Quote Originally Posted by Greenmain
If you "design horticultural light for companies around the globe" why is it that all the lights in your grows are off the shelf products? Surely you would have the technical expertise to design and build a superior light? Any plans?


As you may have noticed I don't lurk much....I just log in and stir the pot
For panels I use off-shelf housing, everything else is customized. My pricing sucks, eh? Well, take any other same-wattage panel and let's see which one produces the better yield! You pay for RESEARCH, not marketing.

I DO NOT USE BRIDGELUX DIODES. LOL BRIDGELUX!!!! I've seen KingBrights better than that! And I will still assert that China is the largest LED manufacturer on the globe. Maybe Singapore or Malaysia rivals China. Go attend a JEDEC semiconductor conference and you'll find these things out. Pure and simple, they have the majority of the raw materials required to make current-gen high-output diodes, and they have massive semiconductor fab operations.

And I do have a design of my own. That's not for the commercial market, that's for NASA only as it is designed SPECIFICALLY to meet their requirements for size and weight and thermal regulation. I'll stick with pre-existing solutions and modify them to perform far better for my regular market. For larger horticultural operations, such as the NFT channel sheds that I work on, I made a custom solution for lighting that as well. Simpler than what's available on the market, and cheaper to implement, and still maintains IP-65 waterproof rating.

As for the link to 420nm, you need to clarify a bit more. And I knew you were dead wrong about Nichia. You think I haven't talked with their technicians already while considering which diodes I'd want in my panels? Osram's diode wafers come directly from China, BTW. That's pre-package assembly.

I never said China has the market cornered. I said China is the biggest manufacturer. There's a total difference between the two statements.

I don't see much of a calling-out, here. I just see some trolling that makes me laugh. I wonder how long you'd last on candlepower?