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thanks .. how about in veg...useful there?
i am running a 1000 mh and 12 t5's ....but theres still room for more in vegAgain, a qualified yes. I've seen it do great things on small plants to get them to grow quickly into bigger plants, but it doesn't fill them out as well as either HPS or MH. I run one as an adjunct in my babies room to kickstart a batch for production, and another to add to light from both an adjacent 400W HPS and a nearby 1kW MH. As such, they do well. I'm still running the big lights in veg to get my girls ready for the environment they'll see in bloom- which is high intensity hps lighting.
Six screws, and the plastic cover is removed. Already had a few dead flys in there.Check this out:
$219 for 150W WHITE light. (You supply the electrical cord.)
I was at a friends warehouse shop, and he was replacing 400W MH high bay lamps with these LEDs.
LEDs looked brighter, and the light was very nice.
I just put one in flower space (replaced one of three 400W HPS) and one over my veg where the one LED replaced six 4' florescent.
The biggest breakthrough I see in these lamps is the lack of fans. No fan means I can expect the long LED life to pan out. None of the other LED grow lamps I have purchased will outlive the first fan failure.
The second interesting aspect of these lamps is how white and broad spectrum they are.
I can only imagine that the LED component is producing a short wavelength energizer that is then reflected off of an emitter surface.
They look great, open up the look of my grow spaces, and run cool and quiet. Cool is a relative term here as they do generate heat, but the flower room temps fell 4 deg F by replacing one 400W HPS. This was a needed heat reduction, so it is to the good.
Time will tell, but I can easily see replacing the other two HPS if this grow finishes out well.
I pay $.25 per KWH so payback should be quick.
Perhaps the time has come.
I have seen lots of big lamps getting tossed at the dump.
These new LEDs are likely the explanation.
Again, a qualified yes. I've seen it do great things on small plants to get them to grow quickly into bigger plants, but it doesn't fill them out as well as either HPS or MH. I run one as an adjunct in my babies room to kickstart a batch for production, and another to add to light from both an adjacent 400W HPS and a nearby 1kW MH. As such, they do well. I'm still running the big lights in veg to get my girls ready for the environment they'll see in bloom- which is high intensity hps lighting.
Hey Dunge, hi, I signed up here to comment on the high bay LED from home depot. I picked one up to check it out. I removed one of the end caps to see about sliding the plastic diffuser out of there but it seemed tight in place and I was not able to remove it. I couldn't tell if it was sandwiched in tightly or was taped/glued in place. Would you mind elaborating on what you did to remove it? Are you concerned about using it with the LEDs exposed? i saw that the light is basically two circuit boards with LEDs on them.Six screws, and the plastic cover is removed. Already had a few dead flys in there.
Idk about that. I blast 6, 4-5 footers under my led. Then when they hit the outdoors..... BOOM! Fat RESULTS all the time.
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Look at how bushy these turned out after vegging under the led. A crap load of trimming for just 7 ladies. So much bud sites its painfully(carpal tunnel) incredible. Threw these out at 4'. Only problem was they didn't stretch much. Sun is out only for 11 hours. Made for a quick 6 weeks and near done.
This is how I am going to do my next led launch. 13 off, 11 on. Then in the future 13 on, 11 off.
Both ways are based on the HI cycle. Should be a fun experiment.
Pull harder.I removed one of the end caps to see about sliding the plastic diffuser out of there but it seemed tight in place and I was not able to remove it. I couldn't tell if it was sandwiched in tightly or was taped/glued in place.
hey thanks for the reply. its about the power and footprint i was looking for and fit my budget so i decided to give it a try. it is really bright! at 150w, it seems to my eyes about the same brightness as my 400w MH, but with a whiter light and a smaller usable footprint. seems like a pretty cheapy product though, so i wonder about durability and reliability. and it runs hot! really hot, where the LED boards are attached to the case. i put a small fan blowing over the light to help keep it cool. if i decide to keep it, i will most likely remove the plastic diffuser. i still have to see if plants like it, that's the most important thing i guess.So Grub, how do you like your lamp?
This looks like it confirms what I was saying- that LED is good in veg. Your little greenhouse is very cool, love the walls and wavy ceiling so no one can spot your crop from the air. Next time, bend the branches on your plants down and out, so they stick out sideways and all those bud sites get light instead of just the top ones. You'll get huge increases in yield and all you did was bend some plants. Seriously.
You're in HI, and that makes a big difference when putting plants outside because there things are always humid, helping the plants get established. Here it's super dry and the girls would get fried both by that and by the high altitude Sun in summer- and of course winter makes it impossible to grow outdoors half the year.
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