Hey puffenuff, good question since it is definitely not intuitive at this point. A lot of what we say is driven by the industry in terms of sticking with industry standard terms. The LEDs we use are listed by the manufacturer as 5w LEDs which simply means they can theoretically be run at 5w and still maintain respectable longevity. I say theoretically because to do this you would have to put outrageous cooling on each LED to maintain a proper temperature otherwise the LED would not last, meaning the spectrum and light output for each LED would degrade very quickly. If we put the kind of cooling necessary (think water cooling or heat pipes for you computer geeks) to cool them in that situation and the price would be out of all of our reach as growers.
Are you serious with that light for flowering cannabis? With that spectrum? And your comment "exactly the opposite", is that a joke or a real comment?
I brought up CLW because their the only true 5w panel fixtures on the market as of now( don't know why lumi decided to mix 3/5w on the PRO), that's why it's relevant; George (owner) has answered all of the spec ?? I've asked him, And has no qualms about revealing his components used, why? because their very good quality throughout......the same with area 51/ very truthful about specs. I linked that page too show you how "large" the heatsinks are on CLW fixtures, and to be sure when you say blackdog has "the largest heat sinks in the industry", you mean it! (a pic would be nice for proof)..............So again please due tell us what type of "true" 5w diodes (epistar??really?
) you are using in your proud Universal series and their average forward driving currents????????? Thanks
