Light should I send it back

i purchased a 900w led full spectrum with 392w of actual wall watts from E bayer and when it arrived it was a 1200w with 252 actual watts from wall and IR. It will be used in a 3*3 tent. Should I keep it or send it back? Trying to get close to optimum light and control the heat inside tent.

Send it back ..... with force.

Bad enough that you didn't even get what you paid for. Make sure they pay for return shipping as well.

Honestly sounds like you got a better deal, but definitely overkill for a 3x3

So you were ripped off over 140 watts, I wouldn't be too happy. I'm using a 400w hid set-up with about 3' x 3' of space and I wouldn't mind going to 600w, so I def wouldn't be happy with only 252w.

I dunno about it being overkill, 50 watts per square foot is common in LED grows.

Renfro said:

I dunno about it being overkill, 50 watts per square foot is common in LED grows.

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3x3=9
9x50 is 450...and he has 1200....

WALL watts
Not imaginary watts

I have a 480 wall watt COB light in a 2x4 tent, I just dim it a hair and it's fine.

Arguing with you is pointless. That 50watt per square foot you're referring to was actually first established for HID a lot of people have carried it over to led/cobs with success. And it's absolute rated wattage not what's pulling from the wall. Every led manufacturer out there has different specs. So everyone is supposed to buy a meter and one led and test its actual wattage consumption before they can properly calculate what their room needs?

Wall watt! That's a new one for me

botanistprime said:

Arguing with you is pointless. That 50watt per square foot you're referring to was actually first established for HID a lot of people have carried it over to led/cobs with success. And it's absolute rated wattage not what's pulling from the wall. Every led manufacturer out there has different specs. So everyone is supposed to buy a meter and one led and test its actual wattage consumption before they can properly calculate what their room needs?

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Just look at the nameplate, it says how many amps it draws, multiply that by voltage and get watts.

50 watts per sq foot is what good LED growers aim for. Ask around.

Also there is NO way that a 252 watt light is equivalent to 1200 watts, thats just a bullshit figure to sell a crap light.

botanistprime said:

Arguing with you is pointless. That 50watt per square foot you're referring to was actually first established for HID a lot of people have carried it over to led/cobs with success. And it's absolute rated wattage not what's pulling from the wall. Every led manufacturer out there has different specs. So everyone is supposed to buy a meter and one led and test its actual wattage consumption before they can properly calculate what their room needs?

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Your right about one thing. It is pointless for you to argue and that's because your completely and utterly wrong.

growingforfun said:

Your right about one thing. It is pointless for you to argue and that's because your completely and utterly wrong.

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It's always fun when some newb comes around acting like they know it all and criticizing people for using terminology thats common in our circles.

It's always fun when home tent growers think they know everything... And I'm wrong yet no one has definitive proof contradicting anything I've said where's your links boys?

botanistprime said:

It's always fun when home tent growers think they know everything... And I'm wrong yet no one has definitive proof contradicting anything I've said where's your links boys?

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You should visit the LED section and get schooled.

botanistprime said:

Arguing with you is pointless. That 50watt per square foot you're referring to was actually first established for HID a lot of people have carried it over to led/cobs with success. And it's absolute rated wattage not what's pulling from the wall. Every led manufacturer out there has different specs. So everyone is supposed to buy a meter and one led and test its actual wattage consumption before they can properly calculate what their room needs?

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yes...get a kil-o-watt meter for 15 bucks and see what your shit is actually pulling...
and it is NOT absolute rated wattage...it IS precisely whats being pulled from the wall....they try to get you to believe their piece of shit light is the "equivalent" of a 1200 watt hid light...and it is not...it is a whatever it's actually pulling from the wall light...divided by how cheap of diodes they use, multiplied by how hard they push them....so its lucky if it's actually as good as a 252 watt hid light....
and it's 50 watts per square foot for h.i.d......35 watts per square foot for GOOD leds....which this aint....

botanistprime said:

It's always fun when home tent growers think they know everything... And I'm wrong yet no one has definitive proof contradicting anything I've said where's your links boys?

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The OP said in his original post its a 252w light. its called a 1200w light because of fuckery, as in its 400x 3w diodes, even though they are run very soft to get 252 real watts they cling on to the title of 1200w because it sounds more impressive to the untrained buyer.

Your right though 50w per square foot is a HID thing, guys with quality LEDs are running 30-35w per square foot with some going a bit less and some going up to 50w per square foot, but most around 30s.
Only shit lights use the diode count X diode max wattage title scam. Good LEDs are called what ever the true wattage is.

hebrewdiver said:

i purchased a 900w led full spectrum with 392w of actual wall watts from E bayer and when it arrived it was a 1200w with 252 actual watts from wall and IR. It will be used in a 3*3 tent. Should I keep it or send it back? Trying to get close to optimum light and control the heat inside tent.

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You received something that is not what you payed for. Send it back.

How much did it cost? Because a 315cmh or a quality LED may be slightly more but very much better performance for a 3x3 space.

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Wall watt! That's a new one for me

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You're not very bright are you.