It depends on how you grow and whats the average year temperature of your city and house. In my place i will save more $$ with LEDs than what i would spend on AC+HPS power. If you want to grow with CO2 and heat is an issue (on big enough rooms and warm climates it will be) then LEDs are the way...
Cooltubes or LEDs?
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Im looking to add 1200W to my room (20m3) and i have high temps already, a mini split is not an option, so im pretty much left to play with ventilation and CO2.
What will add less heat to the room, a couple DYI LED panels or a couple cooltubes (total 1200W)? Im not...
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Thanks everyone for the answers, you gave me nice ideas. I have already bought a 1200W Mars 2, im going to mix it up with some HPS and if the results are good i will get some more LEDs in few months.
I have few questions though, whats the ambient heat difference between this LEDs and HPS...
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I want to upgrade my HPS for a 6'x6' (2mx2m=4m^2) room with an hydroponic ebb and flow system to your leds Mars II (5W LED) series. I would like some advice about what models to buy, i hear its better to have a couple smaller ones than one big, and that sounds just great for my needs...