Boss's light test. LEDvsHIDvs Maybe Bad boy.

Loudblunts · May 4, 2010

Bossman, do those badboys have a 'piggy back' perse?

like can i plug one badboy into another? like a daisy chain? i know the sunleaves have that option, but not sure about the badboy

BOSSMAN88188 · May 4, 2010

northone said:
Thanks Bossman and sorry for venting in your damn fine thread.

I stick by exactly what i said but that is the last of my vent and there will be no more on this site

Again thanks for your patience and i will be tuning in to this test i am all for the success of leds and newer technology

Its all good bro,

MichaelFranti said:
looks good bossman! Just read through all 7 pages, How is the led running heat wise?

The LED has damn near no heat. I was actually concerned that since the LED runs so cool. That the Bad boys heat may hurt the LED.

SkyHi said:
Nice bossman, i predict the t5 is going to kill it....ill be here for round two

^^^^7 Pages? you have your settings on nooob, lol....you can change it at the control panel how many post per page...its only two pages on mine...

It would have to do pretty damn great to make up for the heat. It has the Foot candles but lets see how much of them the girls use.

MichaelFranti said:
LOL, yeah you know me

Me too bro, I just changed it.

Shady said:
Awesome news Bossman! So far I like the LED panels as well, but will hold judgement until harvest... It would be really cool to have a cab with LED's along the 4 walls and ceiling. :thinking

hahaa... :giggle I'm still on newb setting, viewing Page 7 on my iPhone and laptop...

I am really wanting to get it started.

Loudblunts said:
Bossman, do those badboys have a 'piggy back' perse?

like can i plug one badboy into another? like a daisy chain? i know the sunleaves have that option, but not sure about the badboy

I will take a look at it when the lights come on. I do not recall seeing one though.

BOSSMAN88188 · May 5, 2010

I think I have it handled.
It was not my AC being dead. It was just to small for all the lights and heat.
I am planning to tear down this Veg room and rebuild it soon. It has been moved and modified too many times now. Plus I want a larger Veg room.
So I Turned off my 1000 watt HID in the veg.
And temps have been perfect since. I will give it one more day to monitor it before I start.
So if all goes well we should be back up and testing tomorrow.

I was rereading this thread And realized I never posted the results of the Foot candles at 6 and 12 inches like Ledgirl asked.
At 12 inches it was 1700 Fc witch is pretty close to the 1600 at 2 feet.
At 6 inches it was 2200.F
Damn I really did not expect it to be more then 1900Fc.
But again anyone that say's these are not bright. I would have to say again.
They are blinding to look directly at

BOSSMAN88188 · May 10, 2010

So temps are back and 100% in my control.
The cabinet has had some modification's.
The girls that I started off with have just started to bounce back. The strange thing is though the plant looked sad.
The roots were growing their arses off. So I will let them go and see how they do.
But unless they just take off and pass up there back ups they will not be the girls I flower.

The group shot shows the extras I had taken.
When temp problems started I moved them to safety.
So they will be our runners.

Pics 1,2,3 are the HID (first set)

Pics 4,5,6 are the Led(first set)

Pics 7,8,9 are the Bad boy.(first set)

Then some group shots.

BOSSMAN88188 · May 10, 2010

LB they do not have the piggy back plug.
My bad on the lag.:damnhippie:

I forgot to mention in the last post.
I have decided to use the Fc meter to help and balance out the extra output the Bad boy is giving off.
I will use the light meter to keep the girls all in the same Fc range.

khaoticOrder · May 10, 2010

I'd really like to see the results of this test.

khaoticOrder · May 10, 2010

Are you keeping light proximity for both lights the same?

BOSSMAN88188 · May 10, 2010

khaoticOrder said:
Are you keeping light proximity for both lights the same?

I am keeping the Led girls 8 inches.
And the HID the same.
For the Bad boy. I will keep a few sets under it since it covers so much space.
But for a fair comparisin against the Led and the 400. I will keep the main set at the proper distance for equal Fc.

winta · May 11, 2010

nice test so far boss :)

opt1c · May 11, 2010

glad i caught this; good luck with the second run

fwiw i'm using a 6" and 4" vortex to cool a 400w hid in a 2x2 dr80... little extra heat is an understatement

4" axial fan for the led in its own dr80 just to move around some air; its really not needed

Loudblunts · May 11, 2010

BOSSMAN88188 said:
LB they do not have the piggy back plug.
My bad on the lag.:damnhippie:

I forgot to mention in the last post.
I have decided to use the Fc meter to help and balance out the extra output the Bad boy is giving off.
I will use the light meter to keep the girls all in the same Fc range.

all good homie... thanks!

i figured as such (that it didnt have one)

dah well... guess ill be wiring more outlets if i wanna use them on 220/240v

MaryJuwann · May 11, 2010

Looking good boss, lookin good! Keep it up dude! :)

Papa · May 11, 2010

BOSSMAN88188 said:
I will keep the main set at the proper distance for equal Fc.

good idea. that'll help with the evaluation.

Papa

Shady · May 13, 2010

Looking good Bossman! Just curious if you are feeding the same PPM's to all the LED plants as the others... If so what are the total PPM's? :wondering

BOSSMAN88188 · May 13, 2010

I am using FF soil.
And do no feeding in Veg.
The soil has enough in it for the whole Veg cycle.

The Joker · May 13, 2010

Looking great man, sorry about the troubles. I've been keeping my light about 8 inches away. It is brighter than I thought. Hard to tell if the plants are healthy since it makes the veins look red and new growth looks yellow. Had to look at them under a floro to check!

Hope it all works out now that the heat issue is resolved. Are we scrogging because the LED"s don't penetrate?

SmokeMan · May 13, 2010

Nice setup, I look forward to these updates. I wonder which will work the best?

TheAngryCook · May 15, 2010

im using the 8bulb badboy and am loving them. Cant wait to see the 12 in action

BOSSMAN88188 · May 17, 2010

So good thing I had the back ups.
The original's were not bouncing back quick enough.
So in came the ringers and here are the pics.
I will be trans planting within a weak. Just want to let them root a bit more. I will post root pics during transplant.
I peaked at the GDP root's and the Led has the thickest and most feeder's at this point.

Pic 1,2 HID's left GDP. right MK

Pic 3,4 Led's left GDP. right MK.

Pic 5,6 Bad boys left GDP. Right MK.

Midnight_son · May 17, 2010

Way to go BOSSMAN. I look forward to seeing them at the finish line. :nod

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