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05-08-2011, 01:20 AM #16
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LED Ahoy!
Haven't updated - haven't been doing much besides my food crops.
I thought I'd share some intensity information I had managed to collect before I was robbed a while back.
Awhile back I needed to figure out the umol output from HID lamps. I only managed to get data from a 1,000w HPS.
The HPS registers the edge of sunlight intensity (2,000 umol) inside of a hood at about 18" away.
150w LED hits that same edge about 9 inches away.
So, assuming everything is done properly, in theory, 300w LED *SHOULD* be equivalent to a 1000w HPS.
We likely have to wait a few more years for some of the newer tech to mature and produce even higher photon flux densities.
Just remember this - cannabis burns around 4,000 umol. Wherever that 2,000 umol range is, cut that in half - that's your maximum recomended height. For example, 150w hits 2,000 at 9 inches, 4.5 inches, it's 4,000 umol.
LEDs can and WILL burn your plants!
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