LED Lighting sub-forum of Indoor Growing

Originally Posted by bleedintears

hey repvip that is looking good i am guessing the plants at the edge of where the hid an leds meet are doing beutifully

Yeah it works out pretty well since those ones are on the left and will end up againts that left wall eventually

There is definitely a little overlap for those lefties.

yeah i will be waiting for updates on ur grows too

This would give us a place to post LED DIY guides as well. It is finally starting to be affordable to build an LED fixture for about $400-600 that is very comparable to or better than the mass-produced high-powered ones currently on the market that are easily $1400...

And now that I'm thinking of building my own I've gotten confused on whether the white LEDs have really caught on or not? It started as red or blue, then came red/blue ratios, then came red/blue/orange (or dark red) tri-bands, where do the white LEDs fit in? Red/Orange/Blue/White combo?

um i have actually found someone that manufcturs white led ufos i think they are 50-watts

Originally Posted by bleedintears

um i have actually found someone that manufcturs white led ufos i think they are 50-watts

Right... so how do they compare to the 3rd generation tri-bands? Are these considered 4th gen?That's odd going down from 90watts to 50...

no the wgite ons are putting out like 2000 lumens per sq.ft i am gueesing they were originally made for like fishy tanks and crap but i might pick some up for cloning the cheap panels suck lol

agreed the lower wattage led panels suck!

I was under the impression the white LEDs, more specifically the warm white, were close to the wavelength of some of the red LEDs and were significantly brighter/cheaper (since they are so much more common) so peeps were starting to incorporate them into their LED arrays...

I'm picturing a sub-forum with NICE stickies of DIY LED builds and other good info--all in on easy place to find.

hellz yeah i can write up a couple of diys i have made a couple of arrays but they are low budget just kinda little desk top grow lights for like offices or kitchen couters. but they are cool

Seems to be a lot of support out there for an LED sub-forum...just sayin.

yeah np thanks for postin this thread i was think about making one myself but you beat me to it