Geoff James Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Hi Fellow Aussies. First time poster here and was wondering if anyone here has tried or have any advice on panels purchased direct from China? Has there been any posts referring to these lights and the quality of end product? I have some input with respect to these panels but would like some input before I getting into my rant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoat Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 welcome Geoff.. Plenty of posts about them... have a search of the site and you will find them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PsychoHashy Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Hi Geoff, as Billygoat said I would also encourage you to do some research. I will give you a bit of a heads up though. It would appear that the cheap Chinese junk is not worth the cost of the packaging it comes in. There are a couple of successful looking LED grows going on here at the moment, and I've seen others elsewhere, the common thread seems to be quality panels. So look around, and ask about what brands etc people are using successfully. It also sounds like the panels worth having are way more expensive than the ones you are asking about, or the crap on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza2001au Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 i bought one years ago was advertised at something like 160w it only drew 90w from memory and was shit but that hasnt stopped me buying another one whats your rant? im willing to read it, few LED grows on youtube but they dont show the start thru to end with updates but a season grower can actually pick out what has most likely been grown under LED's thru flowering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza2001au Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 ive been on a mission to find a LED grow check out this guys grow https://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners.com/topic/52659-btls-stealth-led-grow/6-7cm wide buds from a 130w LED thats really 90w LED holly fuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz_Cleric2 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 (edited) It seems there has been a huge advancement in the technology of LED lighting in the past 12 months. From what I have read it seems some of these panels from China are actually not as bad as they have been in the past. There has been a few very nice LED grow diaries of YouTube using these panels and seeing them motivated me to give them a go. I purchased 2 different 300 watt panels direct from China at a very minimal cost in compariso to the "branded" panels. They are 9 & 10 band full spectrum with IR. The first one I purchased stated 300 watt but upon testing was found to draw only 136 and seeing this would not be sufficient for my needs I added a second 300 to the room. This one was far superior to the previous, better construction, better cooling with heat sinks and 3 fans and pulling 174 from the wall. So these 2 panels combined would/should be adequate to fill my space. Almost 10 weeks later all is going great, just gone to 12/12 and from 8 unknown origin beans I end up with 8 ladies! Sadly this is too many for my space so last night I cut one out for now (will be 1 or 2 more to go) and I prepped it as I have with my clones threw it in some rockwool with the hope of a healthy mother plant. I had to SCRoG the room and now need these lights to prove they can produce some nice fat healthy flowers for us. Pics about 2 weeks ago Edited October 24, 2014 by Oz_Cleric2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixty-Eight Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 It seems there has been a huge advancement in the technology of LED lighting in the past 12 months. From what I have read it seems some of these panels from China are actually not as bad as they have been in the past.There has been a few very nice LED grow diaries of YouTube using these panels and seeing them motivated me to give them a go.I purchased 2 different 300 watt panels direct from China at a very minimal cost in compariso to the "branded" panels. They are 9 & 10 band full spectrum with IR. The first one I purchased stated 300 watt but upon testing was found to draw only 136 and seeing this would not be sufficient for my needs I added a second 300 to the room. This one was far superior to the previous, better construction, better cooling with heat sinks and 3 fans and pulling 174 from the wall. So these 2 panels combined would/should be adequate to fill my space.Almost 10 weeks later all is going great, just gone to 12/12 and from 8 unknown origin beans I end up with 8 ladies! Sadly this is too many for my space so last night I cut one out for now (will be 1 or 2 more to go) and I prepped it as I have with my clones threw it in some rockwool with the hope of a healthy mother plant. I had to SCRoG the room and now need these lights to prove they can produce some nice fat healthy flowers for us. Pics about 2 weeks ago ImageUploadedByTapatalk1414108554.580519.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1414108572.099168.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1414108610.626712.jpg cant see your pics mate upload them to OSA not a 3rd party site 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegz Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Plenty of quality LEDs out there, but those $40 Growlush jobs on eBay are trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stoned Jester Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 yeah man do a search there are plenty of thread's already out there about led's - general consensus is they are pretty shit ... i have not seen one complete grow on these forums yet in 4 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz_Cleric2 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Try again ....http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/26/c667c11af51b5daf1e28f4ca2bbf7fa5.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/26/ff666fc90e0b18aa7a2891826a920d7b.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/26/c3d9ef04d3267096837d3bae98e6d7a0.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/26/20c9e3a4f0a03b452ea257648418c240.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/26/64e0878ea265b2e76c2fd4e82e28a405.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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