PSUAGRO.
Well-Known Member
The whole concept of "punch power" is ridiculous.
"We're trying to perfect the ideal punch vs area coverage." is basically another way of saying "the source doesn't generate enough light to cover a large enough area. Because of this, we need an incredibly high die density and powerful optics to meet specifications."
A lot of us run cobs at 40-60W evenly spread over the canopy with no lenses or reflectors at all.
I have not used any other cobs; so I can't compare cree/bridgelux's offerings to Innoled's in house version truthfully. I dislike secondary optics; always have. Like I said before, I rather take the losses at the reflector, preferably aluminum(miro4; 95% +) and as CLOSE to the light source as possible.What I really can't understand is how a few pages back it was suggested to put the light 3 inches to the canopy.
If you put those optics on one of my vero 29s and run it at 2.1A, it would burn down your canopy like ants under a magnifying glass. Not from heat conduction, but through radiation alone.
These fixtures are a work in progress and have flaws like the rest............SINGLE cob designs suffer the same issues as hid; fast ppf(d) drop on the outer area.
Thanks for the respect mr flux.....................I did put allot of effort in this grow(constant PITA rotations), no commercial grower would have bothered with it and just ran higher wattage panels as always. I knew from the start that i needed to do it for any decent outcome=== I do wanna get something out of my timeIt must be a pretty weak light compared to normal COBs. The point sourciness is also not ideal. I'm impressed how well psuagro did given this light. Looking at the evenness of the plants he must have rotated them like it's a barbeque. I think it is only out of respect for him that Innoled is not completely flamed down here. Like what normally would happen with "320W replaces 1000W" claims.
Yes their claims are too high and I've told them this since the beginning. Will any current 120w led panel give 400w hps results???NO. Will any current 320w led panel give 1000w hps results?? NO.............I've used them and know what those salt/halide arcs can deliver.
be safe growers