To make your own grow lights you re only going to need a h.
Build your own high power led grow light.
For 300 400 you can make a highend light that will smoke any chinese light by miles.
I started this journey after after testing several of the low cost grow lights being imported from china.
Not only that they last for a long time as well.
High power led grow lights m k2.
Having played around with growing plants under led lights before i thought i d have a go at building a larger system using high power led s.
Every one i tested was over hyped low powered junk.
This guideline is by no means perfect but will help to get you started.
High power component leds component light emitting diodes led bulbs of various sizes shapes colors and brightness from many brands including cree luxeon nichia more.
Build your own diy led grow light panels at a cheap cost to start seed and grow your plants indoors without sunlight.
A light like this will cover a space of about 2 5 x2 5 for flowering plants and will cover up to 3 x3 for vegetative growth or leafy greens.
As a general guideline you should try to get a minimum of 50 watts per square foot with a led grow light.
I paid 200 for two weak 300w led grow lights the cheapest china lights for 100 piece.
Learn how to make your own grow lights.
See instructions on how to build a high power led grow light.
This setup works out to be about 50 watts per cob 200w total.
Led grow lights consume less energy and produce lower heat.
On today s post i want to talk a little bit about how you can build your own high power led lamp and how this way you can get a cheap low energy highly efficient device to make your plants grow.
By the time i got tired of fooling with the chinese junk 3 watt leds had come out and i re.
How to choose a led light for your specific setup using watts.
Makes 200 for some crappy weak lights.
50 watts per square foot means that.
A 400w led grow light will cover a 2 5 x 2 5 ft space.
Now compare for just 150 more you can make a light with 4 cree cobs.
Let s use a common build for this tutorial.
4x 36 volt cobs on a mean well hlg 185h c1400.
This is a fairly easy project with few tool requirements.