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Hello!
Just joined the forums and I've been reading lots of journals etc. I was sold on a PC Case with CFL's but now I'm thinking LEDs might be the way to go for heat reasons etc. It's hot where I live (Florida) and my place is small and my A/C is never below 75. So here are my questions.
Will this UFO:
High Tech Garden Supply
Work in this cabinet?:
IKEA | Workspace storage | Drawer units | HELMER | Drawer unit on casters
Width: 11 "
Depth: 16 3/4 "
Height: 27 1/8 "
So slightly more roomy than a pc (certainly taller). I saw your micro grow outgrow your pc case is why I ask.
My goal is for personal use ONLY for my wife and I. I plan to use soil (square pots) and will use scrog or LST, I'll start with auto flowering stuff like easyrider. If my case/light suggestions are retarded please say so and any options/opinions are welcome! I'd like 1 LED light that will go from seed to harvest if that's realistic. Looking at the Ikea cab so it's stealth (matches the cab my wife uses for crafts) and our entire apt is only 600+ sq feet so it's gotta be small.
ps. I have never grown anything but my hair.
Thank you for all of your help and I'll be following your journals for sure! Once I figure it all out I'll do a journal too.
I've used HTG lights - not the right spectrum. I'll go ahead and say I am biased since I run my own horticultural LED company, but from personal testing with HTG (I used them almost exclusively before I went my own route, so no disrespect to them,) their tri-band can't compete with mine. There is a reason they are selling theirs for so cheap.
HTG also says they have a PHD recommending their spectrum, yet they will *NEVER* give the person's name nor any published papers, not even a doctoral thesis. This alone tells me to stay away. I'll tell you off the bat I have only a GED and an incomplete college education, but I've been growing plants for over two decades, and in college i supplemented that with optical physics. I also have a MAJOR background in semiconductor electronics and thus I've got way more of an advantage versus a PHD in a purely horticultural field, as they have no idea what makes a diode do what it does.
My no-BS attitude and admissions are what got me a director of research position for a multi-national corporate conglomerate. I'm one of the few people on this planet that can produce useful crops with no light at all. Let's see any other lighting company provide that.
My job is to put people in space. What is the competition doing to provide such a future for mankind?
:jointsmile: Reps bro,... Check'em;):jointsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by khyberkitsune
Thanks for the feedback! So what lights would you recommend then? What brand? Link to where I can buy? Is 90w enough for my space? You used 50w in a smaller space and thought it was overkill in your pc right? Thanks again for sharing your expertise.
Let's remove myself from the equation.Quote:
Originally Posted by booboo2
The lights that perform like mine have been customized by members of this board - Weezard, Stra8outtaweed, etc. They're on par with what works. We all aim to make LED a viable solution without all the marketing hype and nonsense.
In my PC case, I had not enough airflow and the rising heat caused major pH swings. I think I would have been okay had I been able to keep the temps down inside the case. A single 120mm just wasn't cutting it after I started flowering, I really needed an intake and exhaust fan, not just an intake.
A 90w panel would barely fit inside that case and would likely provide some thermal management issues. A 50w panel would be better, just on the square footage area alone (1.28 square foot footprint.)
Any further questions, we're happy to help you!
Here's a question: Why a PC case? I don't quite see the advantages.
People use pc case for stealth... But I've moved away from that idea and found the ikea cabinet that provides more room and will be even more stealth in my place.
@khyberkitsune are you saying the 90w is too much for the ikea cab? Or that it would have been too much for your case you used. I plan to install two 80mm fans, 1 in 1 out.
I am not finding any 50w panels that are commercially available with good reviews/grow journal proof. The htg 90w comes highly reccomended on other boards is why it has my attention.
Any better products out there you can link me to?
I'm just saying the 90w would barely fit in your case. It would fit, but a couple of sides will have blocked airflow due to the one narrow dimension.Quote:
Originally Posted by booboo2
Two 80mm fans might work if you've got the airflow set.
I've had plenty of good results so far with LED. I do artificially limit myself with a very basic and slightly incomplete nutrient mix, so I don't pull massive yields, but if I eliminated that minor detail and used more than just FloraMicro and FloraBloom, I would pull much better yields.
If you want my exact panel, specified by me, you'll have to get it from the ecogroled website.
I used to use HTG almost exclusively, FYI. Good stuff except for the LED panels.
Buds clipped from stems, one more day of drying out and then it's jar time.
Before de-stemming, 70g. After, 41g. So less than two ounces of buds.
I'm still waiting on the sugar leaf to finish drying so I have a final yield from that, and I need to hash up the fan leaves that I saved due to the stems being coated in trichomes.
Final weight results coming.
Have a macro shot while we wait!