MisterPeabody
New Member
It's been a spell since my last post, but the grow cab has been working very well, having finally ironed out the heat issues. (Check my series on cab design).
Never being one to leave well enough alone, another installment is due, this time utilizing LED lighting in both flowering chamber and veg chamber. I know, all the fuss about LED working, not working, good for veg, crappy for veg, crappy for flowering, ect. this is going to come to an end (for me anyway). The only difference is I am going watt for watt. The flowering area now has 96 (ninety-six) 3 watt LED bulbs giving me 288 watts of HO LEDS.
For the veg area, I'm going to extend the height of the cab by 12" specifically, and design the transition to reflect as much light as possible. This will also give me another foot of headroom, which I desperately need anyway. This area will be lit by a 120 watt LED using 1 watt LED's. Specifics on light spectrum to be posted with photos upcoming. Under the new lighting, the plants have been in flower now for two weeks. I'm VERY interested in seeing how they finish, knowing full well what to expect from previous grows using a 400 digital ballast combined with all the heat that light generates. Heating issues should be a cakewalk compared to before. I have already tested the lighting using a lightmeter, and I must say I am very impressed with these lights intensity. The truth is in the pudding, as I always say, and with this grow, I've paid hard earned money for the proper lighting, so I have NO motive to polish anyone's "nob", to the contrary, I'll probably be rather anal about it. It either works or it doesn't.
Expect a follow up with pictures and more specifics. Peace
Never being one to leave well enough alone, another installment is due, this time utilizing LED lighting in both flowering chamber and veg chamber. I know, all the fuss about LED working, not working, good for veg, crappy for veg, crappy for flowering, ect. this is going to come to an end (for me anyway). The only difference is I am going watt for watt. The flowering area now has 96 (ninety-six) 3 watt LED bulbs giving me 288 watts of HO LEDS.
For the veg area, I'm going to extend the height of the cab by 12" specifically, and design the transition to reflect as much light as possible. This will also give me another foot of headroom, which I desperately need anyway. This area will be lit by a 120 watt LED using 1 watt LED's. Specifics on light spectrum to be posted with photos upcoming. Under the new lighting, the plants have been in flower now for two weeks. I'm VERY interested in seeing how they finish, knowing full well what to expect from previous grows using a 400 digital ballast combined with all the heat that light generates. Heating issues should be a cakewalk compared to before. I have already tested the lighting using a lightmeter, and I must say I am very impressed with these lights intensity. The truth is in the pudding, as I always say, and with this grow, I've paid hard earned money for the proper lighting, so I have NO motive to polish anyone's "nob", to the contrary, I'll probably be rather anal about it. It either works or it doesn't.
Expect a follow up with pictures and more specifics. Peace