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LED Lights
From time to time I check up on various subjects and technologies, just to see if there is anything new. While checking up on LED grow lights I found these!
http://www.ledgrowth.com/
At $39.72 a piece they are pretty tempting. While more than the cost of a two foot fluorescent fixture and two bulbs, it is a definite drop in price. Besides, I get tired of replacing the fixture everytime the bulbs go and take out the fixture electronics.
Now all I have to do is wait for one of the two foot fluorescent fixtrures to die. No rush.
http://www.ledgrowth.com/
At $39.72 a piece they are pretty tempting. While more than the cost of a two foot fluorescent fixture and two bulbs, it is a definite drop in price. Besides, I get tired of replacing the fixture everytime the bulbs go and take out the fixture electronics.
Now all I have to do is wait for one of the two foot fluorescent fixtrures to die. No rush.
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RE: LED Lights
What spectrum do they deliver?
On another topic, when I move thing inside, I also would like a little heat generated, as it gets really cold sometimes.....
On another topic, when I move thing inside, I also would like a little heat generated, as it gets really cold sometimes.....
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Re: RE: LED Lights
The LED lights use red and blue LEDs. The GROLUX fluorescents I use also have peaks in the red and blue parts of the spectrum. They are much more energy efficient in delivering light the plants can actually use for photosynthesis than the wide spectrum lights.bepah wrote:What spectrum do they deliver?
After much thought and experimentation, my ideal grow light would have a large emitting area, low heat and concentrate light in the red & blue parts of the spectrum. The LED grow lights meet these criteria.
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RE: LED Lights
Thanks. Definitely something I am interested in, as I am planning a garage conversion to a high end greenhouse/planting shed.
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RE: LED Lights
Wile in at Sam's Club today I noticed LED lights designed to replace 40W bulbs and they were at a reasonable price. (3 for $15) We have officially began the migration to LED lighting in our home. If the price I paid for these LED bulbs is any indication, LED plant lights may soon fall in price.
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RE: LED Lights
This is developing faster than anticipated. What color is the light? Is it close to natural light? How many watts do the bulbs use?
Thanks.
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Re: RE: LED Lights
The LED bulbs are supposed to put out the same amount of light as a 40W bulb, but onlyy uses something like 2 Watts. (I don't have the package in front of me at the moment in order to give an exact figure.)Thuja wrote:This is developing faster than anticipated. What color is the light? Is it close to natural light? How many watts do the bulbs use?
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The package did describe them as putting out a warm white light. I put four of them in the bathroom to replace some failed fluorescents in there. (The bathroom has been very hard on compact fluorescent lights. )
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RE: LED Lights
Foxd,
How is the color of the lights? Most white LEDs have a blue hue that I would not want in a household fixture.
Thanks.
How is the color of the lights? Most white LEDs have a blue hue that I would not want in a household fixture.
Thanks.
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Re: RE: LED Lights
They definitely do not have a blue hue. In fact the light looks like it is from an incandescent bulb. Only when you look closely at the bulb do you see that it is filled with LEDs.JeffreyDV wrote:Foxd,
How is the color of the lights? Most white LEDs have a blue hue that I would not want in a household fixture.
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RE: LED Lights
More on LEDs, cost, options & a video
http://www.earthled.com/zetalux-led-light-bulb.html
Grow lights
http://www.earthled.com/growled-led-grow-lights.html
http://www.earthled.com/zetalux-led-light-bulb.html
Grow lights
http://www.earthled.com/growled-led-grow-lights.html
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RE: LED Lights
I run some house led s that I got from c crane co. I like the blue hue for night and outside lights. They have a new line that are brighter and yellow, but they are a bit spendy.
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RE: LED Lights
I suspect there is a phosphor excited by ultraviolet in the LEDs that are used in the bulb I bought. It would make sense and explain why they glow slightly for a bit after I turn off the bathroom light.
On the creepy side, the ones I put in another room glow slightly more BEFORE I turn on the light.
On the creepy side, the ones I put in another room glow slightly more BEFORE I turn on the light.
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RE: LED Lights
Some of the 120 v leds in my house have a light glow when off. leds can run at very low volts, so any ghost electrons running around in the house wires can glow them.
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RE: LED Lights
I bought a couple bulbs: 1.5W (18LEDs) and 3.5W. Their light seems to tend toward the blue, especially compared to incandescent, but I like the cool light effect. The 3.5W works well in a recessed ceiling light.
Does anyone know if you can use a dimmer switch on these?
Does anyone know if you can use a dimmer switch on these?
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Re: RE: LED Lights
It should say on the package if they are.Thuja wrote:Does anyone know if you can use a dimmer switch on these?
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