What should we consider when buying LED plant lights?
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When understanding the different plant growth lights, it is important to know what to consider that will help the planting. There are several key points when making purchase recommendations. If you want to find the best LED plant growth light for your crop, please carefully consider the following precautions.
Price and long-term cost
We can’t imagine a product we need and say that it is it. Everyone wants to spend the least money to buy the most effective plant light. Although the price is very important, it largely depends on each user’s own situation and long-term goals. . We see LED, HID and CFL lights in the market, and the price will vary according to the type, and the lighting lights are also accompanied by corresponding operating costs!
Need to consider how much energy each type of LED plant light consumes during operation
Some lamps are much cooler (cold light source + excellent heat dissipation), while others have to dissipate a lot of heat. If you choose this medium style lamp, you may need to cool the equipment.
Wattage-can be simply understood as how much light does the plant actually get?
It must be considered to obtain the optimal amount of light for the growth room. Too much light is not good, and too little light is not conducive to plant growth.
What is the perfect amount of light used up? How much light is suitable for growing crops?
I made a summary like this for your reference:
1. The length of the growth room x width = total growth surface,
2. The content of PPFD required for the total growth surface x,
3. Divide the result of the previous equation by the PPFD per watt,
4. This can provide you with the exact amount of power required by your room area.
What is the PPFD per watt? When buying LED plant growth lights, we can consult the supplier for these data, and then get the PPFD ratio per watt by taking these two values and performing some simple mathematical operations.
Temperature and cooling system
Certain types of plant lights will produce a lot of heat, too much heat is not good for plants, because heat will damage the growth of plants and burn them.
The best grow lights should be good at managing heat output. Generally speaking, LED plant grow lights are the most preferred. Compared with HID, their heat emission will be reduced by about 50%. Most of this heat comes from the circuit board (heat effect of current).
In comparison, HID lamps generate a lot of heat energy. Worse, this energy is released into the air in the form of infrared radiation, and then directly enters the plants.
Therefore, HID lamps produce more heat energy (useless work, waste of electric energy) than LED plant lamps, and require better heat dissipation. The user needs to install a comprehensive airflow cooling system next to it. If the weather in the city is hotter, it is also necessary to install an air conditioner. ——These must be included in the total cost.
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Easy to use and install
The user may be unfamiliar with the method of growing marijuana at home, perhaps the user has never even installed a light before. Therefore, the best thing users need is a plant light that is easy to use and as simple as possible to install.
LED plant lights have advantages in this field, and at the same time they do not require frequent replacement of lamps. Compared with the non-ventilated HID system, its refrigeration requirement is reduced to 40-50%, and when the LED grow light is used in a tent, there will be a lower risk of fire hazard.
Fluorescent lights work the same way as ordinary lighting in our homes, and they are easy to install.
Using the HID system, users will need about 50% more heat dissipation requirements, and may need to replace a single lamp from time to time. Most importantly, if they are not installed and maintained, they may cause a fire in the tent.
If users are used to setting up "things with cables and wires," they may find it easy to install them. If we are not cold to these, then plug-and-play LED plant growth lights are perfect.
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In the past few years, the continuous development of technology has made LED grow lights the best choice for keen cannabis growers.
The LED planting light is in the form of a panel, which is very helpful when a larger coverage area is needed. As we have already talked about, they are very effective, especially when we compare LED grow lights with other light sources. This means that if users choose LED solid-state cold light source plant lights, they can effectively reduce operating costs.
Another key feature of the LED lamp is that it retains a considerable amount of brightness. Usually, lamps and lanterns will attenuate as we use them until we need to replace them. This problem does not exist with LED planting lights, and users do not have to worry at all for at least 2-3 years.
LED grow lights can also provide more power than many other products. Although this can be seen as an advantage, the distance between it and the plants should be controlled.
The packaging design and radiator design of the LED plant light comes with a passive cooling system, which can prevent the light from overheating and increase the temperature of the lamp. This is why the best grow lights are usually equipped with LED lights.
For other lights, users may need to purchase additional items to connect the lights to the lights. This problem does not exist with LED lights, because users only need to plug them in and hang them. This is all the user has to do, so this is a very good choice for growers.
One of the outstanding features of LED plant full-spectrum lights is that they surround the spectrum. LED plant lights can be easily configured with specific spectral wavelengths, and there are some LED plant light products that allow us to switch or adjust the color spectrum by ourselves. This means that we can set more blue light during the growth stage of the plant, and then gradually increase the red light into the flowering state. Therefore, it is possible to use LED plant growth lights to obtain more effective growth and obtain greater benefits from cannabis.
