LED Watts for 3x3?

jimihendrix1

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4 bar, 430w, 3' x 3', Mammoth Lighting Fold Series Led Grow Light
$699.00

Product: 4 bar fold, 3 foot

PPF: 1234

Power: 430W,

Voltage: AC100-277V 50-60Hz

LEDs: SAMSUNG LM301B (3000k + 5000K) and Proprietary RED (660nm and 730nm)

Spectrum: 3000K + 5000k + 660nm + 730nm

LED lifespan: 50000 Hours

Dimension: 35 x 35 x 3”
 

jondamon

Well-Known Member
How mamy Watts of LED are you running in your Area?is 200w sufficient in a 3x3?
This was a marshydro FCE3000 over a 3x3 footprint. 300w LED.

this was using a screen and only my second full room scrog so still better to come yet. (Been growing for 13 years) and this was my first LED grow too was using a 400w HPS over this prior to switching to LED.

happy I’m using 100w less and appear to be pulling the same if not more out of the LED.

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Drasik

Active Member
Honestly you want to look at your area, how many plants you want to cover then figure out how much PAR you want to deliver to the plants. Watts don't mean anything if the efficiency of your drivers and diodes are crap, that just means you are wasting power. How many plants are you planning to grow in the 3x3, are using C02? what else would be in the set up? PAR numbers are the true measure of energy you want on the plants to drive photosynthesis.
 

Grojak

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You’re more limited on size than watts, if you can get a 600w that fits in there go for it. I use a 645w in a 5x5 tent but had I owned a 4x4 tent that light wouldn’t fit.
 

Fardsnarp

Well-Known Member
I just saw a chart somewhere. I was thinking about a 250W light and it was marginal for a 3x3 only because it was rated at 2.8umol/j.
 
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