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It looks like you've found about the most efficient way of using that light! Congrats on the little box, I think it's cool :bigjoint:

I said 8,000-12,000 lumens of usable light from a 1000W Metal Halide that has a total output of 80,000 lumens. A 1000W HPS from the same company, emits 145,000 lumens (though mostly in the yellow spectrum, which does little for plants). If we did the same 10-15% rating on the HPS, it comes...

I know most LED's (minus the white ones) don't produce the same lumen per watt as a HID. In that aspect, you're right, they don't compete with HID, but when you look at the available light for plant growth, they can, when used properly. Anyhow, I know you're a supporter of LED's for the...

Retail on the lights is $4800 for all 12. Luckily I pay wholesale, but it still cost me quite a bit! Seedlings do well under most lighting, so they should do ok under a 15W LED. I don't know if a 15W panel is going to take them any farther than a clone/seedling though. I'm unfamiliar with...

We'll have my friend's garden finishing up in a few weeks, so that we can show you fresh pictures of bud under LED. I could produce any picture to show to you, but this way you'll at least know what plant it came from, and have watched it through it's progress. Anyhow, it's only 3 weeks away...

The ratio is 70% red, 20% White, 10% Blue. The wavelengths are: 440nm, 470nm, 640nm, 660nm, 740nm, and 3000k white. Pictures are attached, although my plants aren't all that far along into bloom... My canopy area is 5' x 6'.

Because the growth rate I have with LED is WAY, WAY faster than anything I've ever done under CFL. I know there's a person on here trying to convince you all that LED's = CFL, but um, the ones I'm using beat HID, so he can keep on saying what he wants to, he's just ignoring the facts/photos...

LED's are replaceable, it just takes someone who knows how to solder them etc... So let's say 8 years from now, 1 or 2 LED's burn out, the panel is still usable. In 8 years (if used for 12 on 12 off), the light will still have about 80% of it's initial brightness. It's still a functional...

I love how a few of you are so confident that LED absolutely will not compete today, even though you have little to no experience with LED whatsoever. Kinda hard for a skeptic to make such claims... Instead of sounding like an ignorant jerk (not pointed at your potlike), and making...

So I added in the additional 756W of LED into my room tonight, and finally got rid of my last 1000W. The room now has 1512W of LED. One tray is full, the other is going to be filled soon. Anyhow, I figured I'd show you guys what this kind of setup looks like. I wish the pictures could...

LED's aren't like HID, the lumens are completely different. A HID emits nearly all wavelengths of light, meaning that it only creates about 10-15% that's available for photosynthesis. So if you have a 80,000 lumen, 1000W Metal Halide, you only have about 8,000 - 12,000 lumens of usable light...

If we were using a 120 degree LED, it would work very similarly to a CFL. Since we are using a 60 degree, the results we're having are more comparable to HID lighting, which is why we have sent 954W (3, 318W units) to Ed Rosenthal for testing against a 1000W HPS. LED's are still new, and...

LoL, you guys are funny.

They also use a 60 degree lens, to make sure that all of the light goes down to your plants, instead of in your eyes or at your walls. I'm not sure how much HPS you're currently running, but using a single 126W panel, I can produce far more than 1.5 ounces of bud. With these LED's, we are seeing...

Yield is always going to be dependent on multiple factors, one of which is lighting. Most LED grow lights on the market lack the ability to bloom well, because they use a 120 degree viewing angle. At 120 degrees, the LED doesn't have a lot of penetrative ability, making it difficult to get...

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2 years ago is about when I talked to LGM. I haven't seen many design changes from them since, but most companies stick with their designs. You're absolutely right though, that without companies like them, and people like you, LED's would never be where they are getting to now. Someone had to...

Yes, I am familiar with them. Solaroasis was the company who did all the research behind those lights, and if my memory serves me correctly, they are the ones NASA tried out in space. The original design used 660nm, 612nm, and 465nm, with 15 degree and 30 degree, extremely low wattage (like...

I'm personally running 1512W of LED, all 1W's, spaced out over a 5' x 6' canopy. The results are amazing. My plants have never been healthier, and I've never seen so much bud on such little plants (2').

It would be great if I contributed to a LED movement in this country. I'd feel accomplished knowing that people are having higher success with their grows (no more heat stress) because they came across something I read and decided to give it a try. A market shift to LED would also aid in the...