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Smokey_LaFleur
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For me its the reduced heat output in a 4x4 tent.
Your not getting the energy cost factors. Lets look at a 1000W HID system. With the efficiency of LED's being 30-50% higher, meaning I get more coverage for less watts. So, on the low side a 700 watt LED is equivalent to a 1000W HID, that means I'm saving 300 watts/hr for the same coverage, which means roughly every 3 hours I save a dollar @34 cents a killowatt hour, assuming I run 15/9 thats a $1.50 savings a day, times 120 days roughly to complete a grow, that's $180 a grow cycle, not a couple bucks a month.
I forgot about this with higher wattage your hid is blasting the middle like crazy while led has lots of tiny bars that spread light equaly.Your not getting the energy cost factors. Lets look at a 1000W HID system. With the efficiency of LED's being 30-50% higher, meaning I get more coverage for less watts. So, on the low side a 700 watt LED is equivalent to a 1000W HID, that means I'm saving 300 watts/hr for the same coverage, which means roughly every 3 hours I save a dollar @34 cents a killowatt hour, assuming I run 15/9 thats a $1.50 savings a day, times 120 days roughly to complete a grow, that's $180 a grow cycle, not a couple bucks a month.
I love this; there are as many different ways to grow as there are growers.I personally run both mh and LEDs during veg and hps with LEDs during flower. LEDs absolutely cut down the electric bill because they use less power but they also run cooler so there’s no need for as much ac. The plates do well with one or the other but they seem to really love having both lights. Each seems to provide something that the other doesn’t. As others have stated yes the LEDs are more expensive initial cost but I don’t have to replace them because they are degrading. Mh and hps I only run for a couple grows because they start to lose potency if you will. When it comes to flowering keeping the temps down so you don’t offgas your potency and flavor because of excessive leaf surface temps is worth it. I’ve also found ducting an inline fan blowing across your hps ballast helps keep temps down and make bulbs last a little longer. With that said, that’s my set up and it works for me someone in a warmer climate may have to run more ac with the hps. Someone in a colder climate might have to run a heater. Mine maintains 78-80 during the day and drops to 65-70 at night. Once in a while my heater kicks in for 10-20 minutes in the morning to maintain 65 but it’s a pretty small heater. I also have a grow room that is very well insulated.
And then, hopefully there will always beSomeday there will be a new lighting technology, and we will adapt to that.
The newer LED’s outperform HPS on a watt for watt basis. HPS averages about .4 to .5 gram/watt, LED about 1.0 to 1.5 grams/watt. That pretty much tells the story. HPS still has a place in growing, if you’re in a cold environment, but for most small scale growers LED’s are the higher yielding choice.I dont think hps is inferior to led.. I think its grow weed easy . Com. Did several test grows watt for watt on mh/hps vs LED. Where they would grow like 4 plants for each system each time MH and HPS. Comes out about 4 or 5 ounces more at dry harvest weight..
Yea but after a single grow that same hid gives noticably less light and each grow is worse and worse.then you think 10 years 10 lamps 500$ led would survive all that time.When I used hid I like it I averaged 1gpw
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I wasn't ever unhappy using HID though it'd be my 2nd choice it still rocks considering it cost fifty quid ±.
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