Enough lumens? T5 lights

[Sunny Bakes]

Have a 6x8x7f room. Will be getting 10, yes 10 4ft. 4-tube t5 grow lights. If I'm not mistaken, it will be a total of 200,000 lumens. Will this be enough for 6 plants?

 

[KryptKeepa]

...... That doesn't seem right.....

Please link the lights? Cause usually they put out like... 5 to 6 thousand...
Genrally T5's are used for clones or seedling propagation.

 

[wayno30]

t5s kick ass u can veg and flower w them...............but seriously u would be better off w a hps than ten t5 fixtures .......thats just crazy............not good crazy..........where the hell u gonna put em all?

 

[unohu69]

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/358190-led-without-leds-my-first.html


go there, read, read, read.....all answers are contained within....

 

[GodSlave]

Yeah, read the above mentioned thread, very good read if you're going the T5 route. But just so you know, the lumens don't add up, meaning you don't have 200k lumens. A 1000 watt HPS only puts out around 150k, and there is no way the T5's would be that bright. You essentially have 2000 lumens spread out over the room your light fixture uses. And actually, I thought each 4 ft tube put out 5k lumens... but anyway.
There is a lot of misinformation about this subject, but if each bulb is 5000 lumens, you technically would have 50,000 lumens. But not in one area, the 50,000 lumens would be spread out over the 4 ft width or whatever your fixture is. Does that make sense?
Read that thread mentioned, and go from there is what I suggest.
GS

 

[Relic121]

10 - 4ft T5 HO fixtures will cost you at least $2000.00, plus electrical, mounting, etc. 2 - HID fixtures at about $300.00 per unit would be cheaper, easier, and more cost effective.

 

[GodSlave]

10 - 4ft T5 HO fixtures will cost you at least $2000.00, plus electrical, mounting, etc. 2 - HID fixtures at about $300.00 per unit would be cheaper, easier, and more cost effective.

I think you are way off on the $2k figure, but still cheaper to buy an HID. But the flip side of the coin is HID comes with it's own set of problems, like heat for example...