Lighting LEDs direct from china

[Happy Horticulturist]

CMA dude the Ms006 have two switches on them. Which allows you to adjust the power output of the lights. Bascially if you have both switches on all of the 6 lights are on. If you switch one switch off them 4 lights are on and 2 are off. If you switch the other switch off and switch the other switch back on, 2 lights are on and 4 are off. If you switch both switches off all 6 lights are off.

EDIT: Hence essentially you can have 2 x ms006 and run them light 2 x ms004 if you just leave two of the lamps off and four on. But seriously.. can you ever have too much light?
Yes I know the answer is yes you can have too much, but it's good to have the option to crank it up!

 

[pop22]

Do they give 300w actual draw on each light pop22? Great price btw. The plants are thriving under them yeah?

For the Houyi listing it doesn't give actual draw, at a guess it could be anywhere from 300w up on a unit promoted as 600w, depends how cheap Houyi have gone on the spec.

90% of LED grow lights are rated at the LEDs max potential, not on the atual draw. The reason the draw is lower ius, the power the led's to 60-70% percent of max. This is where they produce the most lumens FOR THE AMOUNT OF POWER DRAWN.. This is also where the best compromise between output and longevity of the LEDs. An LED run at full potential only produces about 10% more lumens yet greatly reduces the life if the LED.

Mine draw an actual 185 watts each. I'm grown in the same space as I did with a 600 watt MH light, getting the same results, and using about 35% less power!. So I could add a third light and still be using less power than the MH did and cover a much larger area to boot.

I'll never go back to MH/HPS. And I think growing an equal amount of bud with LED vs MH is a matter of learning how to get the most out of your LEDs. I've got some ideas on that and will post about them after I test some ideas.

 

[CinaedMacAilpin]

CMA dude the Ms006 have two switches on them. Which allows you to adjust the power output of the lights. Bascially if you have both switches on all of the 6 lights are on. If you switch one switch off them 4 lights are on and 2 are off. If you switch the other switch off and switch the other switch back on, 2 lights are on and 4 are off. If you switch both switches off all 6 lights are off.

EDIT: Hence essentially you can have 2 x ms006 and run them light 2 x ms004 if you just leave two of the lamps off and four on. But seriously.. can you ever have too much light?
Yes I know the answer is yes you can have too much, but it's good to have the option to crank it up!

Didn't know that HH, thanks. That certainly simplifies things for me. I'm guessing that'll help tailor things better for veg / flowering stages, nice. I have only ever grown under the sun on my balcony before, but now I'm back in UK that's not an option, so this'll be my first technologically assisted attempt.

 

[CinaedMacAilpin]

90% of LED grow lights are rated at the LEDs max potential, not on the atual draw. The reason the draw is lower ius, the power the led's to 60-70% percent of max. This is where they produce the most lumens FOR THE AMOUNT OF POWER DRAWN.. This is also where the best compromise between output and longevity of the LEDs. An LED run at full potential only produces about 10% more lumens yet greatly reduces the life if the LED.

Mine draw an actual 185 watts each. I'm grown in the same space as I did with a 600 watt MH light, getting the same results, and using about 35% less power!. So I could add a third light and still be using less power than the MH did and cover a much larger area to boot.

I'll never go back to MH/HPS. And I think growing an equal amount of bud with LED vs MH is a matter of learning how to get the most out of your LEDs. I've got some ideas on that and will post about them after I test some ideas.

390w for $205 makes a hell of a lot of sense. Nice bargain. I'll have to check out your grows.

 

[F.N.]

ledlightschina on ebay bro I got a 300 watt one pushing a true 155 watt for 90 US plus 18 US delivery. I picked up a 1200 watt a true 660 COB light for 400US both are solid and very bright nine band spectrum. Ebay has some wicked deals another vendor has what looks like bysen 4 going for 100 to 155 US in auction you can daisy chain them and they have two stwitches for running less light.

 

[pop22]

ledlightschina on ebay bro I got a 300 watt one pushing a true 155 watt for 90 US plus 18 US delivery. I picked up a 1200 watt a true 660 COB light for 400US both are solid and very bright nine band spectrum. Ebay has some wicked deals another vendor has what looks like bysen 4 going for 100 to 155 US in auction you can daisy chain them and they have two stwitches for running less light.

Yep, got my lights off ebay, a lot of my other equipment too.

 

[NuteBurn]

If they don't upgrade the ms004 I'll maybe have to figure out how to have two new version ms006 units in that space without giving the girls sunburn.

Check: http://www.cidly.com/Parameter.html

 

[CinaedMacAilpin]

Check: http://www.cidly.com/Parameter.html

I've been catching up on my reading for these too. Have you had a good experience with them? Looks good.

Part of me thinks copying TaNg detail for detail is my best shout of getting a good yield, those GN's seem a safe route.

I've read a few comments saying some lights are lacking in the 660nm range in particular, do the Apollo's deliver on that front?

 

[pop22]

Check: http://www.cidly.com/Parameter.html

I've heard good things about Cidly also.

 

[F.N.]

I've been catching up on my reading for these too. Have you had a good experience with them? Looks good.

Part of me thinks copying TaNg detail for detail is my best shout of getting a good yield, those GN's seem a safe route.

I've read a few comments saying some lights are lacking in the 660nm range in particular, do the Apollo's deliver on that front?

Well I will be finding out I have three apollo 6 lights 2014 edition for what that is worth. I got them at a really good price on EBAY from a untied sates vendor one 1200 watt cob and a 300 watt generic light so I will have some to test with I will by some new GNS when they are available why because I can LOL