I am going to wait till LED gets a bit more reasonable to import. In the peak summer over here it is the ONLY way to keep temps sensible. Indoors in Jan is pushing it, even with 15 000 BTU of A/C (which I want to stop using completely), February, forget about it! But shipping and import tax takes a single Area 51 panel to the equivalent of USD 1000 for me. Not gonna happen At least I have the great outdoors, but reports of rippers are on the increase. I literally camp in my garden come flower time.For me these things are the nuts. Incandescent puts out mucho heat (IR) per watt. So more $ per photon delivered.
I have 10 thumbs Rrog... Did it involve a hot iron? I have so many little tattoos from fixing guitar gear already LOL. Perhaps I can convince a mate to build it FOR me. Importing a home build won't work for me otherwise I would ask you. If it doesn't have the 'official' stickers on it, it won't be let in from a country that operates on a different voltage from us. DIY might be the way though. I'll wear chaps on my arms. Yee-Haw!I built the one my friend is using. Wasn't too hard.
Cheap to operate. Less to cool
I sure hope it is nothing to worry about! You make it sound pretty nasty. I am sure your soil is alive with good critters so not much to worry over. I recently beat back damping off with EWC, so I am convinced by the power of good microbes. INCREDIBLY convinced. First time I had the opportunity to test the theory in practice. Right as a little bit of doubt crept in too.hey fungus guys.... i got a question. i just germed some seeds. 2 different strains. 12 of one, 5 of another. they spent 24 hours in cups of water then went to paper towel in a plastic bag in a dark cabinet. each strain got their own paper towel in their same bag. stayed in the paper towel for 72 hours.
now when i opened the cabinet to plant them the paper towel had a bunch of little red circle cultures of something all over it. mold or bacteria or something. the red is whats got me in a huff. red is a danger color in my mind. i don't see red fungus/mold/bacteria growing on stuff every day so when i do i get nervous.
of course i began itching like a mad man as i proceeded to plant all 100% germed seeds. the itching I'm pretty sure is just mental but maybe not?
anyone know of red mold/fungus?
Thanks Rrog, you are an absolute star. I will go do my homework first though. Those LED guys can get pretty intense!LOL. Not much of a master. Annoying, maybe.
I would definitely look at building panels. Actually this RIU forum has the best LED subforum anywhere. I learned a lot there.
I could certainly answer questions as best as I can