Noobie here, looking for Led Advice :)

Mangokeke

Mangokeke

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I am about to start my first ever stealth grow inside a small cabinet which will remain in my closet. I am going to be using Led lighting because I have read that Led lights do not get as hot. Being a stealth grow, exhaust fans and such are simply not a possibility for me. However, I will be using one or two small fans inside the cabinet itself. I will be growing two plants at a time and will be strictly growing auto flowering strains.

Here is the led light I am looking at buying, please note that i only have about $200 to spend on lighting. I know good leds are really expensive but I was hoping this could be alright for two plants.

Led 120W Triband Hydroponic 7:1:1 Plant Grow Light UFO
http://goo.gl/ufQIE

would this be alright for vegging and flowering? If not, does anyone have any suggestions as to which Led light I should buy with my budget? ($200). I am not looking to win plant of the year award I just want a bit of smoke.
 
squarefodder

squarefodder

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I have an ledwholesalers 300 w led unit. The actual draw is only 128w. I got the unit for 75 bucks on Craigslist. So far I've been happy with the unit, no issues. I can't really go wrong for only $75. I'm sure their UFO works just as well.
 
Rasser

Rasser

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Mangokeke said:
I am about to start my first ever stealth grow inside a small cabinet which will remain in my closet. I am going to be using Led lighting because I have read that Led lights do not get as hot. Being a stealth grow, exhaust fans and such are simply not a possibility for me. However, I will be using one or two small fans inside the cabinet itself. I will be growing two plants at a time and will be strictly growing auto flowering strains.

Here is the led light I am looking at buying, please note that i only have about $200 to spend on lighting. I know good leds are really expensive but I was hoping this could be alright for two plants.

Led 120W Triband Hydroponic 7:1:1 Plant Grow Light UFO
http://goo.gl/ufQIE

would this be alright for vegging and flowering? If not, does anyone have any suggestions as to which Led light I should buy with my budget? ($200). I am not looking to win plant of the year award I just want a bit of smoke.
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I got that light or one very like, it draws 90W, all LED grow lights draws less than there label/name, so when comparing that's the number to use, especially in calculations.

It makes the plants grow alright:







There is a test of a 90W(70W) UFO vs. 430W hps here.

I haven't flowered with LED yet so I don't know my units potential in that area I'll expect better then the UFO test.

Only negative side for me has been the fan noise, so I've installed a speed controller, some heatsinks and a thermometer as seen here

The fan's are running at full speed and is making a good deal of noise, to much for my closet grow as it was as default, so if your stealth also include audio
there cloud be a problem, all depending on your skills in the finer arts of modding your stuff.

I have 3 flowering plants thats almost done under a 250W HPS and 4 veg's next to them under my 120W(90W)
and I have zero problems with smell, in the room it self, or in general, don't know if that will change when I go from crap seed to brand seed,
I also have negative pressure in my apartment, from the ventilation and combined with living up high the rising warm air on the stairway makes my door hard to shut
so nothing is leaving my apartment at all, all by default.

A 90W LED panel puts out something like 60 watt of heat so some ventilation is needed, but it would not need to be loud or huge.

Edit_ Just remembered if total silence is important then THIS unit could look attractive, maybe combined with a 30W white flood.
 
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