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I have 2 tents and a couple led lights and was wondering the ballpark wattage. Im working with close to 200w total. 1 tent being 9sqft the other being 4.5sqft.
200w in a 9sq-ft area is only 22w/sq-ft. Kinda on the low side. 200w in a 4.5sq-ft area is 45w/sq-ft, which is more appropriate. 35-50w/sq-ft is about average.
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Bamboo Bongs I make | Perfect Dry and Cure | Grapegod under LED “Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune intoned in the distance by an invisible player.” ~ Albert Einstein
Keep in mind the wattage draw is the number to go off of.
I have: Kessil H380 (switchable veg/bloom) Current marine led light (2 way dimmable 6500k/actinic, blue heavy) Finnex (finnex full spectrum aquarium light) And a screw in led reef bulb (from my old nano saltwater tank)
I'm not real familiar with many store bought brands, but I've been using leds over a reef tank for years. I have a reef breeders photon 48 fixture (220 watts) with 102 3 watt diodes an after I changed most out for plant friendly colors with 90° optics it will only put out 23k lux at 12 inches. Good for vegging but not for flower imo.
I have 2 citizen clu048 1818 chips running off a meanwell hlg-120h-48a drawing 150 watts from the wall, according to the citizen calculator I'm getting 154 lumens a watt 2.17 umol/j . I'm getting 25k lux 24 inches below the fixture and a bigger foot print than the other fixture. Watts is one way to look at it but lm/w is very important too. I'm no expert on the subject and I'm in the middle of my first grow in a decade, so far from experienced. But there are folks out there pulling off grows with way less too. Good luck an enjoy the hobby.
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