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I work for a company that uses lots of LED's.... we get 20+ lumens out of 5mm LED's without a problem, tune the colour for chlorophyll and surely the efficiency should make everything else look silly?chrisc
Is this sufficient or what can I do to improve it, maybe swap two of the blue spectrum lights for red spectrum? Robbo.
Sunlight is such a shedload of lumens! Even in Winter...
Personally I would go for a 125w or 250w CFL for getting an early start on certain plants. Blue bulb for growth. Admittidly these are aimed at "cough" certain growers but they run cool and seem to have a decent spectrum..http://www.greenshorticulture.co.uk/CFL-Lights-95/CFL-Grow-Lights-122/Budget-125W-CFL-Systems-560.aspI wouldn't bother with LEDs at the moment - too expensive per lumen - give it a few years
Can you get 20W cool whites for £1 each?? Excellent price if you can.