LED lights

Yes, it's brighter than LED dark. Any specific questions?

I am thinking about getting some led grow lights. this site seems to sell some pretty inexpensive ligts atleast in bulk

You must have money to burn! I would not call bulbs that cost $150 (US) each ($120 in lots of ten) cheap. You can buy a LOT of regular bulbs and pay for the electricity to run them for that.

Try posting with as much detail as you can to sci.eng.lighting. There are several people who keep up on LED technology. I wouldn't be too specific if you are planning to grow "Interesting" plants.

Most of them are used for ambient or atmosphere lighting, not lighting a pathway. If they are hard wired, they may be much brighter than the solar LED units they sell.

If you want to try them, buy them from

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compact fluorescents, but substantially less so than even small HIDs .. so even for (expensive) lettuce, their only selling point (outside of a laboratory) is lumen maintenance / longevity.... but the payback time surely has to be a decade or so ...

I reckon fluorescents are the best solution for domestic salad production.

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LED lights have many benefits, such as special power saving, can be used for a long time, high brightness is not easy to dim. Merchants will also say that it is environmentally friendly and safe, no harmful substances, I think it should be.

LED lights have many benefits, such as special power saving, can be used for a long time, high brightness is not easy to dim. Merchants will also say that it is environmentally friendly and safe, no harmful substances, I think it should be.