HPS Vs. LED's

Ghanz 28 · #1 11-19-2006, 09:56 PM

Has Anyone Tried The Blue & Red LED Grow Lights ?
And Do They Really Help On Energy Useage?

ViRedd · #2 11-20-2006, 09:12 AM

There is a member here named Hydrorascal. He's done a lot of experimentation with LEDs. Try sending him a PM.

Vi

Garden Knowm · #3 11-22-2006, 07:22 PM

Are there any threads with pictures?

hydrorascal · #4 06-03-2007, 09:02 PM

Ive got seedling unit tomato pics posted at thecannacabana.com

264 leds that use a whole whopping 12 watts.

Garden Knowm · #5 06-04-2007, 04:53 PM

I need a better link that takes me directly to the picture.. please...

green_nobody · #6 06-04-2007, 05:05 PM

well the last thing i have seen to LEDs was setups that went for 400bucks a piece and you would have been needing 5 or 6 of them at least to fire up a normal 3' by 4' grow, so 2000bucks+ for a grow at them moment. maybe the gone be an option in a few years too but so far a HPS with all its short-comes will be more efficient on the buck i guess

still it is an interesting subject

Live2Die420 · #7 06-04-2007, 05:37 PM

LED or Light Emitting Dioed is an excellent source of high efficiency light. They're super super bright and use almost no energy. They will also never ever burn out when wired properly. I say properly because if you have one little thing wired inncorectly or your current is not stepped down properly to operating level they will burn out prematurely. When I was at ITT tech to become a certified master electrician (which I never finsihed lmao) I wired an LED board with 1000 Light Emmiting Dioeds on it. It was on a single 4X8 sheet of ply. It took me 2 days of drilling for all the piolet holes. And another 2 days of straight soldering to get them all connected together. This bored was so bright you were squinting the entire time. It was definatly more intense then my 1000w hps light. The bored used an incredible all inspiring 46 watts. Well actually it was 45.6 lol. LED'S are really really cheap. I got 1000 of the little red ones for a little over 100 bucks. When you buy in bulk they cost almost nothing. If someone could research the color or maybe a special type of LED that was needed for growing I wouldn't mind building another 4'X8' board. with another 1000 on there. I think it would be very interesting. And a very very energy efficient and lumen efficient grown system for around 100 bucks? Sounds like a damn good deal to me. Lets do something about this, this really has me interested.

videoman40 · #8 06-04-2007, 05:46 PM

From what I've read, it is hard to find an honest re-seller of LED's they'll promise you everything. Some of the points that keep coming up, from what I've seen are:

Are they worth the money? Will they grow decent bud? Will they last longer than a month?
Peace

green_nobody · #9 06-04-2007, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Live2Die420

LED or Light Emitting Dioed is an excellent source of high efficiency light. They're super super bright and use almost no energy. They will also never ever burn out when wired properly. I say properly because if you have one little thing wired inncorectly or your current is not stepped down properly to operating level they will burn out prematurely. When I was at ITT tech to become a certified master electrician (which I never finsihed lmao) I wired an LED board with 1000 Light Emmiting Dioeds on it. It was on a single 4X8 sheet of ply. It took me 2 days of drilling for all the piolet holes. And another 2 days of straight soldering to get them all connected together. This bored was so bright you were squinting the entire time. It was definatly more intense then my 1000w hps light. The bored used an incredible all inspiring 46 watts. Well actually it was 45.6 lol. LED'S are really really cheap. I got 1000 of the little red ones for a little over 100 bucks. When you buy in bulk they cost almost nothing. If someone could research the color or maybe a special type of LED that was needed for growing I wouldn't mind building another 4'X8' board. with another 1000 on there. I think it would be very interesting. And a very very energy efficient and lumen efficient grown system for around 100 bucks? Sounds like a damn good deal to me. Lets do something about this, this really has me interested.

well, sorry but LEDs do fail after a certain time of use, high end LEDs as the use in modern combat lights and car head lights have a lifespan of about 1000-5000 hours, that is more then a xenon burn will deliver but not endless light as well. and high end LEDs with really some punch to them you won't get for $100 per 1000 as well

jesus, a single 1-3W will cost you about 40-90 bucks a piece right now

Live2Die420 · #10 06-04-2007, 05:51 PM

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Are they worth the money?

ARe you kidding me!!! im not trying to be rude or mean in anyway bro so dont take this that way! But yes!!! If you build a board like I did and know how to do it and all the wiring theoretically you could save loads of money on the lighting and the electric bill!!!!!

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Will they grow decent bud?

Well If you ahve the right spectrum yes and Trust me my board was a whole lot brighter then my 1000w hps. And more spread out!

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Will they last longer than a month?

LED lights will last forever and longer then we will ever see to live. They will never burn out or loose brightness. This only applies when they are wired properly of course!

Also.... The board I meantioned WAS NOT A GROW LIGHT BOARD it was just a huge 4x8 board with 1000 LEDS on it that were red in color. Read my post above for info,