Power Consumption: LED Grow Lights vs. HPS light

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Power Consumption LED Grow Lights vs. HPS light
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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.
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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 bulbs
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.
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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.
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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.
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