Johnny Lawrence
Well-Known Member
And btw, I was wrong.
I pay more. New rate structures.
.67 during peak(4p - 9p)
.42 reg
.36 off peak
^ for summer
It averages out to $.40 for winter.
Quite a bit more than my original guess.
And like mentioned before, I reduced the wattage of a 4X8 by 400 watts by switching out a pair of 600s with 900 watts of LED. Tents have low head room, and with LEDs you are able to spread the heat footprint out, instead of two hot spots. It's a basic concept that you can't seem to grasp. Plus, the heat is directed upwards via sinks and 100% of the light is directed down, whereas with a bulb, only 50% is directed down. I'm still hitting the exact same numbers I was, but with less wattage and heat. The lights have already paid for themselves, especially when you bring the cost of replacing bulbs into the equation.
And like i mentioned I like and run HIDs too, so I'm not some fanboy. I just understand the advantages to LED tech. It has it's place. If i was running a really big op, I probably have a hybrid of the two techs - Big 1000 DEs with some type of supplemental LED and/or CMH. I just don't have that kind of headroom in my place.
I pay more. New rate structures.
.67 during peak(4p - 9p)
.42 reg
.36 off peak
^ for summer
It averages out to $.40 for winter.
Quite a bit more than my original guess.
And like mentioned before, I reduced the wattage of a 4X8 by 400 watts by switching out a pair of 600s with 900 watts of LED. Tents have low head room, and with LEDs you are able to spread the heat footprint out, instead of two hot spots. It's a basic concept that you can't seem to grasp. Plus, the heat is directed upwards via sinks and 100% of the light is directed down, whereas with a bulb, only 50% is directed down. I'm still hitting the exact same numbers I was, but with less wattage and heat. The lights have already paid for themselves, especially when you bring the cost of replacing bulbs into the equation.
And like i mentioned I like and run HIDs too, so I'm not some fanboy. I just understand the advantages to LED tech. It has it's place. If i was running a really big op, I probably have a hybrid of the two techs - Big 1000 DEs with some type of supplemental LED and/or CMH. I just don't have that kind of headroom in my place.