l.e.ds vs hps

woody333333

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Yo caveman just click on my profile and go through the threads I started. Unlike you I have it were everyone can see what I post not you can't see my threads like you. I have nothing to hide REAL talk.
I took a quick look and I don't see anything you've grown w led

I did find some big plants under hps

How is this about me? Your the one talking crazy shit
 

woody333333

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It's not a matter of defending LEDs, it's a matter of people not really knowing what they're talking about. You have this idea that I'm somehow in love with LEDs, but the reason I sound so defensive is because people are trying to say this bright ass white light is a dim purple light, and can't penetrate... when it's 160lm/W at it's operating point, according to the datasheet! I don't know about the one real posted in that video... That one is NOT a cxb2530 U2 bin driven at 500mA. The efficiency of LED arrays can range between 5-70% so "growing with leds" means absolutely nothing when you realize that. DE HPS is around 42% efficient when fresh. This DIY build, according to specs, is 49% efficient. (at converting electricity to light power).

Whether it's cost effective is not what I've been arguing... but to say an HPS lamp can penetrate better than an equal amount of input power of my DIY cxb2530 is simply false. If you look past a superficial level, you'd see that I usually recommend HPS lamps over LED, even over DIY with cxb. The main reason is because HPS is a great balance between fantastic results, high efficiency, and low startup cost... but you're fooling yourself if you think that HPS lamps are brighter. Realstyles DIY panels are the 2nd or 3rd most efficient lamps on RIU.. (when dimmed, it's between 50-60% efficiency).. and they are totally overkill!! lol. They are more powerful than you think.
Thanks for writing me a book
 

churchhaze

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I do think DIY LED veg lamps might be more clear cut in terms of value.

If you keep your veg lamp on 24/7 like me, that means a 400W lamp uses twice as much energy as a 400W lamp in flowering. People using HPS should definitely look into converting their veg lamps to DIY cxb before even considering their flowering lamps. Theoretically, it should pay itself off twice as fast as a flowering lamp if you run 24/0 lighting. I use 5000k vero 18 at 350mA, which is about 47% efficient. With that type of efficiency, you can get away with less than 10W/sqft in veg (for plants under 1 foot).
 

a mongo frog

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I do think DIY LED veg lamps might be more clear cut in terms of value.

If you keep your veg lamp on 24/7 like me, that means a 400W lamp uses twice as much energy as a 400W lamp in flowering. People using HPS should definitely look into converting their veg lamps to DIY cxb before even considering their flowering lamps. Theoretically, it should pay itself off twice as fast as a flowering lamp if you run 24/0 lighting. I use 5000k vero 18 at 350mA, which is about 47% efficient. With that type of efficiency, you can get away with less than 10W/sqft in veg (for plants under 1 foot).
Its funny you say that. I just told my wife yesterday that once we figure out how to make these, were going to start vegging under the diy led. We run a bank of T-5 lights now for veg. I think this would be a game changer for us. My biggest thing about growing is inexpensive vegging under 24 hours of light.
 

HydroRed

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He just made them. He hasn't even finished one flowering season with his DIY lamps yet. I have, however, and I know he's going to fucking nail this grow.



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So you guys have been arguing with everyone for 32 pages telling them that HPS is garbage and inferior to your DIY led............and realstyles doesnt even have a single grow under his belt with them???? WTF dude... How can you argue about what everyone on here HAS ALREADY DONE WITH HPS when he aint even done it once with his "HPS Killer" DIY light? Last I seen of churchhaze ONE AND ONLY grow if IIRC, it looked very amature-ish and low yielding -at best. Maybe someone might take stock in what you preach if you didnt talk so much bullshit to anyone who doesnt agree with you and actually backed up what you said. I dont give 2 shits about your data sheets or your numbers either. I have scrub buds bigger than any pictures you or your buddy realstyles are posting. Nobody cares about your below average popcorn buds grown under disco lights. Churchhaze said that I had an "average" grow and continuously talked shit when I posted pictures of my hps grow at the start of this thread & I am very confident it pulled waaaaay more quality and weight than all 1 of your grows.
**************So, that makes you below average then right?


Heres a little reminder about my "average" 6oz 3' plant. That was just 1 of 8 under (2) 1KW HPS in a 5x5ish area.
I can afford to pay the electricity for 2 lights cuz I didnt have to go broke building overpriced led lights myself.
BTW....that pic is at just under 6 wks flower. Dont even got orange hairs yet :fire:
Show me some proof of your DIY led's that do this. Oh....thats right, you guys aint even fuckin used em yet.

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REALSTYLES

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So you guys have been arguing with everyone for 32 pages telling them that HPS is garbage and inferior to your DIY led............and realstyles doesnt even have a single grow under his belt with them???? WTF dude... How can you argue about what everyone on here HAS ALREADY DONE WITH HPS when he aint even done it once with his "HPS Killer" DIY light? Last I seen of churchhaze ONE AND ONLY grow if IIRC, it looked very amature-ish and low yielding -at best. Maybe someone might take stock in what you preach if you didnt talk so much bullshit to anyone who doesnt agree with you and actually backed up what you said. I dont give 2 shits about your data sheets or your numbers either. I have scrub buds bigger than any pictures you or your buddy realstyles are posting. Nobody cares about your below average popcorn buds grown under disco lights. Churchhaze said that I had an "average" grow and continuously talked shit when I posted pictures of my hps grow at the start of this thread & I am very confident it pulled waaaaay more quality and weight than all 1 of your grows.
**************So, that makes you below average then right?


Heres a little reminder about my "average" 6oz 3' plant. That was just 1 of 8 under (2) 1KW HPS in a 5x5ish area.
I can afford to pay the electricity for 2 lights cuz I didnt have to go broke building overpriced led lights myself.
BTW....that pic is at just under 6 wks flower. Dont even got orange hairs yet :fire:
Show me some proof of your DIY led's thhowat do this. Oh....thats right, you guys aint even fuckin used em yet.

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Why are you using recycled pics? You don't want me to show my hps grow a matter of fact fuck it 4 plants 4lbs 2k of lights

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Don't show me dwc pics that are weak and just wait I show pics
 

HydroRed

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REALSTYLES

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Acts like a dick for 32 pages to anyone in opposition of DIY LED lights...then shows me pictures of his hps grow. LMAO
It's to show you what I can do and it's so when I show my led grow you can have a reference and to show you I can grow.

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