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I believe what they mean by this is that the LED does not need to reproduce the visible spectrum in the same quantities as sunlight or as an HID. Hence, with LEDs there is not a flood of white, yellow, and orange spectrum - light that is largely unused by the plant. This accounts for part of the efficiency gain. But I get your point. While this spectrum is important, the plant does not need much off it.Quote:
Originally Posted by khyberkitsune
Indeed, but still the problem with most typical LED panels is the sheer imbalance of light. You won't find such ratios of light naturally occurring on this planet except at the poles due to the way the atmosphere distorts incoming solar radiation.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigsby
The mylar is a trip! It makes me feel like I'm on an acid trip every time I open the closet! I got so dizzy when I was hanging that stuff on the walls....but I believe it's going to help make a difference....it's very reflective! :jointsmile:
hey 420session....I went with a WEX led....talk to my buddy stra8outtaweed...he's very helpful with information about LED lighting! :jointsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by 420session
This is my first time with an LED...but already i'm seeing huge differences....and the temps are steady! :D
quick update and a few new pics....
I added the last of my clones in yesterday. I have 2 strawberry kush, 4 blue dream and 4 shugas. The strawberry kushes LOVE the LED and have doubled in size in a week....the blue dreams haven't grown much taller but are flooding with new leaves....and the shugas are new, but came highly recommended. they are an indica blend and are supposed to be great producers! :jointsmile:
pic 1 & 2 are the blue dreams
pic 3 & 4 are the strawberry kushes....they had to be staked already! :jointsmile:
pic 5 is the shugas....so far so good!
more to come....thanks for checking in! :jointsmile:
...cuz I'm thinking about doing the same thing.
TO summers can be verra hot and shitty, with a pissy front moving in every now and then ;) I'm doing some DUI thinking about no-power air conditioners, but running an almost-exclusively LED show in the summer is reeeeally really attractive to me (not that I'm hating my 600w-ish of beautiful HPS, tho...) :D
Pullin' up de lawn chaiah...
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Well, if you want a nearly nil-power cooling system for your HPS, just hook one of these bad boys up and give it water flow, then just push the air through!Quote:
Originally Posted by CovertCarpenter
With ground water hooked up one of these babies can cool 4 600w and keep the air temp at a constant 19C/66F
...'preciate the good tip on the rad /Rad/ there, mon :)
Hate to ask, but what does such a lovely little unit like that go fer? I've got my setup built, but I /did/ leave space to add something like that, and the only difficulty would be the water run. I have something in mind to fix that, tho :)
And Moody... KEEP UP THE FREAKIN' GOOD WORK, MON! Seeing some /great/ density so far!
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Originally Posted by CovertCarpenter
Thanks CC....I'm really loving the LED so far. I can actually stay gone for a night and not stress out about what's going on at home in the closet. And I know I'm going to love it even more as the weather gets warmer. That 600hps i had before was really hard to control the heat even with a fancy smancy portable a/c unit....It's nice to not have all that power going too! :thumbsup:
Keep watching....I'll try to update with pics as often as possible. I plan to switch over to flowering around may 1st....that's when it'll get really interesting! :jointsmile:
Unfortunately, they are EXPENSIVE. That model is probably 300 dollars.Quote:
Originally Posted by CovertCarpenter