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2. LED Grow Lights are well-known for consuming less
electricity than HPS (high pressure sodium) lights, but the
statistics can be confusing.
Some sources claim that LED lights use 90 per cent less power
than HPS lights,while others quote a more modest, though
substantial savings of 50 per cent. Every indoor garden is
unique and will differ somewhat in the power needed by the
grow lights and the energy used to cool and ventilate the area.
Using LED Grow Lights improves the energy efficiency of
your grow in several ways.
3. LED Grow Lights need less electricity to run than HPS lights and have
a long er bulb life. Over time, HPS bulbs lose efficiency, becoming
dimmer while still consuming the same
amount or even more power. Over the
course of an HPS bulb’s lifetime, the actual
operating cost of the bulb increases sharply,
whereas an LED bulb consumes only a little
more power near the end of its life. After the
initial set-up cost, power is the biggest
expense of indoor gardening, so the
efficiency of your grow bulbs makes a big impact on the overall cost
of your garden.
4. HPS lights put off more heat than LED Grow Lights, which often come
with integrated heat sinks. All that heat exhaust from the
HPS lights requires ventilation, adding to
your indoor garden costs. LED Grow Lights
put out less than half the heat exhaust of
HPS lights, saving you a tidy sum in
ventilation expenses. A room full of HPS
grow bulbs will require quite a bit more
cooling than an indoor garden equipped
with LED bulbs. Both gardens will require some air conditioning, but
you will need to run the air conditioning system about twice as much
for HPS grow lights as when using LED Grow Lights.
5. When you calculate the energy savings of running LED Grow Lights
versus HPS lights, LED bulbs come out the clear winner. Thanks to the
longer lifespan of LED bulbs and the fact
that they do not lose much efficiency as they
age, your savings only increase over time.
Besides LED bulbs’ lower energy
consumption, they also require less air
conditioning and ventilation than HPS lights,
raising the overall energy efficiency of your
indoor garden. Though the specific statistics will vary between indoor
gardens, you can expect LED Grow Lights to be significantly more cost
effective in the long run than HPS grow bulbs.
6. For more information visit
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