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200W LED Lights, 226 LED units, 80 lum/w declared.

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by Neovit, Dec 20, 2020.

  1. #1 Neovit, Dec 20, 2020
    Hi, I have a difficulty in finding proper lights here, in a remote country of the world under lockdown. But I've found those, they look pretty good and bright for the price.

    I'm building a DIY 5*5 Grow Box. What do you think is the actual wattage? There are 6 lines of 36 6500k LED, so 226 in total. Do I need 3,4 or 5 of these? They also declare 80 lum/wm

    They are heating pretty well, so I'll go with a good ventilation system.

    Thoughts?

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  2. #2 DrGreenberg, Dec 20, 2020
    You need more light. 30 watts per square foot is more like it

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  3. #3 Popcorn, Dec 20, 2020
    You are going to have to find out the accrual draw of that driver and board setup and then people can help. Do you have a link to where you bought them?
     
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  4. #4 Neovit, Dec 20, 2020
    )) funny question. Just bought them in china town, it's the only place were to find something similar. I can take a look on the resistors it has

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  5. #5 GroBuddy, Dec 20, 2020
    yea look in the owners manual or on the box for a power draw i doubt that is actually 200 watts coming from china town its hard finding actual wattage on amazon i like these 3 places to buy lights alibaba may be along the price range your looking for.

    horticulturelightinggroup.com
    www.blackdogled.com
    www.alibaba.com/catalog/grow-lights_cid100009184?spm=a2700.wholesale.debelsubf.5.3f1b7a3a8hiCBX

    you want a minimum of 30 watts a sqft maximum of 70 watts a sqft multiply your grow space and divide that by the actual wattage of your light or ( power draw ) to get your watts per sqft. 3x3=9 400 ( actual watts ) divided by 9 = 44.4 watts per sqft
     
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  6. #6 Sc00byD00bie, Dec 20, 2020
    You could test it with a multimeter.
     
  7. #7 Neovit, Dec 20, 2020
    Yeah, going to buy the multimeter tomorrow at this point. And no, I can't order online, I repeat, I'm under a border lock.

    I'm having those LEDs now switched on to work on the pots, and it's bright as hell, my camera is getting mad near them and the heat is pretty high! Maybe they have a nice output, they are sold almost a parts and you have to bring them life putting all the parts together. Industrial stuff. IMG_20201220_215955.jpg

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  8. #8 Neovit, Dec 22, 2020

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