Led light technology?

nuggets73

nuggets73

Member
Howdy Boys & Girls - Just curious to see your thoughts/feedback

I am seriously considering getting a flash, NEW LED Light!
... if you read the specifications/benefits .. you'd be mad not to by one!

* They use about 10-20% power of a standard light )Save money)
* The life expectancy of the globes are far greater! (Save Money)
* You can vary the light spectrum (Red, Blue)
* They run much cooler - less heat problems

... you see how LED is used in just about everything else today (cars, street lighting, etc) ... why not in grow rooms???

I have included this link ... just some reading
http://www.greenpinelane.com/TI_smartlamp_test.aspx

Your feedback/experiences would be appreciated

Thanks all! - Yous rock!
 
wyatte

wyatte

Active Member
Hey.. I am also an advocate of LED grow lights. A lot of people on here diss them because they claim that they cant penetrate the lower levels of a plant.... What they fail to realize is that if you grow a 6 foot tree.... Most lights wont penetrate that depth. If you are doing a SOG where you are growing a smaller single stalk plant... the leds should work fine. I myself use HIDs for right now... but am planning on switching over to LEDs in the future when I have enough money saved up.
I am not familiar with the led light you are talking about.. but if you are reffering to the one off of the link that you posted... well... Its good but you could get others cheapier. LEDGIRL on this site is an electrical engineer and she took 2 years and developed a light... her site is... http://hydro-grow-led.com/blog/ - Or... what I would do is go to HTG Supply... they developed a series of LED lights with a consulting PHD Botanist. www.htgsupply.com is their site. The actually have three sizes of the tri band lights... however only one is in stock right now on their site. I believe that the largest lamp is 600 watts and is equiv to 2-1000w hids. I cant remember how much they charge for it but i do know that it is in the 1400 range... I think... See when HTG Supply does not have stock of an item they take it completely off of their site all together. I do know that they have the size of 120watt, 300 watt and 600 watt. The 120 is only 499.99 and it is supposedly equiv to a 600 hid.

Let me know which way you go. I would be interested in finding out. I personally will probably go to htg to get mine. As an engineer myself...I highly am for using led lights.

Cheers
 
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