Man you have not stopped by and commented for over 6 weeks LEDgirl. All my good work and praises and you just ignored this thread. And you have been visiting the other test grows almost weekly. But I make 1 critical post and SNAP here you are.
You ignored the thread this time too and focused on 1 post. Guess it doesn't deserve any praise from you. You must think it is crappy and not worth a positive comment.
I am saying what I see now LEDgirl. The light does NOT have the footprint you say it does at canopy level. It is working good but the footprint is less than 1/3 of my 250w. Also if the light only draws 115w than it is a 115w light not a 126w light. It can't make watts. Lights only lose watts from input wattage to output wattage.
This is a SCROG. Frozenguy did 2 plants under each light. There was room for at least 4 pots under his 250w. His test was not fair and other people mentioned it. They mostly complained that it was a MH and not an HPS. The 250w still won his test for bud weight and this 126w is advertised as equal to a 400w. ???
I will do a side by side IF these buds look as nice as the ones my 250w produced. This was a quickie test run. However, I don't need a side by side because I have perfected my scrog under a 250w. I am the all time 250w record harvest holder and am recognized as such on ICmag, Go look at the 250w club. Check it out. Documented 14 ounces from a scrog with a 250w Lumatek ballast and a 270w Super Bulb. See the Lumatek draws 300w but can put out 270w. It CAN'T make more light than it draws. Otherwise it would be a generator.
Frozenguy has never come close to 14 ounces under a 250w. He doesn't scrog. His 137 grams from your 126w LED was good but I am about to smash that. When this grow is done, even when I say it didn't produce as much as I can with my 250w using scrog, I am going to be the ALL-TIME 126w LED single harvest champion.
When I run my 250w scrogs depending on what strain I use I get 10+ ounces with a high of 14 ounces. Nugs! I didn't count fluff I just hashed that. To maximize a 250w you have to scrog if you want to get the weight I do.
I think I could do more weight with your light with a SOG. I think in a SOG your light will have the advantage IF the penetration is what you claim. The SOG plants could be 17 to 20 inches tall as opposed to 12 inches under a 250w.
The 126w is 19" long and 12.5" wide. The light array is roughly 15" x 8". The light footprint at the top canopy level is 17" x 10" at 6 inches from the bulbs (the canopy). The 250w is 24" x 24" (576 sq inches). Three 126w side by side by side would be 17" by 30" (510 sq inches). That is 66 square inches less of scrog area. See less than 1/3. It does get bigger the farther away you get and that is where sog comes in.
In a sog cubic inches will come into play. Because it just won't be a shallow layer of buds it will be a deeper bud stick. Then maybe it could even beat the 250w scrog but it should beat a 250w sog IF..... IF the penetration is what you claim because with more penetration you will have more cubic inches of bud area.
Look I am working with you not against you. Grow style is everything with the light a person is working with. I am just saying that scrog is probably not the best way to use these lights. I think that SOG might be the way with an LED. Get the most plants you can under it's footprint.
First I am going to set the 126w record with this scrog. I am predicting 8 ounces. Yeah I said it. 224 grams. Then I am going to beat that by doing a sog. I am going into the Hydro-Grow Hall of Fame.
I am already in the 250w HPS Hall of Fame. I am the Babe Ruth of 250w HPS. I give you Exhibit A ... 14 ounces of The White. Now go show Frozenguy where he needs to improve his 250w skills and let me work my magic with this 126w LED.
I am loving this light. The low heat is awesome. The potential is great. The bulb life is fantastic. Even if it ends up not making as much buds as a 250w HPS I am going to make people want an LED. The people with small spaces, with heat problems because of high summer temps outside. The fact I need no real serious ventilation fans. The stealth of not having all that noise. I see guys in dorm rooms rocking these lights and nobody will know. The feeling of safety that comes with a light you can hold in your hands after being on all day. The fact that Tobor the 8th Man got a lot of buds off one of these things.
Get ready for an increase in sales after this grow. It will have a niche. People will know it will be worth using even if it does not beat other lights. All it has to do is work good. Just like a Vespa can't beat a Harley. There are a lot of Vespas around though. They are fun, get great gas milage, go from point A to point B and they work good.
Here is 250w HPS Exhibit A... 14 ounces. This plant was 33 inches wide and 30 inches deep.