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01-19-2014, 08:52 PM #4Senior Member
new guy wth LED/tent ?
Originally Posted by d00g
It actually is quite simple.
Whipped this together in 2 or 3 hours:
Attachment 297821
Then tested it for sheer power with a solar radiometer:
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Nominal 65W.
Actual, ~48W.
Then I had a cake pan lying around doing nothing:
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Those are 15W. emitters.
Named it Woof!
Nominal 75W. Actual 54W.
It's my main veg. light until they get tall and need more penetration.
For that, I used a cookie tray with 3w. emitters and mounted lenses:
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This can grow 5 footers and it's only 50 Watts.
I did these to peak efficacy because we pay north of $ .40 per KWh.
I can not afford to waste photons, yah?
Tell ya what, D00g.
Start a led build thread and I'll come kibbitz.
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