My issue I believe was if I turn the dimmer from 1-5 I get a different par then if I turn it from 10-5. And then whose to say dimmers from light to light are calibrated to be identical? I also have ir diodes sprinkled in that seemed to burn shit? I followed advice to hang 27" at start of flower and use par meter to adjust dimmer to specific par and I had immediate results, the plants love it. By the end of flower I'm at about 12" 900 par.