Underpowered, inferior and surprisingly low cost
LED lamps permeate the market. Their poor performance negatively (and unfairly) affects the overall general perception of genuinely reliable high-powered, high-performing units from market leaders. This is one reason many growers remain skeptical about the technology, never mind the fact that the industry bought into
LED technology before it was mature enough to deliver next to
HID lamp technology.
Indoor and greenhouse growers who are contemplating the proper lighting equipment for their grow facilities inevitably arrive at the dilemma of
HID vs.
LED, so the Heliospectra team will the next three weeks go Myth-buster for you with our list of
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LED MYTHS … easily disproven … involving key performance and benefits areas that, though often misunderstood, still help growers determine their final grow light choices.
LED Myths about Yield, Cost, Power Consumption, Heat, Life-Span, Warranties
Let’s start with one subject all growers focus on - Yield
Myth #1 - Yield: LED technology is not capable of delivering the same yield as other HID and HPS technology.
Busted:
This is the number one Myth, because it is generally true, but, like Heliospectra lamps and other higher quality
LED technology has proven, yield is achievable. The primary reason yield has suffered (and continues to with most lamps) is simple - lamps are generally incapable of pushing photons deep into the canopy in a uniform manner. Without optics, high quality parts, superior engineering and a highly engineered heat dissipation solution, a lamp will not deliver a comparable (much less better) yield. Look for lamps that deliver light - on par (pun intended) with -
HID. Light intensity is measurable - combined with the right spectrum, lamps like the
Heliospectra LX60 models are capable of delivering industry standard yields.
Our experience from working with our customers is that yield is achievable for both vegetable and flower crops. Using our targeted spectrum we have customers who have
decreased flowering by up to 14 days thereby achieving faster time to market and better than average yields. Among our greenhouse growers we have seen not only a standard yield but also a higher quality in the crops grown compared to
HPS lighting.
Next up we will adress the misconceptions surrounding -
Cost and ROI.