But you were just previously talking about saving money on bulbs vs LED fixtures. Now you'd rather have the 3 ounces of weed.A lot of people are able to hit 1gpw with a 1k HPS so if you can hit 900 with LED you lost out on 100 grams. You saved a few pennies on electrical but I'd rather have the 3.5 ounces.
If you're measuring this on the monetary value of the ounces of weed, then why is the initial cost of the more efficient LED even an issue in the first place?
The main purpose of switching to LED was the increase in yield and efficiency.If you are going with the route that Duke is with an almost 1:1 replacement in wattage it makes sense that he would be seeing better yields, but also defeats the main purpose of switching to LED which is reduced heat - reduced electrical cost.
You can't make an arbitrary judgement on what is the most important thing. It varies grower to grower
What's more important to you, to "save money on electricity" or to "have 3 ounces more weed" ?
If I swap my hps for LED and go from yielding a reasonable 0.7 gpw with a 400w HPS, to yielding 1.5 GPW with LED, I've doubled the yield potential of my space. That'll swing it for most growers.
You're making a lot of weak arguments for LED, then knocking them down. Come on mate, think about what you're saying.I think this where I get confused or leary about using GPW as a good measurement. It's hard to believe people when they talk about GPW, but if I was hitting 1 GPW with my 315 and then swapped it out with half the wattage of LED I would need to hit 2 gpw to have an equal return. I don't see many folks saying they are hitting 2 gpw with LED, usually around 1.5 which would mean a 79gram reduction in yield.
Why have you used those figures? Why half the wattage?
Why not just replace the 300w of CMH with 300w of LED and yield yourself 50% more (using your numbers)
Any particular reason?
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