Hosebomber
New Member
Nice post, thank you for the information stevehman. I will continue to search for American manufacturers that make LED's. As to the, "it's China"... that doesn't always mean the American product is superior. In most cases this is true but not all. In some cases the Chinese manufacturer only list the min spec on their datasheets, some times it a case of tolerances held, other the datasheets read exactly the same.
The 11 spectrum, 6 spectrum, 5 or 15 or whatever is being claimed. Your supplier is 100% correct. In most LED's you can count a single LED as technically hitting as many as 20 spectra. I's peak wavelength may be 435 but it will have over 50% effecincy in all spectra between the 425 and 445 range.
If the new Diamond series has lens, be careful not to get them too close to the plant like you was able to do with older models... you might start getting leaf bleaching around the 8-10" range. I'm not sure what they are suggesting as a distance, but i'm guessing around the 16-20" range.
The 11 spectrum, 6 spectrum, 5 or 15 or whatever is being claimed. Your supplier is 100% correct. In most LED's you can count a single LED as technically hitting as many as 20 spectra. I's peak wavelength may be 435 but it will have over 50% effecincy in all spectra between the 425 and 445 range.
If the new Diamond series has lens, be careful not to get them too close to the plant like you was able to do with older models... you might start getting leaf bleaching around the 8-10" range. I'm not sure what they are suggesting as a distance, but i'm guessing around the 16-20" range.