Mars Hydro Led Grow Light Family

3N1GM4 · Sep 12, 2015

I am having heat issues also but my issue is due to a clogged charcoal filter, there is hardly any air moving through it.

eastcoastjoe · Sep 12, 2015

After I read your post I was wondering if I do have a faulty unit.Seems strange yours throw no heat but mine are hot as fire In 3 weeks I'll be chopping, I'll try each panel separately too see if one gets hotter than the other. Hopefully my house doesn't burn down by then LOL. Your right though it's frustrating , these things don't cost thousands but they were not cheap

eastcoastjoe · Sep 12, 2015

3N1GM4 said:
I am having heat issues also but my issue is due to a clogged charcoal filter, there is hardly any air moving through it.

I had to remove my filter just to get temps half way under control. My Panels get warm, you can feel the heat coming off of it

3N1GM4 · Sep 12, 2015

I just removed my filter also, it was clogged with dust and diatomateous earth. Gonna try spraying off with air compressor tomorrow and see if it will still do since its only 6 months or so old...

greengost420 · Sep 12, 2015

eastcoastjoe said:
I'm actually Using four fans, two small fans to circulate air around inside the tent. I also have two vortex fans , one for intake one for exhaust, both running at 170 cfm each. I think the air movement I have in there is more than enough. Those two inline fans alone would cool a 400 w HPS no problem, even in the summer. Every 3-5 minutes There should be total air exchange for your room. For my tent, 163 cfm does that and both my fans are rated for 170cfm each. That's not including the fans moving the air around inside so there's no problem there

I also think it's funny you say the tent being hot because it's packed with plants. I think it's the poor quality computer fans used in the panels along with the fact the 5w diodes burn hot as hell. The problem is I can't exhaust the hot air the fixture Makes faster than it makes it so the heat is building up. I'm not the only person who says this either, most people I know That own the mars2 say the same thing. My tests when I hooked the lights up initially were the same with a empty tent as they are with a tent full of plants. Only difference was RH. I'm not trying to be argumentative but please don't treat me like im a fool. I'm not new to LED lights either. I've grown with every style panel since the 1w diode ufo lights. And Take a closer look at that hygrometer , the high temp was 95 degrees which is not OK ever

I think it's just a bit misleading making the argument that you save all this extra electricity with these LED lights by not having to use the extra environment controls like fans and AC. In my tiny setup what am I really saving ? I have to run the same fans either way. I save 50 watts by using the LED panels versus a 400w HPS But in the end I'm losing yield. There's no way these panels will out yield any HID light , no way. I'd do a size by side and bet you anything im right. And we all know heat is the biggest enemy of electrical components , I'm sure these panels are not going to hold up over time at extreme temps like that. The clone I'm growing is over 30 years old and is known to be fairly large yielding So it's not the genetics either

It's not my intention to bash you guys. I supported your company but thus far I'm not very happy with my purchase. I think you should be more up front in your advertising about how much heat these things make.

i run a mars2 nine hundred, shit runs mad hot! and your light looks to be too high. lower to like eighteen inches above the canopy for better results. i have some tops 6 inches from light lol........heres alien isolation from area 51 genetics...

eastcoastjoe · Sep 12, 2015

Those pics were from about 7 weeks ago. I'm in week 5 of flower now. They shot up pretty good , there exactly 20 inches from the canopy. I'll get some pics when the lights come on

BeglianHaze · Sep 12, 2015

Hello guys, i've just started to grow 2 autoflowering seeds with a 400w mars hydro II, it looks work really good and the temperature doesn't give me so much troubles actually! maybe sometimes a little too hot, but when fan is on it's allright!

BeglianHaze · Sep 12, 2015

by the way i think too many plants in the same grow room! even plants produce hot! combined with light and a close room it make everything hotter! less plants guys! or bigger tent :P

eastcoastjoe · Sep 12, 2015

BeglianHaze said:
by the way i think too many plants in the same grow room! even plants produce hot! combined with light and a close room it make everything hotter! less plants guys! or bigger tent :p

I've been doing SOG for a long time bro It Doesn't make that much of a difference. I always pack my tents, most people do because they want to make all there space count. Are you a Mars rep too ? How about some pictures ? My tent is like a goddamn wind tunnel with all the air movement, how come nobody can understand that.

I'm gonna remove all the plants tomorrow for a few hours and take pics just so you guys see it wont make much difference at all. I already tested it when I first bought them, it's fukin hot in here. The lights make a lot of heat !!

DrFever · Sep 12, 2015

To the op would you have a link to the mars pro i would like to check it out on actual wattage . draw , and other things and arrays And i am very curious as you mention that you use only cree if this is the case "claiming" you use Cree diodes, which in some cases you are. Fact is, i learned Cree only makes about 2 of the colors used in say a 7 band array. So the first question to a company using Cree should be, ok so what do you use for the other 6 colors outside of white? Fact is, If were being told that a light is using all US diodes and everything else, you are being lied to.

DemonTrich · Sep 12, 2015

mars rep,

im running 3x600hps in a built 8x12x7 room with a/c (73-75* lights on daily) and tons of air movement.

im running my lights in a big kahuna hood.

what led panel do you have to replace 1 single light and hood. id be interested in 3 led panels in total. I put 4x plants in 4.7 gal pots under each hood and have HUGE yields each and every harvest.

