A watt is a watt but the efficiencies in the latest LED's allows you to run lower wattage to get the same results. CMH is fairly efficient too, specially if you can run a remote ballast. The overhead using CMH or hps is higher too, if you run remote you can manage the extra overhead.I find heat is directly related to wattage. Any efficicency claimed otherwise never ran in a tent (energy can not be created or destroyed etc.).
If you are in a good tent all energy goes back to heat. So wattage reduction for decent yield is how to go. Strips or CMH i would say and you will rock the space.
I want a 9 foot x 3 foot space so i can run all my current lights right
Yes it's correct. However some light sources are more efficient at producing more light output with that 1 watt. So a better return so to speak. So you can have a LED drawing 1000w that crushes a 1000W HID at PAR and PPFD output.
so the only reason LEDS are cooler than HPS, is because a 500-600W replaces 1000W HPS ? thus less watts less heat? Your 100% sure on all this? I don't feel like going down another rabbit hole, and am gonna just trust you on this knowlege
Check out Migro on youtube, lots videos of testing various types of light
Yes, it is simply physics (not that physics is simple, it is anything but).
Should you decide you really want more info and decide to go down the rabbit hole, you might find this page helpful.
Get this man a joint, absolutely correct.
Just be sure to check what the actual power draw is, as mentioned above shadier manufacturers either won't tell you or advertise as the wattage they replace. I.E they call a 600W a 1000 because thats what it replaces. Look for a good warranty and remember ya get what ya pay for.
So unless the lights you are using are CSA approved your house insurance will not cover you if it is determined that any fire that could possibly be caused by diy lights came from diy lights ... this is why I am not going diy
News Flash....like only 1 insurance Co in Canada will cover ANY MMJ/MJ claim. Never mind lighting issues, Insurance Co’s won’t cover ANY residential Cannabis grows. Furthermore, if you make an unrelated residential claim, and they find your grow, your claim will be denied and the policy itself will immediately be deemed null and void. Don’t even ask what happens if your mortgage holder finds out about an MJ grow! That should all change, but underwriters/banks aren’t rushing to make it happen anytime soon.
3 years and same yield, thats interesting. Maybe you've gotten better at growing in the last 3 years and those gains you would have seen half been canceled out by the degradation. If you got a new bulb, maybe you would now see a 10-20% jump in yield? As far as lumens versus par, I understand the difference and that par is a better metric to measure. But I don't have $500 for a par meter, and a lux meter for lumens cost $20. It is safe to say that if lumen output goes down, so does par. Par is more or less the lumens in the spectrum 400-700 range.I thought it was common knowledge about bulb degradation, its not my personal assertion, but its good to know that you haven't noticed a difference after 3 years. I won't worry too much then. If i could find proof that degradation does not occur, I could sell my used bulbs for more money. If anyone finds something in regards to this please share.
Yeah thats what I was thinking. If I have a fire and they find out I was growing, its not covered, no matter what. Which is actually a pretty big risk. No matter what you do in your grow room to make sure it is fire safe, that won't help much when your roomate falls asleep with a cigarette in his bed.
Better yet, don't have fucking retards as roommates.
I don't I was just using that as an example that some things are out of your control. Hence we have insurance for them.
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Geeze wouldnt that be hot. They are different i think because there is the additional heat from all of those mini ballasts.
I'll second that, 600-650w of high efficiency LED's, I run them at ~30w/sq./ft., 30-35 is plenty whereas hps you're typically running 40-50 to match the output. What I find one of the bigger advantages with LED's is you can either buy or build different form factors. hps or CMH you're stuck with a certain footprint, my room is rectangular so I have a bunch of smaller COB bars, it allows me to spread them out to whatever footprint I'm running, evenly, usually about 3.5 x 8' running 800w.
Nope. One insurer tried that a few years ago and they lost in court. They claimed the policy was void. The judge wasn't impressed since the fire was caused by arson.
