Things to Know About Lighting

Humanrob · Mar 13, 2015

Tim Fox said:
I just did the math, and if I did it correct, my led lights that are just about ready to go, should last 11 years, with constant always on day after day 365 a year 12 on 12 off,, now that is a freaky long time,, LOL

I have no doubt that given our current choices, LEDs are the way to go for small and/or heat sensitive spaces.

When I bought my first Mac in 1994, an 8 meg RAM upgrade coast me hundreds of dollars… IIRC it was something like $500. Why the trip down memory lane? I think LED's are still somewhere in that early part of the production/cost curve. I could be wrong, but from where I'm sitting that's how it looks.

I think LED use will grow (globally) in orders of magnitude over the upcoming years, and prices should continue to fall dramatically. I had no choice but to buy that RAM upgrade in 1994, Photoshop 3 needed it to run! I have some flexibility on the LED grow light front, so I'm going to hold off as long as I can… which all things considered, will be late fall 2015. The industry seems to be changing quickly enough that it almost doesn't make sense to do the research now, because six months from now when I'm ready to buy, the options may be significantly different.

That said, kind of like the proverbial car wreck, I can't seem to look away from this crazy debate about lighting...

Hawk1020 · Mar 24, 2015

1stymer said:
you need a good light? go to any large construction site and steal a 400w mh wobble light. they are all over large site.

Yesss Lmao!!

WeedFreak78 · Mar 25, 2015

Hawk1020 said:
Yesss Lmao!!

6 guys working the construction site near me found a couple people tryign to steal tools one morning, beat the F out of them and didn't call the police until lunch time..just left them bloody and hurting for a few hours, no charges against the workers..hope the same happens to any thief.

Tim Fox · Mar 25, 2015

If a n Apollo 400 watt metal halide and ballast is only 100 dollars on eBay what nut would risk jail over 100 dollars

Hawk1020 · Mar 25, 2015

WeedFreak78 said:
6 guys working the construction site near me found a couple people tryign to steal tools one morning, beat the F out of them and didn't call the police until lunch time..just left them bloody and hurting for a few hours, no charges against the workers..hope the same happens to any thief.

AhahAha!!

Hawk1020 · Mar 25, 2015

Tim Fox said:
If a n Apollo 400 watt metal halide and ballast is only 100 dollars on eBay what nut would risk jail over 100 dollars

Man there's idiots everywhere. Dummies stay DUMMIES.

Tim Fox · Mar 25, 2015

Amen

Hawk1020 said:
Man there's idiots everywhere. Dummies stay DUMMIES.

Hotshot123 · May 4, 2015

Just bought my new 220 solarflare, replace 400w HPS, is going to replace my 250w HPS. Waiting on mail now. Love this new technology.

Hotshot123 · May 4, 2015

Cgarden said:
Yeah ,it's great technology. It seems the light company I bought from is impressive . One led light , more than 25 plants , amazing .http://www.ecosunlite.com/html_news/Ecosunlite-192X3W-LED-Growing-11.html

Now that is amazing. I would need to be growing for a bunch of people for something like that instead of just my self. You could have weed running out of your ears the first year.

wwrockyou · May 4, 2015

Hotshot123 said:
Now that is amazing. I would need to be growing for a bunch of people for something like that instead of just my self. You could have weed running out of your ears the first year.

"weed running out your ears" beautiful thought

ToneOZ · May 7, 2015

if sanclem was around i wonder what he would think of all this led shit. lol

BnugS0130 · Jul 17, 2015

So on the light thing? Watts is how much energy your using out he socket. Lumans is "how brite it is to the human eye" then what is actually what the plant uses? Light? Frequency of certain LIGHT? Im just an idiot? Confused i guess. Not knocking what rosterfish posted. Maybe ill read it again lol.

Hotshot123 · Jul 17, 2015

BnugS0130 said:
So on the light thing? Watts is how much energy your using out he socket. Lumans is "how brite it is to the human eye" then what is actually what the plant uses? Light? Frequency of certain LIGHT? Im just an idiot? Confused i guess. Not knocking what rosterfish posted. Maybe ill read it again lol.

The light the plants see is PAR, a HPS has 6PAR to one watt, where LED can have as many as 16 Per watt, to as many as 50 Per watt. That is why you can get the hps much closer to the plant than you can the led.

Shredder5kallday · Aug 8, 2015

WeedFreak78 said:
6 guys working the construction site near me found a couple people tryign to steal tools one morning, beat the F out of them and didn't call the police until lunch time..just left them bloody and hurting for a few hours, no charges against the workers..hope the same happens to any thief.

Somone robbed my house I shot the called the cops he missing an arm ...

Shredder5kallday · Aug 8, 2015

Umm what does any one thing about use 600 watt digital ballast with raptor hood room 9x9

Hotshot123 · Aug 9, 2015

Shredder5kallday said:
Umm what does any one thing about use 600 watt digital ballast with raptor hood room 9x9[/Q That is not enough light for 81 sq ft. If you mean 9'x9'. You would need about 6- 1,000w or more to cover that much space.

Shredder5kallday · Aug 9, 2015

U really think its possible to pull 6 pounds off that much room

Hotshot123 · Aug 10, 2015

BnugS0130 said:
So on the light thing? Watts is how much energy your using out he socket. Lumans is "how brite it is to the human eye" then what is actually what the plant uses? Light? Frequency of certain LIGHT? Im just an idiot? Confused i guess. Not knocking what rosterfish posted. Maybe ill read it again lol.

PAR is what the plant see's, there is 6 PAR to ever watt of HPS, and 16 to as many as 50 per watt in an LED. If you can get a hole of an light meter, you can measure the PAR Light, at different distance, and around the light at different angles.

newbuddy · Oct 31, 2015

BCENVY said:
Yup yup...I'm a general contractor...they are in fact all over large construction sites.

HOWEVER I HIGHLY DISCOURAGE STEALING FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES...IT'S DARK, THERE'S NO ONE AROUND...THEIVES THAT ARE CAUGHT ARE GENERALLY DEALT WITH SEVERLY WHEN CAUGHT IN DARK PLACES WITH NO WITNESSES.

BESIDES IT'S JUST FAWKING WRONG TO STEAL AND ALMOST AS WRONG TO CONDONE OR SUGGEST IT. BAD FORM MY FRIEND, BAD FORM!!!!!!

and on a more personal note...thanks, it's people like you that cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars a year replacing crap I find stolen, you know we can't work when you steal our stuff?!!?!?! Oh and those lights, that's called EGRESS LIGHTING, it's sole purpose is so we don't trip and kill ourselves at 5am when the fawking sun isn't even up yet. And when it's not in place OSHA comes and shuts down our job site because we are then in violation of federally mandated construction safety laws!!! Makes me sick when I have to be woken up by my Foreman because someone stole from our job site!!!!

YOU WANNA GROW POT FINE...DON'T STEAL FROM HARDWORKING PEOPLE TO DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHOOT EM THEN HANG EM

newbuddy · Oct 31, 2015

Slam said:
Lol, yeh see what you mean, but after spending half an hour reading it all would be kind of pointless not to say thanks or anything

THANK YOU!!

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