lol ok my bad. I must have misread something..ty for posting pics. well hopefully this is adequate to detour people away from wasting money, and getting there hopes up thinking a 90 watt light that is = to 600 watt hps..that was my point- to show that these things just dont cut it.Heres my current 400w hps grow
dont waste your money-this dosent work-tried it.You need at least 1w diodes-and these need to be attached to proper heat-sinks.I have 50' of led rope if anyones interested in trying this for themselves.
I understand the coverage just fine. I do now think my efforts with the single LED isn't what I want. I do believe if I added another 3 for a total of 4 in a 4 x 4 tent vs 400W HPS it could prove rather interesting. Both would run the same watts and I think the coverage may prove to be better. The only thing I would have to control with the LED would be the heat. Acouple of CFL's could help with that to bring it to 400W in total for each tent. I'm going to move forward with that idea and order what I need. Call me what you want .. lmaoYou guys are missing the point though... *Coverage!* Here is and analogy maybe you will all understand.
You’re freezing to death and you a have a super warm woolen blanket but… It’s only 1” by 1” that may cover your feet but it’s not going to save your life. But then you find a full sized fleece blanket, while you may still have a chill you still have sufficient warm and will be just fine.
OK....YOU ARE A JOKE..led experiment expert that adds cfl and hps why cause led failed. Its a hard hard pill to swallow but I swallowed it, and I didn't choke.I understand the coverage just fine. I do now think my efforts with the single LED isn't what I want. I do believe if I added another 3 for a total of 4 in a 4 x 4 tent vs 400W HPS it could prove rather interesting. Both would run the same watts and I think the coverage may prove to be better. The only thing I would have to control with the LED would be the heat. Acouple of CFL's could help with that to bring it to 400W in total for each tent. I'm going to move forward with that idea and order what I need. Call me what you want .. lmao
For the moment I am going to add my 400W HPS tonight to the tent as the added light will only help the cause and with in a few days I will be adding some more Skunk and BB and I know the UFO will not have the coverage for all of them
Peace ~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is at all led users... I say dare to be different!Dude I know I would be flamed but I wouldn't say it failed !! Actually this is my first attempt at a grow so no pro here !! Never claimed I was !! But I'm learning and researching everyday. I do believe the need for more coverage DUE to the fact I will be adding more plants HINCE the reason for more coverage. If I had the 3 UFO available to me right this moment I would simply add them but I don't. No need to flame here dude but I do think it has been successful so far.
Now flame all you want
Treeth! Buddythats cool artthug,
what your background?
- I spent some time on international cannagraphic forums yesterday, on the led lab 2009 thread, and found it interesting that so many users has at least a bs in physics... There are communities with way higher education levels than this one,
but i still like it here better...
what kind of leds were used, i mean, who made the diode package? cree luxeon seoul osram
kool shit, so does white work better than red and blue dedicated. I did see how the intensity of the light output was rated higher for white compared to red. I also noticed my blue seemed to outshine the red in intensity when the red had double the leds.This is at all led users... I say dare to be different!
I never said it didn’t work there are just more efficient methods.
Though I am quite experienced with led’s and have had many successful harvests with them. I hate to talk about my work but, I recently consulted on large containers designed for a sea fairing. The point was to export a seasonal flower from Mexico to Europe using led’s. After many trials we learned the three keys to success were…
A warm white spectrum (70% better results),
A slightly higher nitrate formula with slightly lower potassium levels (I know what your think but the research proved it on 30+ species of flowering plants)
Also a slightly higher ph. (6.8ish)
Though we did use light units that were 168watts per meter and about 600.00 a peace. That is why I say wait ten years (so the market can catch up).
at first I was like wtf 12 and 8, seemed so strange. Then I thought maybe 4 hours before 4 hours after(like sunrise, sunset,kool idea).4,12,4 hmm you could prob go 4,10,4 or 3,12,3 or 4,8,4 if saving money is what you are looking for. 4,8,4 with leds staying on and cfls turning on for the 8, so cfls run 8hrs leds 16 hrs. Anyways I like your ideas of implementation. are you going to flower at say 2,8,2. I would definitely like yo see results of such experiments.I use a led ufo with 600 watt hps.I run the led for 12 hours,and the hps for 8 in the same time period, to save some money ,my plants are sugar coated ,even the fan leaves .Led is a geat supplemental light.I also use them for my mother plants with two 23 watt 6500k cfl,they grow like crazy,both in dwc.I also run two 23w cfl 2700k in flowering room as well.Think supplemental light,save some $$ .Thats what got my attention to led,the trichome production is supposed to better,according to High Times tests.I have grown this strain before,and without the led they were not as sugar coated looking,but great buds nonetheless.Also my mother plants leaves will get you high.I use 2 -50 watt tri band panels for my mothers with the cfl's.
lol kma go spend your life savings on leds, go grow an 8th, then open your trap....once again if you are looking to buy a 90 watt led for 200 bucks, thinking it is as good as a 600 watt hid, you would be better off getting a 600 watt or even 400 watt hps for the money. Neither light will go crazy on a light bill, especially if only ran 12 hours a day. The raised amount of final product will more than triple the value of the few extra dollars spent on electricity.fallinghigh,
i just read through this thread again and you're an ass.
You really have exhausted all you have to say; I do hope you stop pestering this thread with your noise.