Sour Wreck
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my setup is 800watts, your scenario is only 500watts at best
is that going to perform as well as a 600 hps which is what a lot of people use in a 4x4 area?
8'x8' led light setup 2500$ budget
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is that going to perform as well as a 600 hps which is what a lot of people use in a 4x4 area?
Aolelon
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You only need 30-40w sqft with LED 500w kn a 4x4 is 31wsqft. With 5 or 6 you could bomb that up to around 650w
Moflow
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Humple
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Properly used, 500 watts of F series strips will easily and definitively outperform a 600w HPS by a wide margin.
Humple
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To hit 650 watts, I'd opt for six 4 foot strips powered by two HLG-320H-48A drivers.
Aolelon
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I know that's why I said it
Sour Wreck
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i grow with both leds and hps. so i must not be doing something right, cuz my leds have not come close to producing 20-20 ozs out of 4x4 area. my hps can do that pretty consistently with the right plants.
in all honesty i haven't run a few strains under the leds that i need to.
i just got an rdwc setup running under my hps. have 3 plants to harvest and then i am going to build another rdwc setup to cover another 4x4 section right next to the hps.
if i could ever get the two 4x4 areas on the same cycle (same plants at the same size/age) i would love to run a side by side of my 800w of led vs the 600 hps.
i'm still not sold on my leds, but it could be the operator.
if and when i run that test, or at least run the same clone(s) under each light i will really know what works for me. if the LEDS don't outperform the HPS, i will mount all the LEDS on the walls and hang another 600 above.
ANC
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I thought it was for a 4x4... 1500 would cover a 4x8 easily.
Aolelon
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My question is, if the HPS is working why would you use 800w(more) of LEDS?
Sour Wreck
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the plan was not to use 16 strips originally, i got carried away.
with that said, i think they run cooler than the hps, regardless of what a lot of people will say. the heat is different. very dissipated with the leds
diyled
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Of course, if i sold them at what i paid id go broke.lol
He stated ...
Show me a500w plug and play light using real lm561c cheaper that 420 shipped.
Aolelon
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There isn't one, but if I could save 300-500$ id learn lol
Humple
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There are many examples of growers doing much, much better than .7 g/w, here on the forum. I don't mean to offend, but I would definitely consider such results to be user error.
Sour Wreck
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you didn't offend. but if i can't make my leds out perform my hps they will become side lighting.
Humple
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Understandable.
Sour Wreck
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in all fairness and honesty, i had my leds arranged in a vertical configuration. i am changing that to all strips overhead. in fact, i already reconfigured it, but have not yet grown healthy plants in hydro with that setup. that will start in the next few weeks.
the vert configuration and plants with root rot did not yield much. but with that said, i am going to try overhead with healthy plants i know yield well. here's the old setup
the vert configuration and plants with root rot did not yield much. but with that said, i am going to try overhead with healthy plants i know yield well. here's the old setup
WeedSexWeightsShakes
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Interesting setup but it might be your problem.
I’d be curious to know how it does with everything overhead.
Sour Wreck
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me too. like i said, the vertical run, the plants weren't healthy, but they weren't terrible.
gonna run with them horizontal in hydro and it they compete with my hps, i will be happy.
still intrigued by the vert configuration though...
WeedSexWeightsShakes
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I think it’d be hard to train them like that but seems like it would or should still be effective.
I guess to really know you would have to take a lot of par readings lol.
They really should be out performing your hps though. I bet they’ll do better horizontal. May have to also train them and grow them differently too. I haven’t grown with hps tho so I really can’t say too much about it.
Sour Wreck
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the idea of going vertical was to beef up the popcorn buds down low that the hps leaves.
i like to harvest a plant and leave the popcorn buds for another week or two to beef them up.
of course they just go in the hash bin anyways.
it's fun trying new stuff. we will see, cuz the experiments are on, lol...
i like to harvest a plant and leave the popcorn buds for another week or two to beef them up.
of course they just go in the hash bin anyways.
it's fun trying new stuff. we will see, cuz the experiments are on, lol...