Quote Originally Posted by moody420
How close was your light? I'm just curious because since I've starting using LED's, I've had no problem with heat or burning on the leaves....and 2 of my plants are touching the light right now! I'm kind of thinking it has to be something else unless your LED's are getting that hot!

curious to see how this turns out.....good luck man! :jointsmile:
For the 50w panel in the PC case, the burn didn't occur until about 1-1/2 or 2 inches. For the 120w, about 9 inches. On the other hand, at those same ranges, I can feel the light pounding against my skin (makes it tingle!) so to some degree I'm not entirely surprised. The top-bin diodes are certainly killers.
khyberkitsune Reviewed by khyberkitsune on . Krusty Bucket LED Grow So while I wait for my LED modules to arrive, I'll continue detailing my other plans - this one involves the infamous "Krusty Bucket." The Krusty Bucket idea is simple - two buckets stacked inside of each other, the top bucket has holes drilled into the bottom, and it is filled with your preferred medium (typically expanded clay pebbles.) An air line is run into the bottom bucket and hooked to an air compressor (I have an air stone in mine just to help maintain DO levels,) to provide Rating: 5