I truly believe if you bought a couple of 3d printers, and you started to make encasements for some of your arrays, you would have some folks willing to try your gear homie, I know you are very budget minded though, so you can throw a tomato at me anytime. You really do have good ideas man.
Badass, this fly is on the wall.Thanks Captspaulding,
I just finished my next design, can't wait to build them in the next 2-3 weeks.
These light will all be about controlling the airflow, to keep the leds cool and give each plant(I like growing large plants) a good amount of airflow, they should be up and running in 2-3 weeks.
I have been reading about leds online, one comment said a 3w chip would give you 100 lums per watt or reducing down to 1w would give 140 lumsOk so are you talking grow LEDs or for general light? Why not just buy lower wattage LEDs? Or.....why would you want lower wattage for growing? Isn't twice as many at half the wattage the same thing?
So whatever you're doing, why don't the manufacturers already do it? My guess would be because they want to sell more lights.....I have been reading about leds online, one comment said a 3w chip would give you 100 lums per watt or reducing down to 1w would give 140 lums
then I tried the hack and it seams to be true, if the bulbs pull less power, they become more effective.
Spot on, they want you to buy light bulbs every 2 years.So whatever you're doing, why don't the manufacturers already do it? My guess would be because they want to sell more lights.....
Meaning they could but they won’t? BASTARDS, the whole lot of em…..Spot on, they want you to buy light bulbs every 2 years.
TBH most grow light need to last 2-3 years, if they run too efficient, they will last 10 years
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A grow light lasting 160,000 hours would be a big problem if I wanted to sell x amount per year
That's the word we live in, everyone wants to make money.Meaning they could but they won’t? BASTARDS, the whole lot of em…..
I hear that loud and clear homie.That's the word we live in, everyone wants to make money.
Thank you. I'm mailing you 2,000.....they're technically not bulbs, I know you know this......they're chips? Printed circuits?Spot on, they want you to buy light bulbs every 2 years.
TBH most grow light need to last 2-3 years, if they run too efficient, they will last 10 years
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Quick example off google
A grow light lasting 160,000 hours would be a big problem if I wanted to sell x amount per year
Talk about a savings possibility, again, keep up the good work.Holy shit man, wow. Can I have 10 of those for all of my lights hahahaa
Thanks Captspaulding,Holy shit man, wow. Can I have 10 of those for all of my lights hahahaa
It’s impressive that you figured out how to refocus lost light back into the equation. Beauty in simplicity imho. The tinkering you do is great. Was this just a theory of yours? Or is it based on already existing way too expensive gear out there?Thanks Captspaulding,
Makes you wonder how much of the light is reaching the canopy, some leds have a lens to direct the light(but this does absorb some of the light), but a reflector only reflects the light that was not going to reach the canopy.
I was just wondering what to do with the diffuses, so why not turn them into reflectors.It’s impressive that you figured out how to refocus lost light back into the equation. Beauty in simplicity imho. The tinkering you do is great. Was this just a theory of yours? Or is it based on already existing way too expensive gear out there?
I guess it’s just controlling any extra heat brought on by the reflector? Or is it pretty much mitigated as is?I was just wondering what to do with the diffuses, so why not turn them into reflectors.
Haven't seen any reflectors for bulbs on ebay etc
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