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hebrewdiver

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i purchased a 900w led full spectrum with 392w of actual wall watts from E bayer and when it arrived it was a 1200w with 252 actual watts from wall and IR. It will be used in a 3*3 tent. Should I keep it or send it back? Trying to get close to optimum light and control the heat inside tent.
 
botanistprime

botanistprime

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Arguing with you is pointless. That 50watt per square foot you're referring to was actually first established for HID a lot of people have carried it over to led/cobs with success. And it's absolute rated wattage not what's pulling from the wall. Every led manufacturer out there has different specs. So everyone is supposed to buy a meter and one led and test its actual wattage consumption before they can properly calculate what their room needs?
 
Renfro

Renfro

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botanistprime said:
Arguing with you is pointless. That 50watt per square foot you're referring to was actually first established for HID a lot of people have carried it over to led/cobs with success. And it's absolute rated wattage not what's pulling from the wall. Every led manufacturer out there has different specs. So everyone is supposed to buy a meter and one led and test its actual wattage consumption before they can properly calculate what their room needs?
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Just look at the nameplate, it says how many amps it draws, multiply that by voltage and get watts.

50 watts per sq foot is what good LED growers aim for. Ask around.

Also there is NO way that a 252 watt light is equivalent to 1200 watts, thats just a bullshit figure to sell a crap light.
 
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growingforfun

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botanistprime said:
Arguing with you is pointless. That 50watt per square foot you're referring to was actually first established for HID a lot of people have carried it over to led/cobs with success. And it's absolute rated wattage not what's pulling from the wall. Every led manufacturer out there has different specs. So everyone is supposed to buy a meter and one led and test its actual wattage consumption before they can properly calculate what their room needs?
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Your right about one thing. It is pointless for you to argue and that's because your completely and utterly wrong.
 
botanistprime

botanistprime

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It's always fun when home tent growers think they know everything... And I'm wrong yet no one has definitive proof contradicting anything I've said where's your links boys?
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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botanistprime said:
Arguing with you is pointless. That 50watt per square foot you're referring to was actually first established for HID a lot of people have carried it over to led/cobs with success. And it's absolute rated wattage not what's pulling from the wall. Every led manufacturer out there has different specs. So everyone is supposed to buy a meter and one led and test its actual wattage consumption before they can properly calculate what their room needs?
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yes...get a kil-o-watt meter for 15 bucks and see what your shit is actually pulling...
and it is NOT absolute rated wattage...it IS precisely whats being pulled from the wall....they try to get you to believe their piece of shit light is the "equivalent" of a 1200 watt hid light...and it is not...it is a whatever it's actually pulling from the wall light...divided by how cheap of diodes they use, multiplied by how hard they push them....so its lucky if it's actually as good as a 252 watt hid light....
and it's 50 watts per square foot for h.i.d......35 watts per square foot for GOOD leds....which this aint....
 
coreywebster

coreywebster

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botanistprime said:
It's always fun when home tent growers think they know everything... And I'm wrong yet no one has definitive proof contradicting anything I've said where's your links boys?
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The OP said in his original post its a 252w light. its called a 1200w light because of fuckery, as in its 400x 3w diodes, even though they are run very soft to get 252 real watts they cling on to the title of 1200w because it sounds more impressive to the untrained buyer.

Your right though 50w per square foot is a HID thing, guys with quality LEDs are running 30-35w per square foot with some going a bit less and some going up to 50w per square foot, but most around 30s.
Only shit lights use the diode count X diode max wattage title scam. Good LEDs are called what ever the true wattage is.
 
coreywebster

coreywebster

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hebrewdiver said:
i purchased a 900w led full spectrum with 392w of actual wall watts from E bayer and when it arrived it was a 1200w with 252 actual watts from wall and IR. It will be used in a 3*3 tent. Should I keep it or send it back? Trying to get close to optimum light and control the heat inside tent.
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You received something that is not what you payed for. Send it back.

How much did it cost? Because a 315cmh or a quality LED may be slightly more but very much better performance for a 3x3 space.
 
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