I’d like to take a second to shout out CALIFORNIA LIGHTWORKS! I emailed them as soon as this poster requested more data and look at this folks, less than an hour later, from the most reputable LED company on the market:K god damnit lol... Give me like 10 mins I'll be back with a bar graph made to show that lizard lights increase thc% by 50%. But wait, it's not made by one of the most "reputable" companies so mine would be bullshit then right? That shit chart is not real data lol fuck the real data if they even tested their product is somewhere sitting on a desk that they don't want to post. I made real points here if you can't see that then you're blinded by your bias.
Tag @skanknodill.I’d like to take a second to shout out CALIFORNIA LIGHTWORKS! I emailed them as soon as this poster requested more data and look at this folks, less than an hour later, from the most reputable LED company on the market:
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I never intended it, but that’s what they call WRECKEDTag @skanknodill
I’m saying lab results are mostly arbitrary a stheee is no real standard atm. I can send the same big to 10 different labs and get 10 different results. Tbh a lot of guys do this with their product, just keep testing at different places until the results say what I want them too.Ok so what in your mind is a legit comparison then? It’s as close to a side by side as you’re going to get, or are you saying they’re just blatantly lying about lab results?
Well these happened at the same facility... I guess you could accuse them of sending in less than prime nugs for the hps if you really wanted to. Goodluck, I understand your skepticismI’m saying lab results are mostly arbitrary a stheee is no real standard atm. I can send the same big to 10 different labs and get 10 different results. Tbh a lot of guys do this with their product, just keep testing at different places until the results say what I want them too.
First of all, I need to apologize to you for calling you an idiot a few days ago. I shouldnt have said. But your ways of finding an argument is just an unfair way to construct one.Nah the guy is making claims like an advertizer of leds so ergo he must be one ir he would simply realize his statement is bs...
oh yes these topics matter greatly, esp. UV sounds intriguing. Its like doing the Hps/Mh exvhange last 2 weeks.Heat, efficiency in electricity, uv, ir....
oh yes these topics matter greatly, esp. UV sounds intriguing. Its like doing the Hps/Mh exvhange last 2 weeks.
Could you give me a breakdown how these do function, and recommend a good modern product?
I run two of these along with my HID. Note a quote from this article “In University of Maryland studies of indoor-grown cannabis, sativa with no UVB compared to plants provided with equatorial sun levels of 385 nm UVB had a 33 percent increase in THC levels”SolarSystem® UVB
The latest generation high output UVB T5 fluorescent bulb. This system is perfect for a single light in a tent or several hundred lights in a large commercial operation.californialightworks.com
I’d probably tan under them at about 36” at least
edit: seriously, I don’t want anyone reading this and trying it... don’t, it’s cancer causing.
edit2: also not sure why the title says standalone unit in a tent, not sure what for, not for cannabis.
I haven’t hooked up my new panel yet, did you get to do some runs with and without?I run two of these along with my HID.
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I’m on my first run with them. However, everything I read on UVB exposure points to higher potency and more trichomes. Definitely don’t want to be in the tent or working under them when they are running! They are strong lamps.I haven’t hooked up my new panel yet, did you get to do some runs with and without?
I went with LED a few years ago. I have a very limited space (2.5 feet deep by 5 feet wide by 5 feet tall). I have one Advanced Platinum P600 as the main light and two Advanced Platinum P150 lights to fill in the outer edges. My main concern was heat dissipation and I really didn't care about cost. I grow 2 plants at a time (DWC) and get 14-16 ounces of dried bud each time. It works for me and I'm glad I don't have to be concerned about the heat.Was just wondering what made you all decide to go with your lighting choice?
I'm pretty knowledgeable about electronics (10yrs working on them in the air force). I did a TON of research before I started growing back in June. Knowing what I do, I came to the conclusion that for me to be happy with LED I would either have to DIY or spend a crap ton of money. I was never interested in the blurples once I figured out the whole "1000W=200 actual watts" deal with them. So to me the easiest choice was to go with the tried and true old school HPS/MH so I could focus more on learning about how the plant grows instead of spending most of my time trying to get the perfect vpd, or be worried about whether I needed to add this red spectrum or that blue one.
I am running 2.6kW of HPS and at my current electric rate, that's about $115 a month. Way less than what I was paying for my weed.
So again I ask,
What made you all choose blurple/led over (what seems to be the easier way) of hps/mh?
And Merry Christmas too! Hope you all got some great new presents we will all see pics of in the grow rooms soon!
I'm in the same boat bro. Snagged a LED box but found the winter house temps to be a bit low. I ended up throwing a 45w incandescent in the tent and that is keeping things proper.As a broke newbie to growing cannabis (I'm a full-time carer looking after my wife, so money is tight)
The first grow room was lit by modifying 3 tube 18w fluorescent ceiling units, to hold 9 tubes providing 162w . Three of these units lit 15sq ft 486w and that translates to 32w per sq ft. The yield from the first grow (ever) was 1oz a plant from feminised auto. My limited growroom height meant the downside of these lights was headspace, they took up so much space.
After much research, I decided to go to LED: There were three options: cool white, warm white or full spectrum. It made sense to me to go with full-spectrum. The strongest lamps available at the moment are 100w and 200w cob LEDs were either cool or warm light. 50w full spectrum COB LED seemed an ideal choice. My main concern was the power draw from the wall, was it actually 50w and it was, so these are really 50w LEDS.
My 50w cobs were sourced from two suppliers, five from one supplier and four from the other to see if there was a difference. Eight LEDs were used in my "lighting system" (link) 450w a slight reduction in my fluorescent setup but is seems much brighter. (eye-balling is a real scientific measure)
I'm tempted to add a few warm and cool white LEDs to widen the specrum. I'd also make it so the cool white could be turned off for flower.
The yield and quality will be the proof of the pudding.
There are really valid reasons for going with HPS and in hindsight, I could have used the heat in the winter.
I ended up ordering 1 of these last night to use in a 4'x4' final flowering area with a 1000w se hps. Plants will have the opportunity to be under them for last 4 weeks of flower if wanted. I'm interested to play around with it and see what it can do.I run two of these along with my HID. Note a quote from this article “In University of Maryland studies of indoor-grown cannabis, sativa with no UVB compared to plants provided with equatorial sun levels of 385 nm UVB had a 33 percent increase in THC levels”
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