luckybleu
Well-Known Member
Umol/joule is this lumens? What should I be looking for when researching this.Many of the old companies with terrible reputation had to change their game up and follow what was happening in the growing market to stay alive.
Though they are producing vastly superior lighting to what they used to, some, like mars, still like to use nonsense to sell their lights and still have poor customer service after the purchase, as well as untrustworthy figures and par maps.
But there are many who don't and many who have come from nowhere .
You'll also see that every old school hps manufacturer/brand also now do LEDs and most are offering them using the original ballasts to power them and are very cheap considering.
Though they typically are less efficient than the best.
You want to be looking at the umol/joule to see the efficiency of the fixture.
The issue is for as many as there are that are trustworthy, there's many more that are not.
In a 4x8 you want minimum 2x 480w lights up to 2x 600w lights.
Granted you could use a light mover on a bigger light, but your dli on either end of the tent would be average and centrally your dli would be far higher.
Because every man and his dog make 600s it probably would be more cost effective to get two of those over a bigger more powerful light.
Just make sure you do your research . There are environmental adjustments need making when switching from HPS to LED, but it hasn't stopped the majority who have swapped over.
But there are some who just couldn't get on with them.
For example the grower with a particularly cold climate might not appreciate having to heat the space with LED, as they don't put out the radiant heat HPS does
Thanks.
