littlemistery
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cfls are better you can put them how and were ever you want makes them more useful
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I think that is mostly true, however in my case, when I started growing last year, I was unaware of LEDs with respect to cannabis growing and I think that if I had known I still would have gone with CFLs due to the price entry point. My only choices were CFLs or HIDs and HIDs were simply not going to work due to heat issues, issues that I'm still having to some degree with CFLs. Now with the prices coming down, LEDs are looking much more attractive. For instance, my 2-125 watt CFL canopy fixtures were $175 for 2 fixtures and 4 CFL bulbs, 2-6400K and 2-2700K. For that price I can get a TopLed 96x3 watt veg/flower LED light. It provides better and more intense light spectrums for cannabis and consumes less power than my CFL setup. I would also like to think that my heat issues would virtually dissappear overnight, something that I'm quite concerned about with the approaching summer heat. My biggest concern with LEDs are the spacing requirements from the top of the canopy, CFLs can be within an inch or two from the top of the canopy, LEDs require anywhere from 12"-36" depending on the power and type of LEDs employed. That loss of a foot or more significantly cuts down on the height of the plants that can grow in my 4'x2'x5' grow box.
Its whatever works best for you... Deeper light pent vs Cheaper light bill
say you use 4-100watt cfl's, a 100 watt cfl only actually uses 23watts of power, totaling 92 watts. 400 watt hps or mh use 400+ watts depending on conditions.(how hot it gets, how long they're on, how old they are.) So, 400watts of cfl's is considerably cheaper to operate. just depends on preference of lights. I use cfl's myself, I have 10-100w cfl's which only use 230watts of power. also look at it this way, 400w hps=400w power, 4-100w cfl= 92w power. hps 400w draws about 3.5 amps, 4-100w cfl draws less than 1 amp. wattage/voltage=amps.
HIDs produce much more lumens per watt that CFLs thats for sure. Congrats on the new setup BTW LuCKY527!