Damn. If you believe him over me, I'm not sure I want to carry on..On a serious note, I am relieved to hear that on-off cycling is potentially less taxing on LEDs over time than the heat buildup that could arise from continuous uninterrupted use
LED fixtures are very simple. Most consist of a PCB or multiple PCBs that are solder-wiped before a pick-and-place machine places the individual diodes on the PCB before it goes into a reflow oven, where the solder melts and the LED settles on the pad.Miserly ways are part of my Scottish heritage, Prawn Connery, haha, and as we all know, copper wire was invented by two Scottsmen fighting over a copper penny. I might even have some Dutch lineage lurking somewhere in my penny-pinching family tree, and that would probably explain why I prefer to go Dutch on dates, on those rare occasions that I actually score one.
On a serious note, I am relieved to hear that on-off cycling is potentially less taxing on LEDs over time than the heat buildup that could arise from continuous uninterrupted use in the close confines of an indoor grow tent. This brings me to the second reason for using timers to ensure that the cheap LED grow lights I bought never operate continuously for more than one hour each, which is of course my need to reduce the odds of a fire outbreak due to overheating of these bargain basement LED lights I bought on eBay.
All told, I've seen a full year of uninterrupted service from my cheapskate LED lights, with hundreds of clones taking root under this dual-timer-operated LED light setup during the past year. Like the guy who successfully dispatched a bear by flailing about with a 2-by-4, and who may therefore have few insights to contribute towards a scholarly discussion of rifle ballistics, I will, for now, refrain from fixing my dual-timer innovation since it ain't broke, yet, hehe.