Does everyone here use CFLs? LEDs appear to be far superior even to a cfl?
More expensive yes but up in New England elec is 12.5 cents a kw.
More expensive yes but up in New England elec is 12.5 cents a kw.
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CFL VS LED bulbs
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AlabamaJack
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I use CFLs in my grow box during the winter/early spring and standard fluros for my germinator and grow area for starting plants...
Everyone seems to have their own favorite way of lighting but there are always positives and negatives to each
AlabamaJack
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there are only 1,356 light threads Potawie...lighten up man 
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what type of CFL alabama?
AlabamaJack
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grow box lighting...grow box is 4' X 4' by 6' tall inside...
12 - 42 watt (150 eq CFLs @ 2700K color temperature) and 6 - 27 watt CFLs (100 eq @ 6500K color temperature) and 8 - 40 watt standard fluoros (@ 6500K color temperature)...
12 - 42 watt (150 eq CFLs @ 2700K color temperature) and 6 - 27 watt CFLs (100 eq @ 6500K color temperature) and 8 - 40 watt standard fluoros (@ 6500K color temperature)...
The mere fact of using LEDs will not get you better results. the right LEDs in the right configuration have the potential to do better than a proper CFL (a lot better). there's so much to consider... Pr - Pfr ratio, photosynthetic activity over time, absorption, the hormonal activity caused by the light and the one caused by everything else and so on...
I read about 10 articles on various forums discussion groups, hydo sites etc on LED lights and ended up just going with a MH/HPS setup. It seems most of the experts arguing say LED lights will work, but you need to get a LOT of them and a use 400-500 watts to really grow a plant to maturity and get it to fruit. Although they cost less to operate the initial cost to purchase are 4-5 times that of MH/HPS and 6-8 times that of CFL for the same lumen output. Plus a lot of guys are complaining about them because some of the individual lights seem to be burning out very quickly. Some one here posted that problem as well. For me I just went with whatever setup was cheapiest OVERALL. Doesn't help to save $100 a year on operating cost if you have to spend $500 more up front. Just my 2 pennies.
