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Got some new LEDs from a friend. Not sure what the specs are but they are super bright and I have them 2” from my seedlings. Does anyone else have lights like these that know how efficient they are for the plants?

Any comments/opinions would be greatly appreciated!

I just wanted to take my seedlings out of a 10 gallon terrarium so they could get better airflow. I do have some ziplocks to keep in some moisture for now until they get bigger and I can acclimate them to less humidity.

What type of leds ?

roarke wrote:What type of leds ?

Not sure the brand name. My friend got them from amazon.
I do know that they are full spectrum and 45watt each, but of course less watt output and that’s with all leds.

Looks like plenty of light to me. LED's are more directional than CFL or HID lights, so you don't have to have them quite so close. Mine are about a foot up.

I have a couple of panels similar to yours.
I keep them 4 - 6 inches above the plants and they seem happy.

Good growing,
Mike

Thanks for the suggestions! I will be moving the lights 3” higher. The seedlings are doing very well and got their first feeding today

Honestly you could Probly just run one of those lights since you only have 3 plants under them that way you can save a minor amount of electricity, but also increasing the longevity of the other panel you won't be using. There should be a stamp or some kind of tag listing the model/serial # and etc. info. I'm guessing they are both 300 watt equivalent panels which is a good amount of light. You could easily have 10 times the amount of plants under those panels.

Doublebass1985 wrote:Honestly you could Probly just run one of those lights since you only have 3 plants under them that way you can save a minor amount of electricity, but also increasing the longevity of the other panel you won't be using. There should be a stamp or some kind of tag listing the model/serial # and etc. info. I'm guessing they are both 300 watt equivalent panels which is a good amount of light. You could easily have 10 times the amount of plants under those panels.

Actually I have more plants but are not pictured here. As far as the set up I’ve already changed it out completely. thanks for the input tho

Btw. These lights are no good, they get extremely hot (I could barely leave my hand on it for 4 seconds) so anyone looking to purchase lights. Don’t buy these. LEDs should not produce heat like these

I was looking though many led panels on Amazon and it seems any of the ones without a fan are passively cooled. Big aluminum plate on the back that acts as heat sink and get really hot. I was planning to have more open space above the ones I was going to get to try and help that. It seems they are designed with being hung in a huge open space so they don't care about dissipating the heat better.

Nightbreed wrote:I was looking though many led panels on Amazon and it seems any of the ones without a fan are passively cooled. Big aluminum plate on the back that acts as heat sink and get really hot. I was planning to have more open space above the ones I was going to get to try and help that. It seems they are designed with being hung in a huge open space so they don't care about dissipating the heat better.

I agree, my friend used these panels for cannibis so they were hung in a large open room. They hang them up also because cannibis plants grow extremely fast and tall depending on light and the strain of clone

Ya led technology is getting better every day and some units are designed better to dissipate heat. That's one of the downfalls of led's is that they can get very hot thus reducing the life of the light. However I still believe led lighting will take over in the next few years and you might not see incandescent or fluorescent bulbs anymore. I use Led's for my flytraps and it works great.

Doublebass1985 wrote:Ya led technology is getting better every day and some units are designed better to dissipate heat. That's one of the downfalls of led's is that they can get very hot thus reducing the life of the light. However I still believe led lighting will take over in the next few years and you might not see incandescent or fluorescent bulbs anymore. I use Led's for my flytraps and it works great.

I agree. I now have a 2’ t8 led fixture that produces no heat and my plants love it