Lighting Off the Shelf Screw in LED Bulbs as a Viable Alternative

[Tommy boy]

And as for leavenng on the diffuser you get almost 2 times the lumens with the diffuser off than leaving it on. If any thing cut the diffuser half off so you get a sort of reflector sending more light down I have not tyres that but read of others that have

 

[Archaic]

Oh, FWIW I had the boards, the scrap of extension cord, and the roll of wire already, so my total costs for the 170W rig was under $50 US for the bulbs, fixtures, and some hardware. I made two separate 85W units so I could mix and match as needed. I have about 2 hours labor in the build and one hour shopping. I'm not sure that anybody anywhere is selling LED photons that cheaply right now.

 

[Nosias]

Oh, FWIW I had the boards, the scrap of extension cord, and the roll of wire already, so my total costs for the 170W rig was under $50 US for the bulbs, fixtures, and some hardware. I made two separate 85W units so I could mix and match as needed. I have about 2 hours labor in the build and one hour shopping. I'm not sure that anybody anywhere is selling LED photons that cheaply right now.

Got pics of the light set.

 

[STILLSMOKIN]

Would you mind testing some of the led light bars for cars and trucks. My current set up is a blurple 485 wall watt led 2 44 inch 12v light bars 2 20 inch light bars. Im pushing 600watts to all light bars. Verified with ohm meter using only length of stock wiring. I know 12v drops depending on length of wire. But im having good luck out of mine.

$30 600w led 12v power supply
$50 44inch bar
$50 44inch bar
$25 20inch bar
$25 20inch bar
$60 led blurple
$10 pvc frame

 

[OregonBlackBear]

The little light up front is a 14w LED with the bulb portion removed. The plant directly under it is a GG#4 bagseed, one gallon soil, one light, a pint jar full of incredibly frosty buds. I'd take a picture of the finished bud, but I smoked the last of it this morning:smoking:. If you've got a dark spot in the tent that needs filling in, this is the most cost effective option.

 

[Archaic]

I need a taller enclosure, I'm getting a little bit of fox tailing late in the bloom because of the abundance of light.

 

[OregonBlackBear]

That bud I posted had massive foxtails at the end of it's life.... but I liked them

 

[alfa88]

This just in. I harvested 2 photo. WOS Wild Thais under 4-100W equiv.LED, 2-100W Equiv. CFL obtained at Home Depot . I swapped out 2 LEDs to CFLs because of cool night time temps in Feb. - Mar. I also left the diffusers on. This is all in a small grow box. Anyhow. the yield was poor but the plants progressed throughout their lifecycle perfectly . The next test will be in Summer and will be all H.D. LEDs diffusers off. WOS Colombian Gold.

 

[OregonBlackBear]

You've gotta have those smaller LEDs right down on top of em.

 

[AnonymousGrower1]

You've gotta have those smaller LEDs right down on top of em.

Within 6 inches. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06X...6_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=3500k+light+bulb