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I'm flowering in a 4 feet by 4 feet tent. I see most DIY builds here use 9 or 12 LED's for that space yet the manufacturer of these lights stated that 5 of these would be enough.
So my main question is do I really need so many? Especially considering that even though I'm running below the 5 recommended by the manufacturer (I'm using 4), why would that be? Is there something that I can do to improve light output so that 5 would be sufficient and still keep the lights alive for at least a couple of years. I obviously do not expect them to last the 4 years that the warranty covers on these lights that I currently use, but a couple of years would be plenty. With the advances in LED technology I would expect to replace them by then anyway
So my main question is do I really need so many? Especially considering that even though I'm running below the 5 recommended by the manufacturer (I'm using 4), why would that be? Is there something that I can do to improve light output so that 5 would be sufficient and still keep the lights alive for at least a couple of years. I obviously do not expect them to last the 4 years that the warranty covers on these lights that I currently use, but a couple of years would be plenty. With the advances in LED technology I would expect to replace them by then anyway