Brother I'm An Old School MH Grower From The Early 70's. In My Book HPS Stand For Hot Piece of Shit. So I Couldn't Tell Ya The Heat Factor. However In My 5x5 825 Watts Of Cobs Runs 10 Degrees Above My Ambient Temperature. :party1:
Well then that pretty much answers my question. :D That is very manageable in comparison to MH/hps. Damn sure thinking I need to give more thought to losing my mh/hps and hop on the led train. I like you am an ole dawg and have been using sunshine and HID since the 70's as well.
I have been waiting to pull the trigger on led tech and have been watching and learning. Mainly to see what results others are getting. I do believe I am out of excuses to not make the change. But as is human nature most of us hate change when things have been a certain way for so long.
So my next question is what was your out of pocket costs to hang 825 w of led in your groom? If you dont mind sharing that. My other challenge in converting is I really dont have the time to DIY my own cobs so thats why I asked what the cost is going to be as I would have to have some one here at the farm maybe build me a setup.
I have been drooling over the Fluence SpyderX Plus but that dang this is 1500 clams. But the par and ppfd on it are truly insane. PPF: 1535 µmol/s PPFD (μmol/m2/s): 1030 avg | 1200 max | 715 min
But I am not willing to shell that sort of dinero out for a small time garden for personal use.
Decisions decisions