Lumigrow pro 650 lifespan “LED TALK”

[Stevendyas89]

So I got these lumigrow 650 pros that were used pretty decently hard. I notice yellowing around the diodes (obviously heat stress) also prob just spectrum burn as well..

My question is how common is this discoloration and how can I keep these puppies lasting longer !?

I’ve seen a lot of the older cheaper leds Looking like this but not on the high dollar lights like these.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Dont quote me on this, but I have heard that the cheaper/older LEDs dont have the filter that blocks uva and uvb. But I have never even seen, let alone used one of those in particular. Maybe do a little digging yourself if you feel like it? Just something I read on a forum at some point over the last few weeks when I was researching the LEDs that I got