Lighting looking for a new light

[stylez]

Well I will have my blackstar 240W led in a week or two, curious if switching from my hps to the 240W will that affect my girls in a bad way. Much appreciated.

Real quick also, with winter coming am I gonna have cold problems in my tent since I hear leds dont give off much heat.

One love

 

[agito]

I would expect at least a possible 3rd increase in yield vs a 250 never mind a 150w there pretty poor so maybe up to double the yield of your 150w hps (coming from a hps guy) i would maybe add a small cfl to complete the spectrum if you were fussed

 

[Red eyed c]

The LED will not raise the temp by very much so you may find your growing area is pretty cool in winter. You could add a couple of cfl like agito says and it will add light and some heat to your grow space mate :smokebuds:

 

[stylez]

Yea agito I got some 6400k cfls from my grow box I was using that I'm going to rig somehow in there also. :smokebuds:

I would expect at least a possible 3rd increase in yield vs a 250 never mind a 150w there pretty poor so maybe up to double the yield of your 150w hps (coming from a hps guy) i would maybe add a small cfl to complete the spectrum if you were fussed

 

[stylez]

Thanks guys. Got cfls that I'm not using so I will put them to use.
Much respect fellows. Keep it growing.
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[agito]

use it as side lighting as you don't want it in the way of the led it will defeat the point or strap it to the sides of the panel .
I dont think they will require that much extra spectrum just a taste should do it to fill in the gaps

 

[stylez]

:smokebuds:thanks agito. Its cool to throw some 2700s in there also.

 

[agito]

what ever you want but i think the lower ones may have more spectrum but warms do well as well its quite alot of wattage for that space so get those plant numbers up to 4 in large pots and cover every inch of floor space with green will be the most important thing you do.

 

[Otto]

after using a ceramic metal halide for a while i highly recommend it. the plants love it right away. you only have to use one light for veg and flower and they make a 250w model. they run on a regular HPS ballast so you just need the ballast and bulb

 

[agito]

they don't run in didgi's i might have bought one if the OP don't mind the diversion but what was it like vs a regular hps