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Originally Posted by Tiny Tim
FourOaks, in my tent the temps will raise above 90 degrees very fast. I can maintain 80-83 degrees with the exhaust going. Once your over a given distance for a given wattage light there is little benefit to your plants other than some heat. My 250 watt light at 1 foot produces around 27,500 lumen. At 3 feet it only produces around 3,300.
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Gotcha. I have been looking at HID as an option. If I go that route, I am considering 2, 1000 watt units. According to:
http://www.littlegreenhouse.com/guide3.shtml
I should be able to get an effective area between 8x8 and 12x12, each. I realize this is highly subjective.
Greatgardens, I didnt mean to hijack your thread. Sorry about that.