need help with LED...

[Dexter007]

ok heres the stupid question:wtf:
can i use normal household LED spotlights to grow cannabis?
i mean if i use white LED and add few red and blue spectrum ones as well...
thing is that im working in a shop where we have millions of bulbs and i would get them very cheap..or i should stick with my old CFL?
thats probaly a rtarded question but sry<dont know anything BOUT LEDs...thnx for the help//:rastasmoke:

Dexter007 Reviewed by Dexter007 on 01-18-2011. need help with LED... ok heres the stupid question:wtf: can i use normal household LED spotlights to grow cannabis? i mean if i use white LED and add few red and blue spectrum ones as well... thing is that im working in a shop where we have millions of bulbs and i would get them very cheap..or i should stick with my old CFL? thats probaly a rtarded question but sry<dont know anything BOUT LEDs...thnx for the help//:rastasmoke::D Rating: 5

[khyberkitsune]

This would really depend on the LED type for the white ones, as most white diodes are simply blues with added green/amber phosphors. If they are not, then no problem, just make sure they have blue and red output worthwhile. No 660 red, no go.

Better off going with directed blue/red from the get-go.

[jaydee84]

ok heres the stupid question:wtf:
can i use normal household LED spotlights to grow cannabis?
i mean if i use white LED and add few red and blue spectrum ones as well...
thing is that im working in a shop where we have millions of bulbs and i would get them very cheap..or i should stick with my old CFL?
thats probaly a rtarded question but sry<dont know anything BOUT LEDs...thnx for the help//:rastasmoke:

if you got cfl's use them and also use LED's with the cfl's they must be of good quality super or ultra bright 100-200 led multiple spectrum would make a differance to your grow....i make my own led grow lights only use the best led's i can get... i under rate the resisters just to get that extra wattage anthink over 150 led's will defo help more is better..... my CFL's for veg now i use them althrough the grow with the led's
GOOD LUCK

[Dexter007]

if you got cfl's use them and also use LED's with the cfl's they must be of good quality super or ultra bright 100-200 led multiple spectrum would make a differance to your grow....i make my own led grow lights only use the best led's i can get... i under rate the resisters just to get that extra wattage anthink over 150 led's will defo help more is better..... my CFL's for veg now i use them althrough the grow with the led's
GOOD LUCK

the thing is i wanna go CFL v LED..but in the moment cant afford to buy UFO or anything like that..

[Dexter007]

if you got cfl's use them and also use LED's with the cfl's they must be of good quality super or ultra bright 100-200 led multiple spectrum would make a differance to your grow....i make my own led grow lights only use the best led's i can get... i under rate the resisters just to get that extra wattage anthink over 150 led's will defo help more is better..... my CFL's for veg now i use them althrough the grow with the led's
GOOD LUCK

how you make your own LED lights?could you just explayn that to me or give me some link please

[jaydee84]

how you make your own LED lights?could you just explayn that to me or give me some link please

yea
i had a bag of led's from a previous job i had doing electronics....i got the rest from ebay i also orded 100 100ohm resisters and some matrix PCB board with pre drilled holes from ebay i then calculated the resister value for led volt/watt for the brightest chain of led's i could get which was 6 LED'S per 100ohm resister then solderd in 150 led's in row's of six with resisters....you can google resister values for how ever many led's you want to use..... i plan to do 2 more lights like this when i get another closet going i will try to get some pic's l8ter wen lights come on...

[jaydee84]

the thing is i wanna go CFL v LED..but in the moment cant afford to buy UFO or anything like that..

i heard bad things about the ufo not great for growing which is why i opted to build my own that way i no for sure what rateing the leds are and that they were super brights unless you can afford the more expensive bigger grow light pannels build your own with super brights the better or brighter your leds the less you will need even tho more is of course better i would say even 100 super bright leds would be better than a ufo if you calculate the resister value correct ;-)