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    Inside a shipping container vertical hydroponic gardening BC style

    Hydroponic LED vertical gardening Interesting concept in a shipping container with what looks like led strip lights enjoy or not.
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    King Cob Led grow light

    Check out this new light. give you any ideas yet? http://growace.com/king-cob-480-watt-professional-series-high-coverage-cob-led-grow-light.html Not the greatest specs but a nice build style to consider for modular design. Specification: Power input: 85V-265V AC LED Quantity: 72x...
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    Amps, Volts, and Watts understanding your power bill

    Amps, Volts and Watts: What it means for energy efficiency 3 Published on September 24th, 2014 by Peter Young If you’ve ever purchased any sort of electronic device for your home, odds are you’ve come across the terms amperage (amps), voltage (volts) and wattage (watts). But what exactly...
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    Quantum Theory Demonstrated: Observation Affects Reality

    REHOVOT, Israel, February 26, 1998--One of the most bizarre premises of quantum theory, which has long fascinated philosophers and physicists alike, states that by the very act of watching, the observer affects the observed reality. In a study reported in the February 26 issue of Nature (Vol...
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    DIY 4x12 3500K/5000k lm561c two channel board

    I have been discussing with a manufacturer in China about a two channel 384 lm561c led panel 4" x 12". Each channel is 50w for 100w board capacity. Various meanwell constant current drivers work. Very flexible in opetation. The manufacturer wants $800 for 13 boards, but I do not need that many...
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    Horticultural LED system brings vertical farming to biomass crops

    Horticultural LED system brings vertical farming to biomass crops (VIDEO) Published on:June 14, 2017 By Maury Wright Editor in Chief, LEDs Magazine Smart Grow Systems launches SSL family for vertical-farming applications ranging from cannabis to hops to orchids that have typically...
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    White Light LED and addition of Red and Blue light on plant response

    Lot of discussion of white light leds cob's, versus adding additional red's and blues.
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    Horticulture Lighting Metrics

    If you have been researching LED horticulture lighting systems for your plant growth facility, you have likely been bombarded with a variety of metrics that lighting manufacturers use to market their products. Some terms and acronyms you are likely to see include: watts, lumens, LUX, foot...
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    HOW TO COMPARE GROW LIGHTS

    As a refresher, PAR (Photosynthetically Active Radiation) is a region of the electromagnetic spectrum (400 to 700 nm) that promotes photosynthesis. PPF (Photosynthetic Photon Flux) is a critical metric that tells us how much PAR a light-source emits. PPF does not measure PAR at a specific...
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    Indoor Grow Guide for Growing Lights

    Keys to Successful plant growth 1. Intensity The higher intensity of light, the better your plants will grow. By increasing wattages you are increasing the intensity or quantity of light available for your plants. As light levels increase, be sure to monitor other environmental elements...
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    Cree and San’an, Osram Opto, Vishay

    Published on:April 26, 2017 By Maury Wright Editor in Chief, LEDs Magazine Cree and San’an Optoelectronics will form a joint venture to produce mid-power LEDs for general illumination applications, while Osram begins shipping advanced auto-targeted LEDs and Vishay has new amber...
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    Understand energy efficiency of LED horticultural lighting systems (MAGAZINE)

    Published on:April 19, 2017 By Josh Gerovac Fluence Bioengineering The true efficacy of LED fixtures for horticultural lighting depends on many factors, explains JOSH GEROVAC, and lighting manufacturers and growers need to take a broad view to ensure optimal yields and energy...
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    Grow room automation

    I have started to experiment with automation systems. I have decided on openHAB as it is readily available for open source use. openhab runs on an Raspberry Pi 3 format with wifi, bluetooth, and ethernet access. I have an example sitemap with items and rules I have developed into a basic...
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    Billies Hydroponics Controller

    I have been research on the internet for automation DIY. I found this one beauty. it is called Billies Hydroponics Controller. It is an arduino based program in DIY format. The code is dated by four years so a few updates for the code are required, depending on your needs. here is the youtube...
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    Hydroponics controller automation arduino based

    I have been research on the internet for automation DIY. I found this one beauty. it is called Billies Hydroponics Controller. It is an arduino based program in DIY format. The code is dated by four years so a few updates for the code are required, depending on your needs. here is the...
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    UV lighting video

    Here is a video about UV light. nice and only 5 minutes long. enjoy UV-A, UV-B and UV-C. UV-C close to x-rays not a good choice. UV-A broader but not as beneficial. UV-B narrow band width of light lots of power and helps improve terps and flavor. enjoy the video. go find some UV-B lights...
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    On/Off functin for meanwell HLG style drivers using dimming and arduino

    I have been following the 3 in 1 dimming thread. there was discussion about using the dimming function from an arduino device Arduino uno, Coralux Storm or Storm X or Typhon Controllers. All of these devices use a 5v pwm dimming signal to indicate whether the device is set at 0% or 100% OFF or...
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    DIY CXB3590/CXA3590 @ 350mA

    I have been watching some vegetables I am growing and have seen some growth using CXA3590 72v,3500K using a pair of Chinese drivers rated for 350mA Constant Current. I have been using two of these and will upgrade to three of these for my garden. I decided to modify my existing CXA3590 36v...
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    Energy Healing

    @New Age United asked me to start another thread about energy healing. I started a thread before, hoping to start some dialog about healing and energy, but I was unsuccessful. So I am going to try again for the sake of others. I have held a long belief that what you see is what you get. I...
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    New style grow light mixed frequency

    Considering a new design for a new grow light. Four 3590 COB, 2- 3500K, 2-5000K and 18 730nm LED diodes producing 200w at about 700mA, passive heat sinks, remote driver mount, 56% - 64% efficiency. What do you think?
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