Epic 4x4 Flowering Smackdown : 96 Elites vs 288s

Or_Gro

Or_Gro

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hybridway2 said:
Pls tell me the wattages? I got good guess at harvest but need wattages
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I’ll get specific wattages for you during lightson tomorrow, but it’s close to 950-1000w on 96s and 750-800 on 288s, at the wall..i don’t care about efficiency, so i don’t have it memorized...nor, do i try to minimize watts...so, not sure g/w means much in this grow...but whatever...

We all know 96s are not as efficient as 288s....but 96s grow a lot better, imo,, even with 288s being supplemented (not included in watts above)....
 
Or_Gro

Or_Gro

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Or_Gro said:
I’ll get specific wattages for you during lightson tomorrow, but it’s close to 950-1000w on 96s and 750-800 on 288s, at the wall..i don’t care about efficiency, so i don’t have it memorized...nor, do i try to minimize watts...so, not sure g/w means much in this grow...but whatever...

We all know 96s are not as efficient as 288s....but 96s grow a lot better, imo,, even with 288s being supplemented (not included in watts above)....
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Checked the at-the-wall wattages today, all the wattages include main + supplementals (not including uva/b): 8x288 + 4x35 is currently running 738w, 6x96 + far red bar is an even 1000w.

Again, i have not tried to optimize lights for wattage, particularly the 96s which can be individually positioned in 3d (my 288s can only be positioned w up/down degree of freedom).

Both sets of lights laying down ~1050 ppfd at ~24”.

This grow is about efficacy, not efficiency.

I like the 96 results better, and am willing & able to pay for the extra electricity...

everyone has their own preferences & constraints...

Cheers
 
Steakbomb

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Or_Gro said:
Checked the at-the-wall wattages today, all the wattages include main + supplementals (not including uva/b): 8x288 + 4x35 is currently running 738w, 6x96 + far red bar is an even 1000w.

Again, i have not tried to optimize lights for wattage, particularly the 96s which can be individually positioned in 3d (my 288s can only be positioned w up/down degree of freedom).

Both sets of lights laying down ~1050 ppfd at ~24”.

I like the 96 results better, and am willing & able to pay for the extra electricity...everyone has their own preferences & constraints...

Cheers
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100% on that last point. Given my primary interest is efficiency, I'll still be keen to see the grams-per-watt math... The results here may impact what I set up for my tent later this year (unless 288v2s or v3s with RSpec are more readily available then...)
 
Or_Gro

Or_Gro

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Steakbomb said:
100% on that last point. Given my primary interest is efficiency, I'll still be keen to see the grams-per-watt math... The results here may impact what I set up for my tent later this year (unless 288v2s or v3s with RSpec are more readily available then...)
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One additional point....wattage changed a number of times during flowering, primarily when lights were adjusted for plant growth...
 
Steakbomb

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Or_Gro said:
One additional point....wattage changed a number of times during flowering, primarily when lights were adjusted for plant growth...
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Same - I'm gonna use the average wattage in bloom for my final calc. I ranged from 300-345w - probably averaged 325-330 (more time spent on the higher end of that wattage than the lower end)...
 
Norml56

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Or_Gro said:
Checked the at-the-wall wattages today, all the wattages include main + supplementals (not including uva/b): 8x288 + 4x35 is currently running 738w, 6x96 + far red bar is an even 1000w.

Again, i have not tried to optimize lights for wattage, particularly the 96s which can be individually positioned in 3d (my 288s can only be positioned w up/down degree of freedom).

Both sets of lights laying down ~1050 ppfd at ~24”.

This grow is about efficacy, not efficiency.

I like the 96 results better, and am willing & able to pay for the extra electricity...

everyone has their own preferences & constraints...

Cheers
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using final weights to determine how good a light is has always seems strange to me, when so many factors come into play. This was a well done side by side.
 
Or_Gro

Or_Gro

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Norml56 said:
using final weights to determine how good a light is has always seems strange to me, when so many factors come into play. This was a well done side by side.
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Thanks man!

Besides the grower, lights are the most important input, by far.

The goals of farming are quality & yield, while affording to achieve them....crop quality is kinda hard to compare in pics and words, for high quality lights; so we’re stuck with yield.

Both of these lights are great, i think that will be the conclusion of this grow.
 
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