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I am using cfls and they work pretty good but Id like to try LED soon. I use the 26 watt natural daylight blue 6500k cfls at 1600 lumens each. 2 per socket with y splitters gives you 3200 lumens. You can buy larger LEDs but usually ive found $/watt is cheaper with the 26 watts compared to...

my bigger 8mm ones came in a package so they give a wattage of 3.5 - 4.5 and say 8000 to 10000 mcd, not sure what mcd is. I probably wont be using any breadboards. My plan is to drill holes in lexan, ad a bead of glue and simply solder them together, ill create some kind of reflector. When i...

say i look at a chart on this site http://www.pcboard.ca/kits/leds/5mm.html i could make assumptions on my leds based on the colour and diameter. So for example if i had 5, 2 volt leds, 20 mA how what kind of power supply would that need?

Ok so after reading about LEDs and seeing that they actually do work I decided I wanted to see if I could rig up a cheap light of my own rather than buying one. Just for one or 2 plants in a confined space. I went out and bought a bunch of 5mm reds, 5 mm blues and some cheap 8mm whites. Now...

Ive decided to rig up a homeade led light as an experiment. Check out the picture. Right now I only have a power supply capable of 3, 4.5 6, 7.5, 9, and 12 volts with 500mA max. I cant light up all of my leds with this SO does anyone have suggestions for a power supply or how to make one. I'm...

Looks good man, getting me excited for my leds when I get them. Ill be stickin around for your harvest. cheers.

Nice lookin buds, can you get 4 plants under it?

I have actaully been looking into this all night, i think im gonna fab up my own prototype. Im going to the store in 2 hours when it opens to look at packages of leds and power supplies, A cricuit board or something else to mount atleast 25 leds too, i cant wait. Ill take 2 clones and put them...

I just found this after doing a couple posts and searching LEDS. Im wondering if anyone could reccomend where to buy leds to grow locally. I live in ontario so what kind of hardware chains might have stuff? I wanna make something custon rather than spend 100 - 300 bucks for one fixture, plus...

I'm thinking about something like this. http://cgi.ebay.ca/225-LED-110-240V-Full-Spectrum-Hydroponic-Grow-Light-/270751088750?pt=AU_Seed_Starting_Hydroponics&hash=item3f0a05c06e#ht_4915wt_1139 It says its 14 watt and says good for about 2 square feet so I would probably get one per plant or...

Nice work. So they do work. How big was the closet or grow area if you confined it at all?

Ive been looking into it and it seems possible to have a good grow op with lots of leds and confined grow space however I wanna know how to figure it out. HID and CFLS are easy. Lumens light are easy to add up but they dont apply to leds to how do you know how many of a certain type of led per...

I no longer use my email listed in my contact. Can I add my new email somehwhere to get notifications however I do not wish to have me email displayed.

Id go out and get more CFLS, I hit up wal mart, canadian tire (if your canadian haha), and a surplus store. I get this rubber pigtail sockets and splitters for a couple bucks so I can put 2 CFLS in one socket. I wire a couple of CFLS togher into some lampcord you can also buy and plug into my...

These plants have been growing for about a month and a half now. The ones in the smaller cups are clones awaiting transplant. There are several difference strains here, lemon skunk, the purp (vancouver seedbank) and some unknown. Planning to move a couple outside to make more room. There in a...

Thanks. I am relocating to a new place in june so for now I am just assuming that my bedroom closet will be atleast 7-8 feet. Once I know the closet I will be able to determine the size but I am planning on atleast 2 plants maybe more if i have enough length and depths.

Ive been doing some research on lighting requirements per sqaure foot electrical costs and all that. I want to design a wooden box to build in a closet with lights and ventilation. Its going to be 7-8 feet tall as tall as can fit in the closet but im wondering about minimum dimensions for...

I have started some seeds inside and several have now sprouted. The strain is unknown the seeds are collected from various people. I plan to order a good outdoor strain soon. I have several questions. There started in 10 oz clear plastic cups which i believe should be large enough until...

Yea yea bubble bags, I want one. I went and looked at one the other day at a head shop in Kingston, Ontario. They wanted 200 bucks so I went ahead with my trial and error method. Forest G. thanks for your tips, ill incorporate them into my technique when I get some trimmings for round 2...

oh yea I am also planning on getting some silk screens and trying to sift through my remaining green material. I live in ontario and dont know where to find silk screens or what section of a department store they would even be in.