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I have been doing a lot of reading. My new hobby is my tent so I like to check everything out.
Currently i am using a 550 watt mcob light and supplementing it with a 100 watt mars reflector.
650 watts of power and the heat is managable. But I do wonder if one of these lights will perform the same and save me some hydro dollars (or at least allow me to move the grow to a 10 amp circuit).
My garage has a 10 amp
My cold room has a 10 amp
But I got my dad to wire two 15 amp circuits in the basement. Currently I am drawing 8 amps with my grow tent, lighting, ventilation and fans. That is about peak for a 10 amp. The vortex fan I have coming will drop it down to 7 amps
But if I was using that 315 it would drop down to 5 amps with the vortex fan.
And now the question. Can that light work in a 4 x 4 tent for bloom and veg ?
Are the lights dangerous ? (the LED and MCOB do not throw enough heat to make me nervous about catching fire but I worry about these hot as the sun bulbs).
I happen to have the cash so i am pondering this. I am also in no rush. The lighting i have is working pretty good. But my previous light was only the 100 watt mars reflector (i grew two autos in a grow box that totaled 65 grams with that light).
Currently i am using a 550 watt mcob light and supplementing it with a 100 watt mars reflector.
650 watts of power and the heat is managable. But I do wonder if one of these lights will perform the same and save me some hydro dollars (or at least allow me to move the grow to a 10 amp circuit).
My garage has a 10 amp
My cold room has a 10 amp
But I got my dad to wire two 15 amp circuits in the basement. Currently I am drawing 8 amps with my grow tent, lighting, ventilation and fans. That is about peak for a 10 amp. The vortex fan I have coming will drop it down to 7 amps
But if I was using that 315 it would drop down to 5 amps with the vortex fan.
And now the question. Can that light work in a 4 x 4 tent for bloom and veg ?
Are the lights dangerous ? (the LED and MCOB do not throw enough heat to make me nervous about catching fire but I worry about these hot as the sun bulbs).
I happen to have the cash so i am pondering this. I am also in no rush. The lighting i have is working pretty good. But my previous light was only the 100 watt mars reflector (i grew two autos in a grow box that totaled 65 grams with that light).