Tolerance Break
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I buy HLG.
i dont have a tent or light so i made diy growlights from reflective duckt and made a folding reflective wall will it work like a grow tent?
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greenbasterd
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not sure if I've seen that brand yet
greenbasterd
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they seem to be loving it for now and I haven't put in all bulbs yet I'm waiting till flower start to give them all light.. but maybe I'll downsize few plants first
It says it draws 150 watts. Some cheaper brands actually say 1000 watt in the title of the item.
greenbasterd
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I see.. that makes me mad haha now I have to get rid of few girls if need be.. what do you use?
Viparspectra KS3000 in a 3x3 tent. It's supposed to have the best PPFD spread for the space I have.
MtRainDog
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The whole 1000w equivalency was marketing crap as people switched away from hid to led. Before led you could say that a 1000w hps was the "gold standard" for lighting. So the led makers wanted to say, "this led replaces a 1000w hps" which might be true for a led that draws 600w at the wall. But 150w does not replace a 1000w hps. That's just silly and shame on mars hydro for saying that. it's a 150w light, good for maybe a 2x2 or 3x3 space.
coreywebster
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Can you take a pic of the lights ?
They look upside-down under those hoods but can only see a tiny bit
Drop That Sound
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The 100w equivalent LED screw in bulbs are usually around 13-15 actual watts. If you remove the plastic diffuser globes to expose the PCB\diodes, you'll significantly increase the output on your diy fixtures BTW.
cannabiscrusader
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If you buy like 16 of them, take them apart, lay the little boards flat, wire 16 sockets on a frame, bend up a hood, run it through a dimmer.....
You could have already bought 2 xs1500ds.
I get the d.i.y. tho. That is the fun part
Tolerance Break
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Find a way to hook them up on top of one another and run a verticle grow with those bad boys
Drop That Sound
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I've seen people take apart the original style corn cob style LED bulbs, and lay out all the strips in a flat panel configuration. They been making them ones kinda like that for awhile now though, so they can transform into a more directional lighting mode..
Drop That Sound
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I also remember someone basically made a giant corn "cob" vertical LED fixture for a stadium vert grow. A tall round cylinder with a crap ton of COBs, surrounded by a 360 degree canopy full of plants.
Now days, I could see it easily being done the same way by using the commercial style LED bars. Strap them all around a tall round post and plug it in. Easy, and take up little space! You don't see vert grows like that much anymore, or anyone using newer age LEDs. Not that I've seen anyway.
nxsov180db
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Your 100 watt led bulbs are inefficient in the realm of “grow” leds. I would only compare them to about 50-70 watts of growing marketed led bulbs. So 600 watts is what a 300-420 watt led grow light would put out.
the wattage equivalent claim on leds is comparing them to incandecent lamps
when growing with e27 socket leds i found out that higher wattage leds are no good, i use 14w, that spreads the light , a single led with too much power is simply too much juice in too little space,
i had to remove some bulbs because i got too much light at some point, 3000> ppfd
and i read above that a good fixture would be getting those leds and bending them, fixing 16 of them an then dimming them, im ok with the bending part, you would actually need like 6 of them for a 4 x 4 but dont forget you cant dim this leds because they have a integrated power supply that does not allow it
bless
when growing with e27 socket leds i found out that higher wattage leds are no good, i use 14w, that spreads the light , a single led with too much power is simply too much juice in too little space,
i had to remove some bulbs because i got too much light at some point, 3000> ppfd
and i read above that a good fixture would be getting those leds and bending them, fixing 16 of them an then dimming them, im ok with the bending part, you would actually need like 6 of them for a 4 x 4 but dont forget you cant dim this leds because they have a integrated power supply that does not allow it
bless
think about it, im using 20 14 wat bulbs, they drive the chips at 0.7 watt an 96lumens watt
if you use lets say 35 watt bulbs you are driving the chips at 1 watt and 60lm watt
bigger leds get hotter, my advice , for flower get 3000k 14watt bulbs, you need 6-8 per plant , bless
if you use lets say 35 watt bulbs you are driving the chips at 1 watt and 60lm watt
bigger leds get hotter, my advice , for flower get 3000k 14watt bulbs, you need 6-8 per plant , bless
If you read the post, its obvious Mars clearly explains its 'equivilent' to a 1000w hps and uses 150w.
The cheap brands you have to dig to find that actual usage number.
LED technology has also come a long way. A cheap 100w led fixture that uses LEDs from 4 years won't have nearly the output of a 100w fixture with 2023 LEDs
The cheap brands you have to dig to find that actual usage number.
LED technology has also come a long way. A cheap 100w led fixture that uses LEDs from 4 years won't have nearly the output of a 100w fixture with 2023 LEDs
bloom maker
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I use 3x100w spiderfarmer quantum boards in the smallest tent 120x120, and 1x750w migro aray 5x5 in my biggest tent 240x240. Working good.
But I only grow fruits like tomato and peppers
but still its very interesting to discuss with everyone growing.
But I only grow fruits like tomato and peppers
but still its very interesting to discuss with everyone growing.