Quote Originally Posted by redline
I have a new design on the way that will address the major issues that I see with using LEDs for grow lights.

I don't think the leading commercial configurations are heading in the right direction. They are still using "HID thinking" trying to compact the lights and power into a small area and then hang them a couple of feet above the plants to get a bigger footprint.

Current LEDs simply do not have the penetrating power to do this. Compare 3 watts of light originating from a single point vs. 400 watts from a single point. Plus everyone is still trying to grow 2 foot to 3 foot plants with LEDS.

My current design is a modular- plug and play system. It is a 2ft x2.5 ft aluminum frame. It is designed to cover 5 to 6 square foot growing area.
It will use 16 to 20 small arrays. Each module will be individually adjustable for height and angle. Plus I will be able to change out light configurations for veg and bud.

This will allow me to closely follow the top contour of a SCROG and be able to get the lights within 2" to 6 inch" It will also allow me to make easy changes to accomodate growth.

That sounds fantastically logical. Shift the grow light paradigm. Is this new direction on paper yet? Very exciting.
Projman Reviewed by Projman on . 'Redline's LED - DiY - Build' aka"GROW LIGHT" Hi everyone I am veggii ;) I have been working on LEDs and have been over in the Led Theory Thread and A little bit ago REDLINE joined up and posted a awesome LED BUILD I thought it deserved it own Thread :thumbsup: I hope to keep working with Redline as his style is good. His builds are simple $ cheap & practical you will like them too. I am going to post a summary of redline's post's from the Theory thread. That should get everyone started and up to speed. Hopefully Redline will get Rating: 5