LED Lighting sub-forum of Indoor Growing

Due to the explosion of popularity in LED's with the introduction of 3rd generation tri-band technology, I would love to see an "LED Lighting" sub forum of Indoor Growing, just like there is a "CFL Lighting" one now.

Led suck ballz

Thanks for your insightful and well-written comment, I'm sure they will consider the strength of your argument during the decision making process.

I second 206's suggestion. LED is the future of indoor gardening.

"Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life."

I mean, this way all the LED "chatter" can be sequestered to one sub-forum. I'd think it'd be a welcome thing for the community, except for the obstructionists who would see it as too much validation for something so unproven or "shit" as some like to say.

It's really more about the green revolution, carbon footprints, and PUR-Watt efficiency, and, ahem, resin production.

Open the sub-forum. Please!?

we really do need a led growers sub forum and another great idea would be is to start a led growers club.u guys up for it.
just because there are people hatin on the leds there are verymany people interested in this new technology.By the way check out my led cloning box the pics should be on my profile.

Nah.......led's don't suck, plus it's not in the near future, that they will be on the market for growers, the time is now........
1. How about effeciency?

Led lights produce light in the red and blue spectra which plants use for photosyenthesis.

2. How about simplicity of use?

Led lights are installed into light bulb sockets. Virtually no relfectors, ballasts, or cooling fans are required.

3. How about temps?

While the lights are warm when touched, they're cool enough that you can grow a crop directly underneath them. In addition, led's will not generate significant levels of heat, which will save in cooling costs.

4. How about versatility?

If you want to enhance just vegatative growth, use only the blue led lights. The red leds can be used to promote fruiting and flowering. Or, if you want both aspects of plant growth use red/blue led combination.

5. How about noise?

Leds do not have the hum associated with ballasts in fluorescent or hid lamps. They are completely silent.

6. How about life span?

Average life of a led bulb lasts 7-10 years.

7. How about wattage?

Replace a 100 watts of hid lights with only 10-20 watts of leds......huh........? Da yum!!!!!

Check high times...............!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cali grower go public.......june 2009 edition, " and i quote....."cali grower recommends growing with mh or hps lighting over led's unless you grow in a hot place......"
so, what conditions are you growing in? We already know that the hps and mh lights put out heat and can help or hurt your environment, depending on temp settings.......

Go farther to the back of the edition and see.........growl led inc.
600watts of led equal to 2000!!!!!watts of hps-$2300.00
300watts of led equal to 1000!!!!! Watts of hps-$1200.00
120watts of led equal to 60o!!!!! Watts of hps-$475.00
90 watts of led equal to 400!!!!! Watts of hps-$350.00
90wattseffiecient of led equal to 400!!!! Watts of hps-$400.00
50 watts of led equal to 250!!!!! Watts of hps-$199.00
and even more.......
Plus you can use them with other lighting, including hps or hids if you choose and focussed spectrum light that your plants really use during vegging and flowering.

And research has already begun and has shown testing results that prove led's grow better that metal halides....

You only need around 30% of the wattage a metal halide uses in the form of an led to produce the same or better results.......the question is, when will people(not all growers), stop talking about what someone else has told them and do the math and the research and conduct their own experiments to arrive to the truth......all of lights have their advantages and disadvantages. But the only real disadvantage led's have, are that they go dim after a long, long period of use. But that is an understatement compared to hids and hps, that can explode and leak mercury and destroy your crops and cause you to have to disperse from your property, not to mention the energy cost, not to mention the steps you have to take, to reduce the heat they generate in your grow room.........leds don't suck, you do.......im the knowledge activist............ol man......peace everybody, and i would definitely get down with a led and true wisdom sub forum.........

Thjanks for the great article ol man very inspiring and thank you for your input into the subject.

This is a good idea!

I for one am on the front lines burning up the newest LED's making great headway!

I couldn't be more impressed!

I'm not too keen on starting a thread or journal about it... but you can see some pics in my album section to see I'm not full of shit

I would be more interested in doing so if there were a specific forum though so no haters stumble upon it hehe I swear if I hear one more 'LEDs suck' comment!!!

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