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MidnightSun72

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That's an intelligent theory although that's not the way it actually works. If you have a 600 W light you are not going to get more than 600 W out of that light because you're more efficient you're going to utilize more of the original 600 W than another light at 110 V but you're still using the same W either way.

You're 250 V lamp might actually use 596 W of the 600 W Whereas the 110 V lamp which is less efficient might only get to utilize 570 of the original 600 W. But at the end you're both using 600 W and your bills will be identical.
lol ok.
:wall::wall:

I hope I never hire you.
trust me no professional is jumping to work for a clueless fuck either.
 

rootforme

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You guys are truly clueless because you're talking about a light and the lights efficiency starts when the power hits the light that's where the efficiency is in the lamp that's what we're talking about so in no way are you changing the amount of W coming in or being used all you're doing is using the W coming in more efficiently. I highly doubt that either of you are electricians.
 

rootforme

Well-Known Member
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Notice how they only give you one rating for W up top? That's because regardless of whether you use 120 or 240 you're still using the same W..
 

PJ Diaz

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You guys are truly clueless because you're talking about a light and the lights efficiency starts when the power hits the light that's where the efficiency is in the lamp that's what we're talking about so in no way are you changing the amount of W coming in or being used all you're doing is using the W coming in more efficiently. I highly doubt that either of you are electricians.
We're talking about driver efficiency, not diode or board efficiency. Please tell us what exactly your education level is. I work as an electrician on live entertainment events when IATSE calls me and I'm available, but it's not my main gig.
 

PJ Diaz

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Notice how they only give you one rating for W up top? That's because regardless of whether you use 120 or 240 you're still using the same W..
That's only true if you are running at 100%, and if you are running at 100% it's also true that you will have 4% more light output from 240v vs 120v, which means that you can dim your lights down slightly to get the same amount of light (or purchase less fixtures for your grow room), and enjoy the savings. Or you can crank to 100% and enjoy increased light from 240v.
 

rootforme

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That's only true if you are running at 100%, and if you are running at 100% it's also true that you will have 4% more light output from 240v vs 120v, which means that you can dim your lights down slightly to get the same amount of light (or purchase less fixtures for your grow room), and enjoy the savings. Or you can crank to 100% and enjoy increased light from 240v.
I'm glad you are finally agreeing with what I said previously which was there is no savings unless you turn off your light to compensate for the extra efficiency.
 

PJ Diaz

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I'm glad you are finally agreeing with what I said previously which was there is no savings unless you turn off your light to compensate for the extra efficiency.
Turn off your light? Dude you're off the rails now. How's your current grow coming along anyway? Oh wait you had to chop 3-weeks into flower because you majorly fucked up.
 

PJ Diaz

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Nice harvest bro:
 

Fardsnarp

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The efficiancy number means the driver will use more energy at the lower voltage to maintain the same output. What you draw at the wall is what counts on your bill. Even if the the light output doesn't change you can't take the driver out of the equation. If the graphic above took the current rating out another decimal place or two you might see the difference.
 

rootforme

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Turn off your light? Dude you're off the rails now. How's your current grow coming along anyway? Oh wait you had to chop 3-weeks into flower because you majorly fucked up.
You said it yourself that you could dim your light 4% to save money and make up for the efficiency but now you look like even more of a mockery because obviously you don't understand that when you dim your light it's going through a power cycle at a 100 -120 fps so that your eyes can't see the power cycle but that's exactly what your lights doing when you dim it it's turning itself off and back on. So when you dim your light you're doing exactly what I said you could turn your light off to Make up for the efficiency. The fact that you are laughing at that proves furthermore that you don't know what you're talking about.. But of course you knew that because you're an electrician right?
 

PJ Diaz

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You said it yourself that you could dim your light 4% to save money and make up for the efficiency but now you look like even more of a mockery because obviously you don't understand that when you dim your light it's going through a power cycle at a 100 -120 fps so that your eyes can't see the power cycle but that's exactly what your lights doing when you dim it it's turning itself off and back on. So when you dim your light you're doing exactly what I said you could turn your light off to Make up for the efficiency. The fact that you are laughing at that proves furthermore that you don't know what you're talking about.. But of course you knew that because you're an electrician right?
fps? This isn't video. I'm laughing at you because you are stupid. Everyone else gets it except you, but somehow everyone else is wrong, and you are right. However you still haven't told us what your education is exactly? Maybe a few YouTube videos is where you got your credentials?
 

