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Can LED's do a pound or better per harvest?
So can LED's give a pound or better at every harvest?
if so, how many watts are needed? thanks 
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09-16-2011, 12:03 AM
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Probably could if you had about a million of them.
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09-16-2011, 12:37 AM
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I don't believe that current LED technology breaks the 1gpw guide. People can do worse than 1gpw, and they can do better. 1gpw is the bar.
Also, we mean REAL watts of the lights. Real and in how much power they draw, less the fans. Not the rated watts. MH/HPS FTW
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09-16-2011, 12:39 AM
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i got almost 6 oz from a 205w unit and that was under bad conditions...
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so far
2 no's 2 600's and 1 400 
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09-16-2011, 03:32 PM
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so we have a trend for sure...
seems the consensus thus far is 600 watts of LED's can produce 1 lb+ each harvest. keep the votes coming in, i'm curious as to the thoughts of the ICMAG community. 
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09-16-2011, 03:40 PM
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Just curious, what's the cost of 600w of LEDs?
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09-16-2011, 03:49 PM
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i'd say 600 watts of LED's that are worth anything are $1300 to $3000.
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09-16-2011, 07:12 PM
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LED's give you much, much less heat (as compared to hps), much longer life, more energy efficient due to no wasted light spectrum, short tight nodes and according to some, frostier buds...
you have no worries about FLIR, you have no hps heat to dissipate, no bulbs to replace every 1-2 yrs and you have lower temps in your grow room. i know start-up costs are prohibitive for a lot and that is really the biggest argument against LEDs. With life expectancy at 10 yrs+, to me the cost of LEDs is worth it. When you consider the price of extra cooling for the grow room and hps light, energy used for additional fans because of the hps, bulb replacement costs, being visible to FLIR (only if running enough watts) and plenty of wasted light spectrum, those costs may in fact add up to or exceed the costs of the LEDs. i guess that really depends on each individual setup and grow room. anyway, enough rambling from me... keep the votes coming in. 
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