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Hey everyone. New here. After a 15 year break from growing I am back at it. I have a question though. I have never used a tent before and have never used LED before. I currently have a 10x8 conventional room nut I want to expand a bit. So in my 4x4 tent I was considering running three 600w LED. I understand distance and burn issues in theory. My question is...what is the max LED wattage for a 4x4 tent in your experience. Thanks in advance!
That is "true" wattage not package wattage. Correct?I don't know about 'MAX' led wattage but people tend to target 35 to 50 watts per square foot of output led wattage for blooming. for vegging, they target 25 watts per square foot. My bloom tent 4x8 is using roughly 9o0 watts of COBs so I'm a little lite at 28 watts per square foot but I'm really not using the whole tent. I may add more COBs in the future.
well, there's wall wattage and then there's LED wattage. in my case, the COB that I'm using is a 36.2V device and i'm driving them with a constant current of 1.4a .... 36.2 x 1.4 = 50.68 watts per COB * 18 cobs = 912 LED watts. from the wall, I'm drawing a little over 1000 watts. The difference is the 6% energy loss from the drivers that's turned into heat.That is "true" wattage not package wattage. Correct?
I dunno about max wattage, but you could run two or three of the 600W that I am using, this one, https://www.amazon.com/HIGROW-Optical-Spectrum-Greenhouse-Hydroponic/dp/B01HYUO9VY and you would be well lit indeed.Hey everyone. New here. After a 15 year break from growing I am back at it. I have a question though. I have never used a tent before and have never used LED before. I currently have a 10x8 conventional room nut I want to expand a bit. So in my 4x4 tent I was considering running three 600w LED. I understand distance and burn issues in theory. My question is...what is the max LED wattage for a 4x4 tent in your experience. Thanks in advance!
You'll be fine with just two of those, is my guess.I decided to run 3 600w visparspectra. Fingers crossed
Why do you say that? My plants are growing like gang bustersHigrows 600. Stay away from those double chips leds there bad
Are the double chips getting Hella hot? And they burn out faster. But if its working hellz yaWhy do you say that? My plants are growing like gang busters
No problems with the heat at all.Are the double chips getting Hella hot? And they burn out faster. But if its working hellz ya
Nice doodNo problems with the heat at all.
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