LED Grow Lights Produce Virtually No Heat

Cycling: LEDs are ideal for uses subject to frequent on-off cycling, unlike fluorescent lamps that fail faster when cycled often, or HID lamps that require a long time before restarting

Slow failure: LEDs mostly fail by dimming over time, rather than the abrupt failure of incandescent bulbs. No expensive bulbs to replace - Zero maintenance costs.

Lifetime: LEDs can have a relatively long useful life. One report estimates 35,000 to 50,000 hours of useful life, though time to complete failure may be longer. Fluorescent tubes typically are rated at about 10,000 to 15,000 hours, depending partly on the conditions of use, and incandescent light bulbs at 1,000-2,000 hours.

Shock resistance: LEDs, being solid state components, are difficult to damage with external shock, unlike fluorescent and incandescent bulbs which are fragile.

Focus: The solid package of the LED can be designed to focus its light. Incandescent and fluorescent sources often require an external reflector to collect light and direct it in a usable manner

Low toxicity: LEDs do not contain mercury, unlike fluorescent lamps.

No Ballast: wholesale grow lights usually weigh far less than a conventional fluorescent system or the metallic vapor systems. This is because the fluorescent and HID systems both generally require a ballast which adds considerably to the weight of the system. Ballasts also require replacement after a period of time as they burn up. This is yet another expensive component that needs replacing not present in LED systems.

No Reflector: Traditional grow lights emit light in all directions. A reflector is used to aim and direct this light back towards the plant to promote growth. Not only are the reflectors usually large and bulky, but they are an added component and cost for the system. With and LED system, the reflectors are integrated into the LEDs themselves, so no additional reflector is needed.

Safety: Safe to operate - no risk of fire, burns or exploding bulbs The vast majority of devices containing LEDs are "safe under all conditions of normal use", and so are classified as "Class 1 LED product"/"LED Klasse 1". At present, only a few LEDs-extremely bright LEDs that also have a tightly focused viewing angle of 8° or less-could, in theory, cause temporary blindness, and so are classified as "Class 2. spectra led grow lights are free of toxic materials including mercury. Mercury is very common with fluorescent lamps but will not be found in these lights, which is a great benefit. The lights have almost zero maintenance costs and come in a very wide variety of styles. You will find LED lights that flash, some that are multi-colored and those that are alphanumeric. There is also a UFO LED grow light, which produces an extremely bright light. Each light has various characteristics and features.

How LED Grow Lights Work

Save 75% on power over HID lighting, plus reduce or eliminate power consumption by cooling systems.

Plants can use nearly all of the light emitted from LED lamps. This is not the case with HID lights, which produce a lot of light in the infrared spectrum, and high pressure sodium bulbs that emit mostly yellow light due to the sodium emission spectrum.