Lighting LEDs direct from china

[bud head]

here's the area I'm trying to cover....any suggestions could help

 

[wg]

Grado's spot on with all the eggs in one basket under LED.. LED is a technology where your canopy needs to be almost perfectly level in order for all plants to get the desired effect from just one light. This is why you see a lot of LED growers with multiple lights. For 3x5 (15sqft).. you'd want to go with two lights, two pretty nice lights on top of that.. honestly, if you can handle the heat - you're better off with 1kW HPS in that size area..

No "600W" LED is covering a 6x6 efficiently, I'm just not buying that.. will you get light hitting all 36 sq ft? Sure.. will anything grow outside of the core 16sq ft? Probably not..

EDIT:

Any way to handle the heat? Your canopy is pretty level, go with 2 9 spot or 3 6 spot lights IMO.

 

[gradolabs]

Check this bad boy out. I'd have two for that area, but I think it fits your set up like a glove.

http://www.bysenled.com/led-grow-light/sp114d-280w.html

 

[bud head]

I guess it's a no-go on the leds for now... even though I wanted one

 

[bud head]

I was looking at that one ..how much is it and is 280 watts enough?

 

[wg]

Then get one, you don't need to buy them all at once - if you can eliminate half of your CFLs and put an LED in there, you will reduce your heat and increase productivity by a lot. LEDs are better than CFLs.. Replace your middle CFL rack with a 9 spot, then do the two end racks with 6 spots.. :thumbs:

One at a time or whatever you can afford..

CFLs are great, but they're entry level lighting for what you're doing there.. looks like a very nice set-up, lighting is a must have in high end set-ups IMO.

 

[gradolabs]

I was looking at that one ..how much is it and is 280 watts enough?

Well, like I said, I'd have two for your grow space. And you have to email them for a quote, but they're dirt cheap for what it is. Similar products sold under US and UK companies are twice as expensive. Or more. Depends... but it's worth emailing them for a quote.

 

[bud head]

tried to email but this is what I get

 

[bud head]

just found this out..

Kingkong is out of our sell list now, sorry.
The 300w Apollo is Apollo8, the max power is about 278W.
sample price is $225, not included the shipping cost

 

[daylighting]

mi
Hmm, do you have a link to them?

No link, they were purchased directly from a Chinese site by a friend--not sure where he got them exactly, but they seem pretty cool. My Chinese isn't quite up to par so I had to get some help