Quote Originally Posted by budderlvr
For those who don't know, LedEngin has multiple "bins" for each part, and some are better than others.
All LED manufactures have multiple bins, they're just not talked about much at places like ebay. When you buy the cheap ones, you get whatever bin they happen to be selling, and good luck finding out exactly what that is. You need to be careful you are getting the correct bin # for what you want. There may be 8 bin numbers for a 465 nm, and some may actually be something like 440 or 490. You especially need to be careful because the slightest adjustment in wavelength can make a huge difference in chlorophyll activity. (see chart)
Quote Originally Posted by budderlvr
Has anyone tried a cluster type lighting system? Where you would have small clusters of n LEDs and then strategically placed in nodes around the SCROG.
This would defeat the purpose of the scrog, which is of course to spread out the canopy evenly to take full advantage of all bits of light and space.

If people have done much reading they've seen these charts I've fine tuned, but here they are again for your convenience:
Opie Yutts Reviewed by Opie Yutts on . budderlvr Modular LED Project I am working on a new modular LED grow light. This thread will be a diary of my experience as I work through some of the many design problems. Currently I am at the circuit design phase. Although I do not want to reveal too much of my design at this point I will provide some information that has guided my decisions. The LEDs I will be using are from Lumiled. I am using the Luxeon K2s for the blue spectrum, and Luxeon IIIs for the red spectrum. The ratio of RED to BLUE (I will call Rating: 5