Best budget led for a veg tent.

[Billygoat]

Power savings are pretty easy to calc comparisons... below for 135W versus 400W:

Watts.	$/kwhr	$/hr	hours/day	hours/week	Total for 5 weeks:
0.135​	$0.285​	$0.04​	18​	126​	$24.24​
0.400​	$0.285​	$0.11​	18​	126​	$71.82​

 

[Deleted member cpr]

Fuk now i want a hlg light dammit.

Yeah, me too. But bloody he'll @Porky it sounds too good to be true.

Give it a crack DNC. I'll watch and copy if it looks right

 

[Gazza]

Power savings are pretty easy to calc comparisons... below for 135W versus 400W:

Watts.	$/kwhr	$/hr	hours/day	hours/week	Total for 5 weeks:
0.135​	$0.285​	$0.04​	18​	126​	$24.24​
0.400​	$0.285​	$0.11​	18​	126​	$71.82​

Power savings are pretty easy to calc comparisons... below for 135W versus 400W:

Watts.	$/kwhr	$/hr	hours/day	hours/week	Total for 5 weeks:
0.135​	$0.285​	$0.04​	18​	126​	$24.24​
0.400​	$0.285​	$0.11​	18​	126​	$71.82​

bloody legend billy!

 

[Gazza]

Lol see when u use an aero system that grows the plants twice as fast, u can use old school expensive as fuck technology because its faster it works out cheaper and the quality is superior lmfao.

 

[Billygoat]

Given the alternative is paying $300 plus for an Oz of potentially crappy PGR buds. The cost of power is almost not relevant.

 

[Porky]

50 over 5 weeks is a case.
Ill have a free case every 5 weeks thanks

 

[Porky]

What about a $60 globe every year.
HLG supposed to be good for 10 years. Ya could buy 2 hlgs and still pay less than the globes.
Pluss a free case every 5 weeks.

 

[Porky]

Fuck me they even grow buds.

 

[Porky]

 

[Billygoat]

That’s on 18 hours light porky. Your particular setup uses more than 135w? Yeah?

 

[Porky]

Yes mine is 780.
Not sure what your point is here.

 

[Defsnotacop]

Fuk now i want a hlg light dammit.

Yeah man, 2 tents is the plan
Haha, yeah. I have to wait 2 weeks or 4 weeks, see how things go. I was planning on running a 2.4x1.2x2 as a flower tent. But I think a 1.2 x1.2 flower tent, and a 1x1 veg tent should be ok. Just need to get plants al on the same page. Haha

 

[Gazza]

Noice, that would be similar to my setup, i found that i still needed to veg in the bigger tent as obviously you have more space to fill, the smaller tent was great to get them going in smaller pots. Then i potted up and veged in the bigger tent for a few more weeks.

 

[Deleted member cpr]

Yeah man, 2 tents is the plan
Haha, yeah. I have to wait 2 weeks or 4 weeks, see how things go. I was planning on running a 2.4x1.2x2 as a flower tent. But I think a 1.2 x1.2 flower tent, and a 1x1 veg tent should be ok. Just need to get plants al on the same page. Haha

Sounds like a nice combo. You could get very productive with those two tents and good timing.

 

[Defsnotacop]

Noice, that would be similar to my setup, i found that i still needed to veg in the bigger tent as obviously you have more space to fill, the smaller tent was great to get them going in smaller pots. Then i potted up and veged in the bigger tent for a few more weeks.

To be honest, It is starting to look more like I may have a tent in the corner to veg, and the rest of the room downstairs to flower in. May help control temps, while I get more lights. But 2 tents is more practical.

 

[Gazza]

Your hps in a cool tube defs?

 

[Billygoat]

Yes mine is 780.
Not sure what your point is here.

so what would be a fair comparison in hps to 780w of LED, 2 x 400w HPS?

if we are taking annual bulb cost in to account we should also consider initial purchase price?

 

[Porky]

so what would be a fair comparison in hps to 780w of LED, 2 x 400w HPS?

if we are taking annual bulb cost in to account we should also consider initial purchase price?

No according to HLG one of my 260watt lights is the same as 500watts of HID.
500x3 HID

 

[Porky]

But if ya do want a comparison the buds in the pics are bring grown under less than 2x400hps.
Bill do you think 2x400hps whould do what's in the pics?

 

[Billygoat]

No according to HLG one of my 260watt lights is the same as 500watts of HID.
500x3 HID

And according to MARS their 12w TS5000 is equivalent to 16 x 1000w HID’s.

surely watt for watt is the only fair comparison?