Nevergood's high power garden

Randomblame

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nevergoodenuf said:
View attachment 3904966 View attachment 3904984 View attachment 3904986 I had a feeling I couldn't get 1000w. I think the newer CLU058's are drawing less voltage, so less power. Either way I am pull 950w at the wall and a couple watts more when the fans are plugged in. I still haven't figured out how to upload the FLIR pics (not even to my computer), but I didn't see over 90* @ 237w.
At 30", I have a 140,000+ lux over a 40"x 12"+ area without any reflectors yet.
At 20", I have 200,000 lux over a similar area.
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Hey nevergoodenuf,
I like your high powered garden and follow the thread quietly since your first CRI80 vs.CRI90 comparision and lab tests last year. Wish I would have so much room to play with..
But now I want/have to mention that it seems you add a 0 to much to your lux readings, lol! Display values x100 on the right switch position means 199*100=19.900lx.
200.000lx would bleach/burn your plants within a few days... Believe me.. 40.000lx can already be too much for some varieties!
But down worry about it 20.000lx is still an impressive readings considering the distance. The only reason why I'm not driving the "big one's" hard is they easily cause burnings, especially in small tents!
But it's allways a pleasure to see what they do for you!
 
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nevergoodenuf

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@Randomblame So 20,000 lux is 970 ppf. I never payed enough attention to this hand me down meter. I used it at to get an idea about what larger growers ran at canopy directly under the light. 200 is was the average over everywhere I checked, so I took it to Starlite to have my light checked at 200. The plant at the fixture didn't care that it was seeing 600 on that meter (2 @ 250w). Even Starlite made that mistake then, along with PPF, not PPFD. Every time I thought I was getting light burn, it ended up being the start of a Mag def.200klux to PPFD.jpg 2830.jpeg
 
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nevergoodenuf said:
@Randomblame So 20,000 lux is 970 ppf. I never payed enough attention to this hand me down meter. I used it at to get an idea about what larger growers ran at canopy directly under the light. 200 is was the average over everywhere I checked, so I took it to Starlite to have my light checked at 200. The plant at the fixture didn't care that it was seeing 600 on that meter (2 @ 250w). Even Starlite made that mistake then, along with PPF, not PPFD. Every time I thought I was getting light burn, it ended up being the start of a Mag def.View attachment 3909033 View attachment 3909039
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Nope, 970μMols should be close to 70,000lx. Maybe something is wrong with the lux-meter..? 200.000lx would mean something about 2800μMols PPF..? I trust the par readings more in this case, looks more like that what the citi-calculator says.. I've only a cheap ebay lux-meter, but just to check uniformity and get an idea of my ppfd. Maybe you can try and compare another lux-meter or get a new one. ebay/amazon have the cheap ones for 10$+..
 
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Haha, now it looks good ... an interesting device, btw!
But would like to know what they mean with "low cost".. ? Low cost compared to a sphere?
Do you know how much it is?
Very useful to create the" perfect" spectrum. But probably in the price range of a lightningpass ..
 
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nevergoodenuf

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Two of my tray's I fill with clay pellets, hoping I could get more roots. At the beginning of week 3, about 2" down and 2" all around the pots, I have roots growing. Can't wait to see how many roots will be there when I cut down.
 
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