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LED LIGHTS 440 nn 660nm

AllHomeGrow
AllHomeGrowstarted grow question 3 years ago
Hi Growers, LED light spectrum 440 nm and 660 nm, AutoFlower strain? Tell me your Experience plz! SPECS: Supply Voltage: 85-265VAC Wattage: 22W Wave Length: 450nm 660nm Dimmable: No Lumens: 990lm Power Factor: 0.95 Estimated Life Span: 35000h
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 3 years ago
You're going to need a bigger boat.. i mean grow light. If you want to grow just 1 plant.. a highly efficient fixture can do it at ~50-60 watts. That'd be good for a fairly typical 18" x 18" autoflower. Run it 20/4, maybe 18/6 is enough too. ~108 total diodes for a 20on/4off cycle run at 50-60watts, primarily LM301B or LM301H for the bulk ~90-95%, or even entirety, but at least a little boost to red (660nm) is nice for flower, which is when it really counts. Fairly common to see this. 2700-3000k better than higher for flower, but not necessarily a deal-breaker unless swinging for fences. If you want to conserve watts, thats the way to go for a typical autoflower. Some of those can get quite large, too. Figure ~25watts per ft^2 for 18hr/day and 22watts per ft^2 for 20hours per day... if it's the diodes above and watts:diodes ratio above, roughly, then those numbers work well for autoflowers or vegetative phase run at 18 or 20 hours per day. Less efficient lighting may need as much as 40-50watts to do the same thing. e.g. take that 108diodes above in half and that wouldn't be a great light even with 50-60watts. ** these numbers would be near ceiling for ambient CO2, give or take. Should be a little extra to cover lower bin diodes. You want to overshoot a 10-15% for any fixture you want to kee 5-7 years. the 60,000 hours is the L90 (90% intensity) of a samsung lm301 diode driven at 65mA. Above is around 140mA, so it will be <60,000 to get to 90% intensity. If you do the math, i wouldn't stray north of 200mA/diode or about .54w/diode. Dividing watts by diodes is one of the simples ways to see quality with the lm301 LED options.
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