Mars 2 900w or mars reflector 192

Why spend more on leds when a 1000w hps/mh hood bulb ballast is under 200$ and displaces a $1200 led

 

Seems like a waste of money for the return tho. You kinda right about heat but two leds are gonna create heat too. Humidity is not generated by the light unless water is present. Which is helpful when the humiditys under 50% just add water and it comes back up. But your also with the wrong opinion(hard core light setup) its just a big lightbulb. Proven better than leds and they even have dual spectrum bulbs so no need to even change the bulb. I think imho youll do better starting with hps/mh over led and learning how far to keep it to get results. Light is the most important factor in the grow.

 

But if your hearts set on leds cause you got a led tv and your like yea its gotta be better. https://www.mars-hydro.com/marspro-ii-cree256-led-grow-light-with-switches-usa.html

 

Well im in a 48x48x80 tent running 1000w on superlumes so about 1100 watts i have a giant cool tube reflector i just bought today so i get an even light over the whole canopy im pulling through a carbon filter so my temps are a little higher cause it restricts airflow and because i cant vent up through the ceiling my inline fan pushes down through a whole in the floor i have two passive air fans one on the floor and one hanging from the top. Im in a closet so the ac comes in through a grillin the door so heat kinda traps at the ceiling of the closet not the tent at my tempature probe at the top highs are about 88 on a hot summer day with anywhere from a 6-8° difference at the bottom. I live in a humid environment so when my humidity hits about 35% i know i need to water the plants cause when i do i get back up to 51% and thats mesured at the floor. Im running all sativa strains so higher temps arent so bad and i use co2 bags but most will tell you thier effect is debatable. I just pulled one plant out and sent it to be clones due to its size and pattern i wanna keep its genetic traits. If i could vent up im sure my temps would be lower and if my closet had an ac return in the floor would be no problem. I know in the winter ill have no problems it will prob stay 78°. If your gonna go hps/mh 600watt minimum for a 48x48 and the reflector i use is 27x26x7 inch and spreads enough light to distribute evenly im really glad i bought this hood. Powerwise my bill is about 40$ more a month in which i only have a 200$ power bill and keep my house at 71. Heres a look see. Sry for the orange my replacement bulb was broken... Fuk u amazon.

 

Might i stress 4 plant maximum if your running full photoperiod plants the 5th one had to go to clone because im running out of space.

 

Also less light means less heat and mh is cooler and is for veg and that hps is hotter and orange instead of a blue white light

 

Im sure if i didnt run a cool tube and it was just an open reflector i might have issues but cool tube helps so much

 

Yea im not about to run an ac in my ac filled house ill break down and crawl under the house with the spiders and run a vent to my closet before i pay for that.

 

I ran a dedicated breaker to my setup with a floor outlet and ducted under the house with a spring loaded pressure vent it was terrible tyvek suit and everything still scared they were gonna get me.

 

H.o ill show u my setup

 

Its really the best thing to grow with as an initial investment unless your trying to grow 100 plants even then id just ofset the cost of power with solar panels before id pay 1000s of dollars for leds