aluminum L brackets for the frame, 4 Heatsinks, 4 CXM22's 90 CRI 3500K and a HLG 240H-48A Driver. I am completely new to the LED DIY lighting and need some help before i light this up! Before anything.....how do i...

Hello everyone first post long time lurker lol. I am looking to upgrade from my mars 300w (135 actual) to a cob setup for my 2×2×4 tent. I have been thinking about running 4 maybe 5 Vero 29 gen 7 d series chips (3000k) on a mean Well hlg 185h-1050b driver. To my understanding the fv of the d...

Gonna be using 600 watt HID lights if that matters

I'm growing my first plant and I have a few bulbs two 45 watt 4100k lights and two 9 watt 2700k lights I have no idea to use the in combination or what and my plant is still a seedling or a few like 2 days from veg state and I brought this fertilizer that's 12-9-6 I don't know if that's OK for...

Hi there. About a year back I got a full spectrum lamp that mimics natural light, as it's supposed to be helpful for Winter depression. I'm planning on doing a very small grow soon--1 to 3 plants, most likely just one or two--for fun. Would this kind of lamp be good to use, or is it better to go...

My set up is going to be..... - 2 Black dog 600w lights (heard there pree much the best what's the hps equiv) - 8 seeds/plants, fem cali dream (should i out more or less [info say medium height]) - 4x8x6.5 tent - 6 inch Carbon filter and 6 inch fan (?) - 2 monkey fans (do i need oscillating?)...

Like most newbies I started out with a grow box and some CFLs. As my knowledge grows, I keep upgrading my equipment. I now have a 2.5 x 2.5 x 5'5" grow tent, and I am looking to maximize my yeilds in this tent. Since the amount of light you have directly effects your yeilds, is it safe to...

I am using a 4x6 tent to grow 8 plants, giving me 24 sq. ft. to work with. It is recommended below that at around 20 you want to be using 1000, or the other option is to use two 600 watt fixtures. Would it be better to spread out the light on two lower powered hoods, or have one high wattage...

Greetings and salutations gentlemen and scholars! Got a couple of questions I was hoping to get some feedback on.. I'm making a change in lighting to LED's help with both heat issues and to lower my costs hopefully.. I will either have a closet grow setup or possibly a tent with similar...

I calculated roughly 1W per fan for my fans which are Arctic F12, based on 12V@0.071A (see their specs). Then there is the Meanwell LED driver, say some typical driver like the 1400mA or the 1750mA drivers, and the 12V MW driver for the fans. Just wanting to know when I measure the TOTAL...

Trying for the first time to grow a few plants. Read as much as possibly could for CFL growing . I have found a consensus that says 40-42 W is needed for each plant. Want to know if the CFL's the I have, that say 13W equals 60w is the 40 -42w per planted needed. Or do I get 3 CFL 13w to equal...

Currently running a small scrog (60x60) with a 400w Sunmaster dual spectrum bulb. Worth the investment to change over to specific spectrum bulbs for veg and flower - would I get a noticeable difference? Recommended 400w E40 bulb?