About those LED lights

[sheist]

If that was the case everybody would be using LEDs in their house for lighting and paying almost nothing every month for electricity.

:thumbsup: good job, look wat they're startin to do!

[Crispyfried]

Yeah I'll be posting about my LED lights soon after they arrive.

[The Grim Reefer]

Yeah I'll be posting about my LED lights soon after they arrive.

Keep us updated! If they work out well, I'll be looking into getting a set for myself. I'd just like to see some proof first of course.

[BigBlock]

Ayo BigBlock!!! I'm callin you out..

Great. You can copy information from a biased site with nothing but profit in mind. Trained monkeys can do that. Proof only comes from independant sources, and independant sources do not sell LEDs.

Do any of you here have an expensive degree in lighting and electrical science? Until then you haven't got the slightest clue what you are talking about. Getting LED information from a website making huge profits off of LEDs is like getting your information about the current war from the whitehouse. It's unreliable, made up of twisted half truths and baldface lies. That's how business works.

[smoknjoe]

Hey block,

You still havent responded to my last post, check it out. This is the article I tried to post before, its from an independent source.

http://www.space.com/businesstechnol...ng_010926.html

Since you ask, I'm graduating in a few months with a mechanical engineering degree from a prestigious US university. Don't really wanna disclose which one.

[BigBlock]

You still havent responded to my last post, check it out. This is the article I tried to post before, its from an independent source.

http://www.space.com/businesstechnol...ng_010926.html

So scientists are using LEDs to grow lettuce. What the hell does that prove? They're not comparing LEDs to HID, they're comparing them to incandescents, and we all know those are worthless. They're also talking about OUTER SPACE! Guess what? Nobody here is trying to grow pot in space. The requirements of lighting in space are very different than a teenager trying to grow pot in his closet. The advantage of LEDs for space is that they do not burn out and are completely shock resistant. That is not a problem on earth, because HID bulbs still last 20,000+ hours, and you're not launching them into space, so the fragility of an HID bulb is not an issue. They are also growing vegetative crops, like lettuce, not light intensive flowers such as marijuana.

Since you ask, I'm graduating in a few months with a mechanical engineering degree from a prestigious US university. Don't really wanna disclose which one.

That really has nothing to do with lighting.

[sheist]

actually lighting does fall in there at some points.. and yea that proves alot that they're growing lettuce.. if they can grow lettuce, they can grow weed.. that proves that the bulbs ARE useful for one's grow.. the LEDS in space are the same LEDs being sold on the market now, homie.. how long ago did u graduate? lol the bulbs doo last long.. if you checked the specs on that red spectrum LED 10watt, it lasts 500,000 hrs.. as compared to your 20,000 HID.. 10w to your 150w.. why?? cus its the SPECTRUM that COUNTS..
http://www.nurturelite.com/purple.htm

http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/ecotree/...trum.htm#light
and check this spot out, more info on spectrum

u should actually read the information, not skim through it.. alot of the information given inside too vital for your argument (or lack there of)



as for [b]Turtle420[b] and Crispyfried[b]
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...e/commerce.cgi

I figured Turtle might like this especially; he mentioned in a related thread about making custom lights or setting up a custom system..

They got a blue spectrum LED.. check it out:
MR16-B24 Blue LED bulb
MR16 with 24 Super Blue 470nm LEDs
12 Volt AC or DC Operation
Available with Narrow 15 Degree or Wide 100 Degree Viewing Angle LEDs
$ 12.95

and check out this site! http://www.iloveled.com/MerchItemEN2.aspx?

watchu guys think??

[sheist]

o yea Big Block.. BTW.. LED grow lights made front page of http://www.americanmarijuana.org/

[BigBlock]

Like I said before, I'm not going to waste any more time arguing with idiots who think they are experts simply because they read something on the internet. 6 watt LEDs will not grow anything useful, and that will be proven anytime somebody tries to actually grow with them.

Please, prove me wrong. Links on the internet prove NOTHING.

[smoknjoe]

Right, this application is especially useful in space.

I'm glad you finally understand the heat generation issue.