Help Choosing Witch Led Light I Need

Tim Rogers

Member
I am making a T.V. stealth grow with a 60 inch Mitsubishi big screen. The dimensional growing space is 51 inches tall 49 inches in length and a about 22 inches in width. 4 five gallon buckets fit perfect on the bottom. I even have a shelf on the very bottom where i can fit a 63 liter water tub. I was looking at the 90 watt UFO dual spectrum light from htgsupply and they told me that it would cover a 4x4 area but i do not really think that it will because I watched a video on YouTube and that guy said that they don't put out nearly as much light as they say they do. If anybody knows how much light they really put out please let me know.
 

dankshizzle

Glassblowing Moderator
My friend has 20 of those leds, one above each plant and they do awesome for vegging. They get real bushy and healthy looking but when it came to budding he put up 2 400 watters above some because they were not getting big buds. The ones with the 4s got decent nugs but the ones with led alone didn't produce very much. Maybee an 8er a plant. Just not dense not not big so when it dried up to nothing it was dissapointing for him. I was thi king of getting one for my tent mother but don't bud under just those imo
 

Tim Rogers

Member
i have right under 500 dollars for this grow and i have to get a carbon filter fan combo witch is 120 dollars and that 357 magnum is about 5 hundred dollars by itself. I was looking at that the other day though and it looked really nice and you could turn the colors on it from blue to red. The problem that the leds is that they don't give off as much power as they say they do (this is what a lot of people say). The floor space is 4.08 feet by 3.5 feet and the 90 watter ufo's say that they will cover a 4x4 area but a lot of people say they don't really. I have a 400 watt hps/mh system but it is not air cooled and my power bill was out of this world last time i used it and it doesn't exactly help that i live next to a base where a lot of helicopters have been busting houses for using those kind of lights where an led is intractable if you know what i mean. I am planning on purchasing some solar panels too and letting this thing pay for itself to run but it will be a couple of months till ill have the money to have that. Is there any cheaper leds that anybody would recommend for growin Maryjane.
 

zem

Well-Known Member
dude for that area you need a 600 hps but i doubt it would fit with the height of a tv. anyway, dont go with led's to flower. you need like 5 ft height to fit a 600, and about 4 ft for a 400w. cfl's are for smaller grows like small microgrows 1 sq.ft not more. you can always mask the heat signature by exhausting into a basement or something. anyway, if you really want to get buds with that budget, don't flower with led.
 

Tim Rogers

Member
Yea I think i might just get the ufo just for vegging then because of how little electricity it uses. Then sick my 400 in there after its done with that. Do you guys think that a 2 dual spectrum led ufos would be a better choice because i want to make some little grows later on, or do you think that I should just get one of the color blue led ufo so I don't have to get two of them too even out the light because if I can just buy one of them i will. but if I have to buy too I think i'm going to get the dual spectrum. Thanks for you guys help.
 

AquaGlow

Member
get a 400w digital ballast with a air cooled hood. Should fit perfect in your space and budget and easy to cool.
They run about $275 (with the $10 hood upgrade and you can get a MH bulb included for $25) from here <--link
 

Tim Rogers

Member
i got a 400 watt hps and mh bulb and ballast all i would need is a reflecter and i found one for 80 bucks but i dont need that yet i just need a good ufo light or lights for vegging do u guys think i will need one or two for my area i have
 

zem

Well-Known Member
nah i wouldnt buy such a pricey light for veg, i use simple fluro tubes 4-5x 36watt work great, maybe look for a t5
 
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