zeppelinrules
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will having 3 led lights of different wats mess up your grow. 5x7 king leds, a 2000 a 1000 a 600 with half it burnt out???
lighting question
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You're trying to cover a 5x7 area with 200w, 100w, and 30w lights? If you could balance out the PPFD by using different heights then it would be fine, but 330 watts isn't going to be enough light for a 5x7 area. Those lights are not actually 2000, 1000 and 60 watts; they pull a tenth of that from the wall.
zeppelinrules
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2000, 1000, 600w
Billy the Mountain
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No, those aren't real watts.
As already mentioned, closer to 200, 100, and 60 watts.
Actual wattage or current draw should be on the light near the plug. If not, measure the current yourself.
If you're correct, it'll be 16.6, 8.3, and 5 amps, or 30 amps total (@120V).
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Phytoplankton
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Your gonna need about 1200W (draw from the wall) to get 35 watts/sq ft for a 5X7, you want 32-40 a sq/ft. Im running about 1100 watts in 5.5x5.5x7. With your existing lights, best case scenario, if you can get them to function together, is a growing footprint of maybe 10 Sq/ft.
LeastExpectedGrower
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That's a 200W light. Quit taking ad copy for real numbers. They even tell you it consumes 200w...you can't consume 200w and produce 2000w worth of lighting. By this style of counting I'm using 6750w in my 3'x5' tent.
leatherbackturtle420
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You did see the part I placed in bold that said it was 200 watts - ergo, the whole reason why I made that post to begin with?
zeppelinrules
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should be posting in the newbe threads will 2 200w leds cover my 5x5 room?
Billy the Mountain
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Not by a long shot
k0rps
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Yes, but wouldn't be enough for flowering.. For the price of two KingLED's ~$260, you can find a light that would better fit your needs in a 5*5.
There's usually some good (discounted) lights in the deals section. Check it out~
The Best Deals Thread. Post Best Deals And Lowest Prices Links
@Tracker you have asked to be reminded you don't need more lights. Damn I didn't know you provided that service. Unfortunately too late now the new Scorpion Diablo X arrives Thursday!
www.rollitup.org
Good luck on your grow!
Dorian2
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I'm curious why LED light efficiency vs HPS is never brought up? At least from what I've seen. Isn't the whole point of LED efficiency related to the same amount of light (or lumens?) rating while drawing less wattage from the wall? Seems to me that the direct comparison to HPS is missig the point of efficiency rating.
Somebody can correct me, or expand on this thought, if I'm totally out to lunch.
Somebody can correct me, or expand on this thought, if I'm totally out to lunch.
zeppelinrules
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well then why did i get 16 grows, sweet buds, out of them all with less light. I added the "2000w" last year. now i dont get much weight... lights??Yes, but wouldn't be enough for flowering.. For the price of two KingLED's ~$260, you can find a light that would better fit your needs in a 5*5.
There's usually some good (discounted) lights in the deals section. Check it out~
The Best Deals Thread. Post Best Deals And Lowest Prices Links
@Tracker you have asked to be reminded you don't need more lights. Damn I didn't know you provided that service. Unfortunately too late now the new Scorpion Diablo X arrives Thursday!www.rollitup.org
Good luck on your grow!
k0rps
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Not sure without knowing more details about the 16 grows. Lots of variables to consider, environment, genetics and care being the main considerations. Do you have pics?
You asked a question about lighting, I pointed you to a thread with a good amount of discounted lights with flowering spectrum and decent quality diodes. If you'd notice the parts that get the least amount of light are the parts balling out, in turn making seeds. Hence giving you better options. It's up to you how you wanna tend to your plants.
Edit: unless the genetics already had intersex problems, those create bananas throughout the buds, not fun.. Happened to me with "gdp" bagseeds. Ended up throwing out the plant and germinating better genetics
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Billy the Mountain
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It's nothing personal, just simple math.
Your current lights are insufficient for 25 ft^2.
Results are subjective; if you're happy with your current yields, keep on carrying on.
It doesn't change the fact that your productivity would dramatically increase with appropriate lighting.
Dorian2
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Not sure if this will help, but in my case, a 2x4 tent requires about 280 (wall)Watts, according to a lot of literature and guys on this site. My 2 LEDs are a Mars 600W and a Mars 1000W, which equivalent to 250(wall)Watts. The 250W I'm getting isn't quite enough. This coming from personal experience in my last 4 or 5 grows with Autos. Time for an upgrade, but I'm a cheap bastard.
It's never brought up because 99%+ of people use LED, so what relevance does the required HPS wattage for the same area have anymore? If he wanted to use HPS, then more wattage would be recommended. The whole "how many watts of LED should I buy to replace my 1000 watts of HPS" has been sussed out back when the transition was taking place. There is no need to do that any longer.
If you're already getting that sweet bud, then why did you add an additional 200 watts?