New LED Lamp

[samarak]

Just stumbled across this thread - I'm always interested in LED lighting. Ray, you said you were seeing about 250 fc at 1 foot? What's the footprint at that distance?

[greenbean]

Originally Posted by samarak

Just stumbled across this thread - I'm always interested in LED lighting. Ray, you said you were seeing about 250 fc at 1 foot? What's the footprint at that distance?

It may have disappeared temporarily. I snagged the last two before Ray came back from his vacation. He's restocked now, so try again!

[Ray]

My experiences, so far:

• I put two of the lamps in a 55-gallon tank, about 18" above some jewel orchid seedlings, and they are all growing nicely.
  
• I have one about 15" above an African violet my wife put in a dark bathroom, and in the last 4 weeks it has doubled the number of leaves and is forming buds - something it has not done in 5 months.
  
• These are VERY popular, so sold out completely. My shopping cart script makes them disappear if there are none available, so that's why folks couldn't find them.

A Restock and Upgrade:

While I was in Italy (a "zero birthday" vacation for my wife and I), the manufacturer did some tuning of the chips to my specifications, combining different white phosphors and red chips, resulting in more red in the spectrum (supposed to be good for flowering), and better color rendition.

The first 20 have be received and are now available.

The $10-off "LED" coupon code is still in effect, through the end of the month.

I can fit up to 3 of these in a small USPS flat rate box, making the shipping $5.15 in the US, $12.95 to Canada.