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spex

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is this a good light for a rubbermade growbox?

225 LED Grow Red + Blue Hydroponic Light Panel 120 240V
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Product Code: 2501MX or 2503MX
This auction is for 1 pane of 225 LED
Both USA and Canada Buyers will be shipped with 120 Volt Panels. All other countries Buyers will be shipped with 240 Volt Panel with Euro-Plug.

DESCRIPTION:Quality built dual color blended LED Grow Light PanelFEATURES: Solid state, Cooler running, High efficiency, Wide angle, Dual Color Blended full spectrum plant lighting.
BENIFITS: This panel has no ballasts to burn out like other plant lights. It does not run hot, just warm. You will not experience unsightly brown burned leaves when they accidentally touch the LEDs. This is common with most other lights that get very hot. This more controlled running temperature reduces the need to water so often and keeps rooms with plants from getting uncomfortably hot in the summer months requiring additional air conditioning. Extreme energy efficiency permits this new LED panel to pay for itself many times over each year in electricity savings. It saves 50% to 90% in energy consumptioncompared to incandescent bulbs or fluorescent tubes. Wide angle projection insures uniform leaf coverage.
Scientifically calculated even blending of red and blue LEDs eliminates the time consuming task of repositioning separate colored lights back and forth trying to achieve uniform exposure. 14 to 16 hours per day is all that is necessary for maximum plant health with this wave blended lighting system. This allows distances 2-4" and less between the LEDs and the plants accelerating photosynthesis. Red and blue wavelengths are for growing and flowering of plants.The typical white plant lights that are very hot is unnecessary and just consume excessive electricity. The purity of the LED generated light lengthens flowering periods. These LEDs turn on instantly and can be turned on by hand each day or work well with all standard lamp timers.
The design of this new all in one Full Spectrum plant lighting panel allows maximum level photosynthesis food production, growth and flowering all in one. It is the new Full Spectrum system providing maximum plant health, beauty and productivity.
These LED light panels are perfect as an all year plant light for permanent plant benches and especially productive for spring vegetable and flower seedling development.
Specifications:
Body material: Thermoplastic
Circuitry board material: Diecast Chrome
60 Blue light LEDs: 465nm (nanometer) wave length
165 Red light LEDs: 650nm (nanometer) wave length
165 + 60 = Total 225 LEDs
 

LightFusion

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i wouldn't pay over $100 for it.
This is what i tell everyone asking about LED"s.

The technology just isn't there yet, everyone i've seen using them say it works great for vegging the plant but
just doesn't offer the intensity of "real" light making them shitty during flowering. i can't keep but thinking there are other spectrum besides red and blue that the plant needs to develop correctly.
I think in 4-10 years and some research into led's will eventually provide somthing that will rival HID light systems.
The LED's out now for growing work great for sustaining a plant at a constant smaller size but just doesn't have somthing needed for the plant to grow. Expecially weeds (like pot) that grow fast and furious
For now i wouldn't put my money on them.
 

LightFusion

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Hey, if u can get it for $20 i would grab a few just to put on the walls of my grow room to add some
supplemental light to my setup. I just wouldn't use it to flower a plant by itself. What kinda grow are we talking about using it for?
 

spex

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just a small 2x4 rubbermade growbox


do you think it will give out enough lumens to grow weed though?
 

laserbrn

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Well if you can get them for $20/ea I would get them. I've seen those same fixtures in use and they are pathetic, but for $20 I could definitely find some uses. Not with one of them thought, it would have to be 6-8 of them, but I could have some fun with them in my veg area.
 

draglow

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don't waste your time with led's.... theres just not enough luminems(SP)

but if u want to get a closet grow going start with a 400w mh/hps sunleaves unit. thats what i have and it works great because you can put the mh/hps bulbs closer to ur plants espically in a small closet..

just my opinion
 

spex

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the problem is it can't be a closet grow it has to be a rubbermaid growbox which makes it hard to use a hid lighting bcuz the heat,

my options are either leds or cfls...
 

draglow

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the problem is it can't be a closet grow it has to be a rubbermaid growbox which makes it hard to use a hid lighting bcuz the heat,

my options are either leds ae cfls...

well then cfls will produce more lumes then led's for show...

if you do get over 100w cfls thats all i can say and make sure you have side lighting for the smaller nodes and pre flowers that you will have at the base of the plant.
 

tpa954

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Go with the CFL they are Pretty cheap and also you can buy the larger ones at Hard Ware place for around 15$ or you can use multiple CFLS to provide better penetration , I have used LED and CFL before and i was much more happy with the results from the CFL . The LED just didnt do it for me :( , maybe you should look into one of the 24" T5 sun blaze Pannels .
 

Dystopia

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The problem with those cheap LED panels is that they are only 14 watts; that means each LED in the panel is only 1/16 watt. This is not even powerful enough for supplemental lighting, IMO. In order to successfully use LEDs you need a panel that has at least 1 watt LEDs IMO...which is much more expensive, of course.
 

spex

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i think im gonna end up getting

  • Each order comes with (2) bulbs.
  • Bulbs fit standard household sockets.
  • Great for GROWING and Cloning!
  • Light only uses 105 watts of normal incandescent power, a 105 watt CFL is equivalent to a 400w incandescent.
  • This item is listed as 8000 hours life average.
  • 6200 lumens.
  • Plants will be much stronger and able to bear bigger and heavier fruit!
  • PURCHASE MULTIPLE Light's for large areas!!
  • 120v
  • 5000k

edit: plus i allrdy had 3 26 watt natural daylight 65k cfls laying around i could use for side lighting
 

laserbrn

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Sounds like a good solution. I thought those were the slightly more powerful panels (still weak sauce, but at least feasible) for $20.00. These would be like using a Lite Brite to grow MJ and that ain't gonna do it.
 
Led's are like plazma and lcd tv's were like 5 yrs ago. There good, but over priced. Many cheap versions that are pieces of crap. Now they just need to develop the technology and lower the price. I would love to try out some of the nicer 300w setups. But at like $1200 I cant swing it. Would love to find a post with some first hand knowledge of the higher quality led's. Just throwing in.... thx
 

KenWood

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