Flower with 600w LED (actual 276w draw) or 450w HPS?

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jayzigger

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Flower with 600w LED (actual 276w draw) or 450w HPS?

LED is a viparspectra 600w
HPS is 450w with a batwing reflector


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Keith Stoner

Keith Stoner

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HPS all the way until you get up to
a 1,000watt led, your power bill will suffer but after a few decent grows then I’d go hard on led’s to save some money in the long run if you continue growing.
 
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Viceman666

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Blurple lights like vipar are similar to hps in efficiency so if power draw = 276w then that would be the equivalent of a 276w hps more or less so Id definitively go with 450w hps If I was you.. but you could look at other more efficient LED.. whats your tent size?
 
Dynamo626

Dynamo626

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2X2 tent. Personaly i wouldnt run a 400 in a 2x2. Thats only 4 sq feet. 400 is for 3x3 to 4x4 thats 9 to 16 sq feet. A 1000w can be squeezes in a 4x4 tent.. Barley and thats 62.5w per sq ft.
Good luck with 100w sq ft in a 5 ft high tent
 
coreywebster

coreywebster

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2x2.. Just buy a HLG135w @$185 and get growing.
I just looked at the vipar price, its 159 english pound, thats like over $200... and its a bag of shite.. Man you 2x2 guys have it easy... :bigjoint:
 
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jarvild

jarvild

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Dynamo626 said:
2X2 tent. Personaly i wouldnt run a 400 in a 2x2. Thats only 4 sq feet. 400 is for 3x3 to 4x4 thats 9 to 16 sq feet. A 1000w can be squeezes in a 4x4 tent.. Barley and thats 62.5w per sq ft.
Good luck with 100w sq ft in a 5 ft high tent
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A 400 is not much good for over a 3x3 or 9 sq. ft. for flower a 400 just doesn't have the penetration to achieve flower density past 18". Want to see how close you can run a 400 hps with good ventilation.
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