Recent content by A Good Keen Man

I, also, am really interested in this topic. Please correct me if I am wrong, but, we do not seem to have had any feed-back from anyone that has grown that has used this means of lighting. If it can be utelised I do think that it will be the way to go. Even if techo does have to catch up . . ...

Hi there, this note is just to say that I'm very interesed in hearing how you (or anyone else for that matter) get on with the LED setup. Is the 80 Watts the actual electrical drain or an eqiv to, say CFL light output. Personally, I think that LED will be the way to go if all works out. Best of...

Hi there Crysis, good to see that someone is up and running with the ball. The price of the item on ebay seems to be a little steep for my likeing. And anyway, I'm sorta retired, the law bought a sudden and abrupt halt to my investigations and freebooting ways. (NZ policemen are super straight...

Hi there ya all. Has anyone considered LED lighting? They're starting to be used for street lighting amongst other applications. The cover of High Times Dec-Jan 08 shows a suacer type arrangement that draws 90 watts equiv to 400 watt HPS setup. Must be worth some study!! We've just got to win...

Just a gentle thought here. Has anyone had a good play with LED lighting? From what I read in High Times they're saying that their 90 watt "saucer" gives an equiv of a 400 watt HPS setup. From what I could see there appeared to be a mixture of red and blue LEDs in the device that with a bit of...

Hiya there ManInTheShed, RE lights, your fluro setup will be OKish for the early stage of your growing exercise. I use fluros only for the clone raising part of the process, (abt 12 per cycle) this amounts to abt 2 weeks until roots show through the side of the pot. (pots are abt 2" sqr filled...

Sorry, didn’t really mean for the subject to become pedantic, only to point out that there is greater amount of current used than that stated on a burner envelope. However, for the record. I have a small (this one is abt 6” long ) ‘clamp amp meter’ that I use on occasion. (any clamp ammeter...

Hi there ya all. Just a quickie thought, appears that your calcs takes into consideration the burner (bulb or tube) only, there are losses with the control gear as well, abt 5%. (that is the heat you feel coming off the box) I'm talking about a HPS setup, though same is true of fluros too...