LED Panels for Flower?

[Esteban1]

Good day; thinking about switching to LED grow panels when flowering. Have 4 multi color/spectrum panels with a total of 56w. Chose this secondary to heating issues. Know there are mixed revues but should I waste my time visa vie shooting my self in the foot? Thanks

Sic Semper Tyranus

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Esteban1 Reviewed by Esteban1 on 04-28-2013. LED Panels for Flower? Good day; thinking about switching to LED grow panels when flowering. Have 4 multi color/spectrum panels with a total of 56w. Chose this secondary to heating issues. Know there are mixed revues but should I waste my time visa vie shooting my self in the foot? Thanks Sic Semper Tyranus :silly: Rating: 5

[Esteban1]

Thanks bro


Peace

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[Esteban1]

That's cool, will trash 'em! Was suspect cuz Didn't see the "UL" so, hey...wtf. Not the 1st time reamed & won't be the last! Thanks for the heads up Weez

F'k'd Again

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[Esteban1]

Bro, does this look palpable? 3 prong plug, UL etc..... Oh 300W



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[Mal420xl]

looks ok who makes it? or whered ya find it

[Esteban1]

Looking into it, my anus is killing me!

Semper fi fy fo phum

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[Esteban1]

Weez, checked out ur jpegs & this kinda looks like what I'm After? Prob need 2 of them for my grow! 3 cheers, wanna grow, not burn trying!

Sic Semper Azzwholes

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[Weezard]

That don't look too very shabby.
Don't use commercial lights myself, so I can't point you right at one.

I can,however, tell you what to avoid.
If they go on about useless "Features" like 720nm. red that turns on and off with the 635-660nm. red. (Just plain dumb)
UVleds. (Un-needed)
Orange leds. (Inefficient)
White leds. (No advantage over CFLs)
5, 6, 7 band lights. (They grow very well with red and blue only.)
Hyperbole.
Silly claims!
There is an advantage to using leds but a 90 Watt UFO is not going head to head with a 400Watt HPS.
(200Watts of 660nm. red and 460nm blue, however, will.)

There's a decent light sold commercially that incorporates a dimmer.
I think they're called Lumitek or something similar
That is a useful feature.
It allows you to tune the spectra for veg. or bloom.
If you dig through the archives here you will find many threads that used LEDs to flower and yield > 1gram per Watt.
There have been a lot of LED/HPS side by sides.
So.
Read a little, save a lot.

Aloha,
Weeze

[Weezard]

I hate being da bad news guy.

First, LEDs can be used for flowering and will grow some very potent buds.

Just not those leds.
We call them China panels.
Not sayin' it's impossible to flower with these, cannabis can take a joke.
I'm just saying that you will not be thrilled with the yield and a smoke alarm is mandatory.

You might want to browse my photo albums.
Click on my avatar, then find albums and click "more albums."
You will find some excellent led grown bud snaps, and I think I have a picture of the Chinapanel's guts in there.
Lemme go look. . .

Yup here they are.
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It's the second panel to fail in less than 6 months.
There is no current limit other than a resistor so they blow out whole strings at a time.

Posted it because I used to be an electrician.
How unsafe is it?
Extremely!
There's good reason that you don't see an Underwriter's Laboratory sticker.

I had two of them, they are crap, sorry.

Aloha,
Weeze

[low_rdr]

I think I saw panels similar to that on ebay fairly cheaply. Can you do me a huge favor and do a log when you do this? Or at least do weekly progression?