Like I said, it's good information, but I won't be convinced until someone does a side by side comparison in an actual grow situation.
Like I said, it's good information, but I won't be convinced until someone does a side by side comparison in an actual grow situation.
I was hoping to avoid the these lights suck, or this is irrelevant info posts as I have not made any claims about these lights, I'm simply posting some light measurements.
For those that think that, you don't have to read this thread. There are plenty other threads on icmag for you to read.
What about heat? I would like to get rid of my noisy inline fan and switch it to something like 120mm pc fan and would still want to use a scrubber, but the heat produced from CFL's is too much for a PC fan with a scrubber. Could LED's make it possible to fix this issue?
Blynx, keep up the good work, you are a true inspiration source!
Blynx. Thanks for a great thread man! Always wondered about running leds for my situation, but the problem I noticed was all of the led grow units need to be kept a foot away from the canopy. I don't have a foot to spare considering I'm dealing with 14" of grow space. Maybe these lower watt leds will allow the plants close enough without burning?
One thing I would like to see here (if u have nothing better to do) is to make some kind of reflector for that cfl bulb (saw a cfl pop can reflector thread on icmag somewhere). See what happens with that cfl when its light is focused a bit on the "canopy"...
I wonder what the scaling you measure is?
When i measure a 12W bulp at 12 inc distance i get about 1700 lux which is 1,7 Klux.
Lux means lumens/sqr meter and the readings like 7lux you measure in one of the readings is almost dark.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lux
Rilla.