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Lenny Gray
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I bought one 100W "full spectrum" COB LED and have been running it at 100W as a test for 4 months, now, and it is, indeed, bright. I don't have the requisite light-meters, but, in comparing to my Cool White & Warm White LEDs and CFL's by eye, it looks like it's giving what was represented. I do recall warnings that the full spectrum COBs deteriorate some of their colored individual LED cells more than monochromatic COBs, but that may have been old info. If the "manufacturer" is doing as other fixture makers, they'll be running the whole thing at 1/2 or slightly less of the individual rated power, for efficiency and longevity - thus, your answer would be that it's about 400Watts worth. OTOH, the "full spectrum" PAR approach does save the energy otherwise wasted on generating the green part of the spectrum that the plants don't much care about.
My reason for my going to the one 100W fuchsia COB was as a replacement for a 100W cool white running at 100W as part of my vegging shower-stall, that was apparently causing stretching to overly-long internode lengths on my vegging plants.
So far, I'm a believer.
My reason for my going to the one 100W fuchsia COB was as a replacement for a 100W cool white running at 100W as part of my vegging shower-stall, that was apparently causing stretching to overly-long internode lengths on my vegging plants.
So far, I'm a believer.
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