A question about the electricity bill

[Boss]

A typical a/c unit is 5k watts and loads even higher. It's the a/c costing the money, not the lamps. LED saves a lot on the a/c bill, so it's something to figure into when you look at the initial investment cost.

[McBudz]

Originally Posted by Boss

A typical a/c unit is 5k watts and loads even higher. It's the a/c costing the money, not the lamps. LED saves a lot on the a/c bill, so it's something to figure into when you look at the initial investment cost.

Yeah thats what I'm figuring, the a/c is killing the bill. What is the max sustained temp plants will still thrive in? I killed the a/c earlier today and my grow room went to about 89-90 degrees. Starts to smell dank at that temp too. Atleast cooler temps will be here soon. Maybe I should try to switch the lights to run at night when its cooler? I really don't want neighbors hearing fan noise in the quiet night though.

Do we know anyone who has gone through a grow with those superled's? It looks nice and they say its equiv to a 400w hps. 2 would run $1300. Their website says out of stock so people must be buying them up. I don't doubt they grow plants but am curious if they effect potency.

[sfhaze]

I've been using the superleds and they do work. Haven't done a side by side with a 400W HID but I think it's at least close. It's best for shorter plants 3 feet or so. They run completely cool, so definitely would save on the A/C.

They are really a copy of the procyon-100, which is in stock. They use the same cree LEDs but the procyon doesn't have a dimmer (not something you need anyway).

Both of these are better then the UFO I think, but I haven't tested it.

[McBudz]

Originally Posted by sfhaze

I've been using the superleds and they do work. Haven't done a side by side with a 400W HID but I think it's at least close. It's best for shorter plants 3 feet or so. They run completely cool, so definitely would save on the A/C.

They are really a copy of the procyon-100, which is in stock. They use the same cree LEDs but the procyon doesn't have a dimmer (not something you need anyway).

Both of these are better then the UFO I think, but I haven't tested it.

Don't mean to hijack any threads sorry to the original poster...

Cool, do you have a journel going with the light? Which model are you using? Have you smoked any harvested buds with a complete led grow? Do you use the led for the whole grow or use floro for veg than go led for flower? Thanks

[sfhaze]

I'm using the superleds in a cabinet. I've tested other LEDs and these are the best by far. Here is the thread:
http://www.420magazine.com/forums/ca...et-update.html

Potency and overall quality is fine, even with crappy LEDs, that's more about genetics. What is an issue is yield and the flowering time required.

My results:
led plant bar 5 - don't work and cost too much. They are good for cloning, but still too expensive
grow with leds spot lights - basically work but yield isn't great.
superled - works great

These are very new products, the prices will be coming down....

[Exodose17]

Definitely Agree, someone should do a journal with pics on LEDs and the yields

[CharlieMopps]

LEDs dont seem to have enough light intensity. Plants grow tall, skinny and scragly.

[3LittleBirds]

Running a 400W brought mine up only about $20 extra a month. I try to offset the cost by being a little more energy efficient while growing...you know, turning lights off, not using the tv as background noise...etc. I also grow during the winter months to keep temps down, so I don't have to rely on AC.

- 3LB