MidnightSun72

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You said it yourself that you could dim your light 4% to save money and make up for the efficiency but now you look like even more of a mockery because obviously you don't understand that when you dim your light it's going through a power cycle at a 100 -120 fps so that your eyes can't see the power cycle but that's exactly what your lights doing when you dim it it's turning itself off and back on. So when you dim your light you're doing exactly what I said you could turn your light off to Make up for the efficiency. The fact that you are laughing at that proves furthermore that you don't know what you're talking about.. But of course you knew that because you're an electrician right?
Lol come on you are joking now. Power in North America at least where I live is 60hz not 120fps (honestly wtf dude). When you dim your lights using 0-10V dimming (most led drivers) no it doesn't turn on and off the amperage to the LEDs is reduced to control dimming. When using a driver with PWM dimming and you provide a PWM signal then yes the LEDs will strobe at a rate correspondent to the dimming request.

It's obvious from your posts you don't understand how LED drivers work or what efficiency means in relation to the drivers electricity draw.

What did HLG tell you? Or you don't care enough to call, but just enough to keep posting the same wrong shit on here.
 

rootforme

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fps? This isn't video. I'm laughing at you because you are stupid. Everyone else gets it except you, but somehow everyone else is wrong, and you are right. However you still haven't told us what your education is exactly? Maybe a few YouTube videos is where you got your credentials?
Stop making a fool of yourself vision is also measured in frames per second. Your vision is about 60 fps Max.
 

rootforme

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"Leds work using dc voltage. The higher the voltage, the more light the give out. The higher the voltage, the more current they use, which relates to energy. Manufactures use various ways of changing the dc voltage to change the brightness. Some just change the voltage using a transister but this is the most expensive and least efficent way. Others cut off the current for part of the time, thousands of times a second, making the Led blink so rapidly the eye does not see it blink, it just looks dimmer.

In most LED light systems dimming is essentially a very fast cycle (100 to 120 times a second) turning of the LED on and off. It doesn’t consume power in the off periods while it operates near its best efficiency during the on periods."

Stop making a fool of yourself. You just can't admit wrong. Must be something deep down.
 

PJ Diaz

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Stop making a fool of yourself vision is also measured in frames per second. Your vision is about 60 fps Max.
"Leds work using dc voltage. The higher the voltage, the more light the give out. The higher the voltage, the more current they use, which relates to energy. Manufactures use various ways of changing the dc voltage to change the brightness. Some just change the voltage using a transister but this is the most expensive and least efficent way. Others cut off the current for part of the time, thousands of times a second, making the Led blink so rapidly the eye does not see it blink, it just looks dimmer.

In most LED light systems dimming is essentially a very fast cycle (100 to 120 times a second) turning of the LED on and off. It doesn’t consume power in the off periods while it operates near its best efficiency during the on periods."

Stop making a fool of yourself. You just can't admit wrong. Must be something deep down.
You are confusing frame rate with refresh rate (Hz). Standard US AC power is 60Hz. When you use an LED driver you are converting the alternating current to direct current. Direct current does not have a refresh rate.

It's pretty cute that you quoted something that you googled from quota.com though.
 

rootforme

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You are confusing frame rate with refresh rate (Hz). Standard US AC power is 60Hz. When you use an LED driver you are converting the alternating current to direct current. Direct current does not have a refresh rate.

It's pretty cute that you quoted something that you googled from quota.com though.
No I'm talking about frame rate not refresh rate. I'm talking about how human vision sees things in frames. That's not an opinion that's scientific fact. And since human vision sees in frames limited to 60fps any device that flickers at a higher frame rate than the human eye can translate(<60fps) is invisible to the naked eye, for example, an LED light power cycling at 100fps on dim.
 

2absolute2purity2

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If there's people out here buying marshydro or spiderfarmer and was the same price they would cave atleast I get a 5by5 flowering footprint honestly spectrum blackdogs are much better lland the plants nodes are more tight photontek has better design iv compared same cuttings and both have pros and cons but I don't seem many people making comparisons just opinions
phenomenal. Wow. Nice. What size of pots are these? Did u do a grow journal/diary?
 
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