BBQtoast
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You can't afford 600w, it's not a lot.
What's your top yield with LED?
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Trickyticky
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of course i can my friend . i can afford to run 6 1000w ers IF i chose . After all i do earn over £1200 English pounds a week as a plasterer BUT my space is only 8x5 . Plus i have ran 600W ers for almost 15years . just swapped over to quantum boards and WOW what a difference in every aspect .
Fucking class . Take better pics , be able to see buds alot clearer when ripening up . HAHAHAHAHAHAHA . Is it because YOU cannot afford the change over
BBQtoast
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I don't find I have much savings from any light, LEDs save but it's pennies because I'd run 500 to switch out a 600, 800 to switch out a 1000.
I'd save more switching electricity supplier not light in a small grow.
berten-ernie420
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My personal highest has been 4lbs out of an 8x8 tent under 1280w. So about 1.4 g/w. Averaged about an oz per sq ft. Idk if thats high or low, but it took a lot to get that 1.4 g/w. I'm not saying it can't get higher, there is always things that go right and wrong in a grow, but sometimes things jus go very right and it soars above that expectation mark.
Vegged for ~2 months, multiple strains, 5 gal pots, scrog net, under 1280 cob watts. 4 meanwell 320s, different models -
2x HLG-320C-1400A
1x HVGC-320C-1050A
1x HVGC-320C-1400A
For a total of 20 cobs, (8 Citizen 1212's and (12) Citizen 1818's) mixed spec, but mainly 2700 and 3000k.
My average cost per oz, to grow 64 oz was $15.63 USD over 4 months.
Vegged for ~2 months, multiple strains, 5 gal pots, scrog net, under 1280 cob watts. 4 meanwell 320s, different models -
2x HLG-320C-1400A
1x HVGC-320C-1050A
1x HVGC-320C-1400A
For a total of 20 cobs, (8 Citizen 1212's and (12) Citizen 1818's) mixed spec, but mainly 2700 and 3000k.
My average cost per oz, to grow 64 oz was $15.63 USD over 4 months.
I've just used the household LED screw in bulbs from Home Depot, Walmart, Dollar store, Costco, Canadian Tire, etc. and managed to get 1.5 g/w in flower as my personal best. However there are guys on ICmag that do that all the time and I give them credit for helping me along. I did eventually switch to quantum boards but am unfortunately unhappy with their coverage compared to my bulbs. It used to be that I could just screw in one bulb over each little seedling, and then slowly screw in more as the plant's tolerance to light and size grew. Now I can only dim, and I'm wasting so many photons on the surface of my soil or tent floor, I feel sorry for the waste of electricity
StareCase
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What QB's do you have?
I bought four of the KingBrite 240W V4 lights for my 5X5 tent.
Edit: I do have a watt meter, and they actually take up a bit more watts than advertised. But I've never used them at 100% in that space.