Why you should not pay attention to electrical watts when looking for LED grow lights
When people are looking for the best LED lighting fixtures to purchase , they often tend to use total electrical watts as a point of comparison between different LED systems. This is indeed a misunderstanding among consumers. The input wattage is not the right point of measure for such comparison. If a consumer applies this metric upon purchasing a new led fixture, he/she will most probably result in a poor grow and final yield. Why is that you may wonder? The answer is quite simple. Although the input watts say something about a units electricity consumption, it is a useless metric point because electricity doesn't grow plant. Light does. There is something called radiometric efficiency. It describes a systems ability to produce light per watt. Considering the initial purpose of a LED grow light fixture, the radiometric efficiency attribute of a LED system should be studied closely while asking yourself how much light does the fixture emit. But be aware th...