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Were these over-the-counter WW PAR 38's? Like something I could find at the local Home Depot?

KaBloom - IMO the 168 LED light you linked to falls under the "toy" category. Let's give them the benefit of the doubt and trust that they're not fudging on the wattage. They probably are fudging, but for the sake of the argument. 168 LED's using 38 watts of power. 38 watts divided across...

I can't either. If you go back to the first post in this thread, the OP stated that there were options to buy different versions of the Mars. But I didn't see that on the topLED website.

Boscoe - I'm flipping back and forth between the Mars II 400 and the Reflector 96 X 3. Trying to figure out the differences. The - um - "actual" output in terms of wattage is the same. "170 - 200W" It appears the single biggest difference is the Mars uses 5W LED's while the Reflector...

I should have looked around more before asking such a newb question. Now I see there's all kinds of stuff. Household bulbs can be retasked, but there's also some interesting purpose-built coming out. Stumbled onto the new Philips Green Power LED bulbs. They're not cheap, but interesting for...

Good Gawd, $5 each? I guess for that price I could take a chance with iffy eBay products. I had to google E27. E27 is a European socket pitch. North America's standard socket pitch is E26. But the Wikipedia article sez they're often interchangeable. Did you order the warm white or cool...

Kudos for making an immediate improvement to your LED panel! Good to know the fans can be easily swapped out for better ones. Also good to know that the original fans are 120's, not little 80mm screamers. I'm guessing that perhaps you know your way around PC's?

a39 - Your statement that anything less than 400W is a waste of time may be a valid conclusion for you, based on your situation. But for a newbie who's just looking for a helping hand, it's not very helpful. That's all I'm saying. Besides, the OP never said he wasn't a closet grower. You...

I'm a newbie here but I have to say that the above statement is nonsensical. Take a peek at the Micro-Grow folks, who are growing inside computer cases with 3 or 4 CFL's. There are plenty of successful closet grow journals with less than 400W LED. Is this the one you're referring to? I...

Home Depot carries two PAR 38 grow LED's from a company called Definity Digital. One's a broad-spectrum, the other's a red-blue. Both are 13 watt, $60. There are cheaper ones available online, but I'd feel better ordering thru HD in case something went wrong. My wife has a few houseplants...

Some manufacturers are moving towards panels with lots of white LED's. Who knows if this is a phase or a trend. We've converted most of our household lighting to LED. I started with GU10's and MR16's but I think the best route is to use basic track systems with PAR 20 reflector-type bulbs...

Ice, I've read some of your logs, and thank you for your efforts. It's super helpful to see actual results. I've stared at the TopLED pages for hours. TopLED just worries me some. Like the Mars 700W. It's not anywhere near 700W. You have to read the fine print to see that actual draw is...

Dusty - I've seen that barring - like you're looking through some blinds - in other pics and videos. I think it has something to do with the way digital devices see the LED output.

Could you please expand on this? What do you mean by advanced led type? I don't think you're referring to the brand. You're referring to some new way of solving the puzzle? A-51 has some interesting articles about wavelength, lens vs. unlensed, etc. A-51 thinks lensed is better. Hop on...