3N1GM4 · Sep 12, 2015

Well I thought it was the filter but the top of my tent still reaches 90 with it off and the extraction fan running on full and intake running full blast. I cant find any specs online for my 1200 watt light to see what the minimum cfm and tent size should be, anyone have a calculator or formula link?

MrBelvedere · Sep 13, 2015

@MarsG on the new pro model is it all white Cree COBs? What exact exact BIN? What exact driver are you using? Thanks.

BeglianHaze · Sep 13, 2015

eastcoastjoe said:
I've been doing SOG for a long time bro It Doesn't make that much of a difference. I always pack my tents, most people do because they want to make all there space count. Are you a Mars rep too ? How about some pictures ? My tent is like a goddamn wind tunnel with all the air movement, how come nobody can understand that.

I'm gonna remove all the plants tomorrow for a few hours and take pics just so you guys see it wont make much difference at all. I already tested it when I first bought them, it's fukin hot in here. The lights make a lot of heat !!

I will post the photos in the next days!
by the way only if i keep light on only for 18hrs without any fan or air extraction i can get 32.4°, when the light is off i am around 26!
maybe it will heat more when the blooming lights will be on! i have also to say that in my place is still really hot, and it can influence the temperature of the tent!

Toaster79 · Sep 13, 2015

DrFever said:
To the op would you have a link to the mars pro i would like to check it out on actual wattage . draw , and other things and arrays And i am very curious as you mention that you use only cree if this is the case "claiming" you use Cree diodes, which in some cases you are. Fact is, i learned Cree only makes about 2 of the colors used in say a 7 band array. So the first question to a company using Cree should be, ok so what do you use for the other 6 colors outside of white? Fact is, If were being told that a light is using all US diodes and everything else, you are being lied to.

By the looks of those pictures they're using XP-E and XP-E2 emitters (pictures are crappy so there might also be XP-G2 emitters for white and bluea spectrum, which I doubt due to higher price). So you get 620nm, 660nm peak in the red section, blues are most likely royal blues with 455nm peak and the rest of the spectrum is/could be covered with whites if there are different CCT emitters used in those units and are not pegged to a certain CCT because of using the cheapest white emmiter.

MarsG · Sep 13, 2015

Ned Kelly said:
These look great just hope there not too pricey

Hi Ned Kelly, your plants look really good

I like your pics!~~~

Abour our Mars Pro, we have 4 different types, Epistar320LED, Epistar 160LED,CREE128LED ,CREE256LED, the prices depend on which country are you from. Cuz some countris no need shipping fee:D. Cuz it's our newest product, at this moment our producing speed is not fast as the demand, some warehouses don't have enough stock, we only accept advanced order, and you may need about 1 month to get Mars Pro series light.

Thank you thank you for the support!

I will send you a PM about more info of Mars Pro ;)

Ned Kelly · Sep 13, 2015

eastcoastjoe said:
I've been doing SOG for a long time bro It Doesn't make that much of a difference. I always pack my tents, most people do because they want to make all there space count. Are you a Mars rep too ? How about some pictures ? My tent is like a goddamn wind tunnel with all the air movement, how come nobody can understand that.

I'm gonna remove all the plants tomorrow for a few hours and take pics just so you guys see it wont make much difference at all. I already tested it when I first bought them, it's fukin hot in here. The lights make a lot of heat !!

i get you have meg air flow . one of my ufo's i use had the fan wired wrong so the fan was pushing air in rather than out , could be the same with yours . I only suggested a 6 inch if you have one . cause as your probably aware no matter what air pressure is the volume through a 6 inch will always be greater than a4 inch (capacity) . That said yeah after there finished id do some homework on the issue . R ur fans inside the tent blowing the hot air towards your outlet ? cheers and hope you get it sorted

MarsG · Sep 13, 2015

Toaster79 said:
By the looks of those pictures they're using XP-E and XP-E2 emitters (pictures are crappy so there might also be XP-G2 emitters for white and bluea spectrum, which I doubt due to higher price). So you get 620nm, 660nm peak in the red section, blues are most likely royal blues with 455nm peak and the rest of the spectrum is/could be covered with whites if there are different CCT emitters used in those units and are not pegged to a certain CCT because of using the cheapest white emmiter.

Hello Toaster79, wow, you are an expert of Light :p we have 4 types of Mars Pro series, 2 are using Epistar chips, 2 are using Cree chips, these r the LED Part NO. we use:
XPEBWT-L1-0000-00AE7

XPEBBL-L1-0000-00Y01

XPEBRD-L1-0000-00601

XPEPHR-L1-0000-00901

which 2 are red lights, 1 blue , and 1 white.

MarsG · Sep 13, 2015

MrBelvedere said:
@MarsG on the new pro model is it all white Cree COBs? What exact exact BIN? What exact driver are you using? Thanks.

Morning MrBelvedere! Not all white Cree, we have 2 red, 1 blue and 1 white. These are the LED Part NO. a Chinese company is making the driver of us, sorry they don't have English website :( we are using
XPEBWT-L1-0000-00AE7

XPEBBL-L1-0000-00Y01

XPEBRD-L1-0000-00601

XPEPHR-L1-0000-00901

MarsG · Sep 13, 2015

BeglianHaze said:
I will post the photos in the next days!
by the way only if i keep light on only for 18hrs without any fan or air extraction i can get 32.4°, when the light is off i am around 26!
maybe it will heat more when the blooming lights will be on! i have also to say that in my place is still really hot, and it can influence the temperature of the tent!

Looking forward to seeing your pics BeglianHaze.

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