200$ bucks too spend and torn between led and t5 type

[SPLFreak808]

Eewww apple!

You don't need to tell me that lol, im a ubuntu/lin manwhore.

 

[VTMi'kmaq]

Lol

 

[Walterwhiter]

You don't need to tell me that lol, im a ubuntu/lin manwhore.

Ubuntu? Way over my head! I just like my galaxy!

 

[SPLFreak808]

Ubuntu? Way over my head! I just like my galaxy!

Its the same thing. Have you ever heard of rooting the android OS? Free tethering, custom firmwares ect

 

[innerG]

Get this and a can fan for under $200: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005ECZQTY/

It'll out-yield either of those

 

[Walterwhiter]

Its the same thing. Have you ever heard of rooting the android OS? Free tethering, custom firmwares ect

Ya I use tor!

 

[Walterwhiter]

Get this and a can fan for under $200: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005ECZQTY/

It'll out-yield either of those

I've been looking real reasonable prices. I was concerned about the heat initially but the closet I'm using has a attic port you can say. It's really just a hole they put ply wood over. Up and out

 

[OneHitDone]

You dont think its a good intensity comparison between the two panels?

Not at all, totally different spectral make up of those two panels.
Of course the one with more white diodes is going to produce more lux

 

[SPLFreak808]

Not at all, totally different spectral make up of those two panels.
Of course the one with more white diodes is going to produce more lux

Yeah true i guess, the green in the whites. I kept thinking longer wavelength vs shorter ones

 

[buzzardbreath]

T

Honestly, i could care less what anyone claims until ive used it myself. T-5s will grow almost anything .....hands down. Op asked in 200.00 what his best option is. T-5s. He should just try them out himself. Im not getting caught up in the led outshines everything else grabass sessions that can start here. Ive grown indoors since 1998. Know what has worked for me.

I have a single cheap t-5 for extra lower light on one of my blooming plants. A bit more frosty in that light's area than any other area of plant. So, Cheers!

 

[Olive Drab Green]

These numbers mean something:

 

[Olive Drab Green]

Sorry, 1200 from 12", 675 from 18". A 400w HPS has about 120.

 

[buzzardbreath]

These numbers mean something:

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Plants don't give a shit about numbers, with that being said, I now realize they are lightyears ahead of us!

 

[Olive Drab Green]

 

[Budget Buds]

Dont buy cheap led lights, you would be better off with an hps or even cfl lighting over an ebay style led , cheap chips, drivers and diodes .

 

[innerG]

I've been looking real reasonable prices. I was concerned about the heat initially but the closet I'm using has a attic port you can say. It's really just a hole they put ply wood over. Up and out

Yeah, you can just run the exhaust from the reflector up and out like that if you want to. You could add a carbon filter later no problem if you need to.

HIDs are good lights to grow with, that one has both MH and HPS bulbs so you can even use the cycle-appropriate ones if you want to

I only use a 400w and that's plenty for me:

 

[Walterwhiter]

Yeah, you can just run the exhaust from the reflector up and out like that if you want to. You could add a carbon filter later no problem if you need to.

HIDs are good lights to grow with, that one has both MH and HPS bulbs so you can even use the cycle-appropriate ones if you want to

Found a 600w appollo with digital ballast timer hps and MH bulbs and the hanging cords. Less than 150 shipped

 

[innerG]

Found a 600w appollo with digital ballast timer hps and MH bulbs and the hanging cords. Less than 150 shipped

The cheaper kits have an open reflector, the ones that are like $20 more have a sealed/vented reflector. Those can be better if you're going to run exhaust

 

[Olive Drab Green]

Here is today, a day before 8 weeks of flower finished. First 3 are Big Buddha Cheese, the rest are Heavyweight Fruit Punch.

 

[Walterwhiter]

The cheaper kits have an open reflector, the ones that are like $20 more have a sealed/vented reflector. Those can be better if you're going to run exhaust

Do you al have experience with the digital ballasts? Seems to be the most expensive component. I've seen where it fucks with your wifi. Emf fluctuations