How much LED light can a plant handle?

Lite

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15101877143301877674667.jpg 15101879242401253090926.jpg 1510188016415107577178.jpg 1510188087084404172181.jpg 1148watts. running out of rooms. The plant seems to love the 1018 watt so shes now up to 1148watts.

well, I don't need to run my furnace this winter.
 
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Lite

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more power to my electric bill. the power company called today announcing my equal payment plan is increasing. xD
 

MichiganMedGrower

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its only a 15 amp breaker, with my fans and the exhaust fan i have 1 amp left, so i need to piece together another 90 watts.

I just clicked in and this is all I have read so far but you should only use 80% of the capacity of the circuit. So 12 amps for a 15 amp breaker.

It is suggested to lessen the load on the breaker for safety. I am surprised it has not tripped if there is 14 amps running at once.

They can fail.
 

MichiganMedGrower

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Wow! Nice work. Beautiful plant.

Looks like a light company ad with all the different lamps in there. A successful company apparently. Lol.

:-)
 

Lite

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its a 440cfm, 90watt exhaust fan, both of my radial fans are pulling 35watts, so between the lights and the fans im at about 11 amps, if i go over 12 amps then the risk of popping a breaker when my timer kicks all them on at the same time is getting pretty damn high.
 

Sour Wreck

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without increasing the gauge of my wire? you sure about that? :roll:

with that said, i do have some smaller, 30-50watt lights I plan to add.
i don't know your environment so i trust you. i'm just in this thread because i was the first to tell you i didn't think you could harm your plants. b4 running out of sq footage for lights !!!

looking like i was right, and i love your grow !!!
 

Lite

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i don't know your environment so i trust you. i'm just in this thread because i was the first to tell you i didn't think you could harm your plants. b4 running out of sq footage for lights !!!

looking like i was right, and i love your grow !!!
challenge accepted, you are gnna see me pull out every crappy ass LED i ever bought on this.
 

Sour Wreck

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challenge accepted, you are gnna see me pull out every crappy ass LED i ever bought on this.

i didn't say you would not succeed, i just said you couldn't burn your plants with led wattage.

i love leds, i'm about to convert my hps to strips and/or cobs. been veggin under leds for years...
 

Lite

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people knock those 180$ lighttimetunnels... thats what those 2x2 chip panels are. just sayin... u could always swap out chips and drivesr if u care enough.
 

Sour Wreck

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i don't disagree, all of your lights grow, they are just not the most efficient.


but your yield will be nice with this much wattage
 
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