GROWant Smart 800Watt Osram LED Grow Light

[MaxPar]

I’m using the veg mode with sunrise/sunset. They are very lush looking plants , light is performing well.

 

[illizm775]

Hey maxpar. Have u tried the lightning effect?

 

[MaxPar]

Hey maxpar. Have u tried the lightning effect?

I have tried all the functions of the light , and I can tell you that if you choose clouds or lightning it will make the light come on at night when it’s supposed to be off. I’ve seen it flash at night , during veg it’s one thing , but in flowering this would be devastating. I use the veg program with sunrise/sunset for energy savings and since I have two lights covering a 4x4 space it works well.

 

[veinz]

i've seen it flash at night

 

[GROWant]

I personally( I have no data to support my claims) feel brief lightning will have no ill effect on your plants in flower. I have gone in to flower rooms with lights off either shot video footage or snapped pics with a flash on. I have personally seen no bad effects from this. A few lightning strikes the plants won't even notice.
Once again this is from my personal experience.
Also, if you feel like the lightning strikes during flower will have a negative effect you could always disable that feature.

 

[Dank Purple]

I personally( I have no data to support my claims) feel brief lightning will have no ill effect on your plants in flower. I have gone in to flower rooms with lights off either shot video footage or snapped pics with a flash on. I have personally seen no bad effects from this. A few lightning strikes the plants won't even notice.
Once again this is from my personal experience.
Also, if you feel like the lightning strikes during flower will have a negative effect you could always disable that feature.

Its cool that your lights have the ability to adapt to their grower. Love growant!!!

I'm new to growing but have read the opposite on lighting durring dark cycle but have also seen alot of ppl shoot in the dark because of the contrast on the plants looks amazing.. But I have heard it will make your plant pop seeds and overall lower potency but I feel like this depends on the intensity of the light and duration. I could be wrong though I would love to read a journal experimenting on this. I might have to do it lol

 

[GROWant]

Its cool that your lights have the ability to adapt to their grower. Love growant!!!

I'm new to growing but have read the opposite on lighting durring dark cycle but have also seen alot of ppl shoot in the dark because of the contrast on the plants looks amazing.. But I have heard it will make your plant pop seeds and overall lower potency but I feel like this depends on the intensity of the light and duration. I could be wrong though I would love to read a journal experimenting on this. I might have to do it lol

I definitely agree, that light intensity and duration are really the crucial factors. But a few random camera flashes or filming some footage for five ten minutes won't hurt.
That being said I try to limit any light exposure to the dark cycle.

 

[illizm775]

Yeah i try not to risk it but im gonna take notes on fort Knox n keep it locked up

 

[HortiShorti]

I've always taken flash photos at night with no ill effect but that's just me

 

[MaxPar]

The flash is all Diodes, this means that 660nm is present and it’s not just a flash , it’s a couple. 660nm is a trigger for cannabis plants , if it was just blue or uv diodes, maybe that’s ok , really better not to power on when it’s powered off. It will go through a start up test program if the power goes out also. I don’t think it would be good to have it flash multiple times in the dark cycle and it’s turned off for me , I just use the sunrise/sunset function.

 

[MaxPar]

Also I’ve seen Diodes faintly lite up at night when th device is off, this isn’t the only led grow light I’ve seen that happen with. My CLW does it also, I had to add a timer so the power really goes off about 15 minutes after the light shits off from the program.
It doesn’t happen all the the time either , checked the other night and they were all off , no glow. I’ve fixed it with some lights by turning the cord around at the wall, it’s an off phase issue.

 

[Skullman420]

I love the design on these lights.

I'm purchasing one of these lights for a test grow.
GROWant Aluminum Smart 800Watt OSRAM LED Grow Light Full Spectrum - White_LED Grow Light_LED Grow Lights | GROWant | Germany Made OSRAM 2017 Horticulture LEDs

I have a 10x10 area for growing and have a couple of hybrid lights already going with some GG#4 plants , clones have been taken and a space for this light will be available. A single plant grow under this new light and videos with pictures coming.

 

[Skullman420]

Now that is COOL! I have an advanced and quite expensive video light device that's capable of simulating lighting strikes and many other light effects, but that a grow-light can do that is insanely cool. That means the light may have another possible use - Video FX lights. Since many can be connected and synced, that's an interesting idea.


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Hey maxpar. Have u tried the lightning effect?

 

[Skullman420]

Plants react to light, but they react very slow to light. That's the reason you can get away with taking some flash photos now and then, or open the tent during light out to check on something really quick.

I've always taken flash photos at night with no ill effect but that's just me

 

[Dank Purple]

Plants react to light, but they react very slow to light. That's the reason you can get away with taking some flash photos now and then, or open the tent during light out to check on something really quick.

Ahhh so helpful thank you. I might start taking my update pics as soon as the lights shut off..then no purple/pink. Good idea?

 

[Skullman420]

A few minutes after lights out won't do any harm - I promise

But you can also use white balance setting in your camera to get natural colors under blurple light - I have found that with mylar, that's not always true though, so in the one tent I have with mylar, I have to color correct the pictures in photoshop.

I do however like the blurple effect when everything else looks natural.

Here's a photo done under blurple with white balance corrected

Ahhh so helpful thank you. I might start taking my update pics as soon as the lights shut off..then no purple/pink. Good idea?

 

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[Teddy Edwards]

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[Teddy Edwards]

Given that this thread is closed, we are posting this on behalf of GROWant, from whom we have received this email:

We'd like to thank 420 Magazine for getting to the bottom of this issue. We would also like to apologize to all members for our expression of frustration in the email correspondence with MaxPar. We try at all times to deliver excellent customer service, and whilst we responded to this member as thoroughly as we could, we are sorry that at one point our frustration showed. We are only human, however in future we will strive to remain calm and collected even when dealing with customers such as this.

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This brings the whole sorry matter to a good end.