LED grow light and LED aquarium light technologies

Intelligent monitor system of the LED grow lamp

You may have heard about many products and apparatus built with an intelligent monitor system,such as cell phones,cars,airplanes,and so on.But have you ever heard about that a piece of LED grow lamp also built with an intelligent monitor system.If you are a keen maniac of the LED grow lamp or interested in high-tech,you would like to learn more information about this new technology.And how can an intelligent monitor system built in a LED grow lamp?Why do human beings need to do so?How will this system work?

In fact,the new LED grow lamp is driven by some drivers while running,these drivers will work alongside and equally burden the works.If one of them is out of working,it will not affect the whole lamp’s performance,the other drivers will continue driving the whole lamp works in a good state.

The structure of this system is combined with some little indicating red lights built in the back rim of the outer casing and the other complex technologies inner the LED grow lamp.By looking at the litter indicating red lights,users can easily supervise the whole light’s working condition.

If all of the red lights are shining normally,it means the lamp is working well,if a certain red light is flashing,it means that unit(and based on the modular design,the LED grow lamp is built with some isolated units) got some problem in the circuit board,users must stop running the lamp.If a certain red light is being dark,it means the driver of that unit is burned(but this likelihood is very very small),users must change a new driver.

The DIY work of changing a new driver is not difficult to the terminal users,for every unit of the new LED grow lamp is isolated,and connected with male&female sockets and without screws,very easy to plug-out or plug in,even easier than we change a computer CPU fan or memory chip.

(Source: singledgrowlight.blog.com)

The modular design in the LED grow light

You may have heard about the modular design in many other products,but have you ever heard about the modular design in the LED grow light?And how can this new design help us?During the past several years,the old model of the inner LED grow light was soldered a single PCB board with a big square heat-sink and all of the LED lamp beads based on it.This model was invented four years ago by Mr.Pan,an pioneer in the LED grow light industry.His model was adopted repetitively over the past several years. But the old model has been proved to cause too many inconvenient repairing problems,for instance,if one part of the is out of working or even a piece of LED lamp bead is burned out,the maintaining work can be a ticklish bother,users often need to send the whole light back to their suppliers’ factory.And during the maintaining period,may be two weeks or four weeks,their indoor plants will suffer no light source from the problem,and finally affects their yields and vegetative growth.And the shipping cost can be very expensive. So is born the modular design in the LED grow light industry.Every unit is isolated and by soldering each part with some independent electronic connectors,the new model of the LED grow light can be very easy to maintain.While a certain part is out of working,users can dismantle the part and build with a new replacement by themselves,it’s very easy,because every part only installed by two screws.But of course,they need to prepare some replacements before,may be some drivers or heat-sinks. If it is necessary to send the broken part back to their suppliers,it is also very easy,and the shipping cost will be far more cheaper than send the whole light back.The most probability to send a broken part to the original manufacturer for repairing may be the LED lamp beads burned out.

They are using LED grow light

There are a great number of human being need LED grow light,

they all want to dispose their old and backward traditional grow

 lights after learning the strengths of the LED grow lights.May be 

they include:

Growing enthusiasts:They grow their own plants in gardens,hoop 

house and enjoy the planting experience.Some of them grow tomatoes,

strawberries;some grow flowers,such as rose,orchids(include myself,

I am growing orchids in my hometown with two pieces of LED grow 

lights),and one of my friends living in Netherlands is growing tulips 

with LED grow lights in his garden,and Dr.Shen,my college English 

teacher is now growing a variety of Chinese medical herbs in his 

garden,and he is also a leader of the Materials and Science 

Department in GXU,his team is doing some researches of 

the LEDs.

Commercial farmers and growers:They introduce the LED grow 

light to promote their plants to grow faster and get more yields.

Especially,those who are growing valuable medical plants and flowers.

May be,the LED grow lights will be introduced into the growing 

vegetables field.

Experimental institutions:They are doing normal experiments of using

 LED grow light in many fields,because now using LEDs to grow plants

 is stil a moot topic,especially its cost and technology.The more

 skeptics arguing about this issue,the more scientists and 

manufactures feel that they have the obligation to do more tests.

And during their experimental experiences,they also find out many

 new concepts to improve their new technologies,the testing work

 is also under the compound interest law.

Granted,the LED grow light at this phase has yet to get more

 maturity and its technology need improve.Thankfully,there

 are now so many new technologies have been introduced into

 this industry,such as modular design,using X-lenses,adopting the heat sink technology as the computer CPU,

and so on.We all believe the LED grow light industry will get 

a great progress in the next few years,and I am looking forward 

to associating the solar energy with the LED grow lights.

Creating a living environment on the other planets with the LED grow lighting

There is an reverie of planting vegetables and plants in the our capsules with LED grow lighting and launching them into the space that have been being kept in my mind for a long time.

Human being has been researching the space for a long time but could not find the any track of other lives living in the other planets yet.And the scientists and astronomers always presume that there must be many other aliens living in the space.

Now,let’s to be more realistic,if we cannot find them in the universe,why don’t we think about transporting some little plants and animals into the space to help us capturing their attentions,or may be we can create a possible environment fro plants and animals growing on the other planets?Especially the Moon,we all have known well about the Apollo spaceship landed at the Moon last century and it was proved than there was no other lives living on it.But if we grow some plants in our spaceships with the LED grow lighting driven by solar energy and wind energy and launch them on to the Moon.I think it is practicable.

I would like to recommend you to imagine the great spectacle of LED grow lamps flying full of the space,to imagine the little plants shined by the LED grow lighting and keep growing healthily,while they are growing they do photosynthesis and then they will generate oxygen on the other planets,then we can launch little animals or bacteria on to those planets growing under the LED aquarium lighting and eating the plants.

Many year later,they will evolve into more intelligent and mature,just like our ancestors which was evolve for several billion years.

At this phase,we are facing a ticklish problem,that it is the technology of the LED grow lighting industry and the converting solar energy  project,we need great revolutions both in these two industries,so that we can realize this reverie.

And growing vegetables and feeding animals in the space with the LED grow lighting is my dream.

Some thing about the LED grow lighting

LED grow lighting is an amazing and efficient equipment for indoor gardens and hydroponic systems.Especially in those cold countries and dry climate regions,many plants are facing a short growing season,oranges,star fruit,flowers can not keep growing well in these areas.Light source is a very significant factor for plants growing,and growing equipment make this to be possible,LED grow lighting is one of them,by absorbing the energy emits from this man-made little sun,all plants can keep growing steadily.

But there is a phenomenon that most people are unaware the LED grow lighting is very effieicnt,maybe most of people still do not recognize this grow equipment,even I learnt this about several months ago.

There are many growing equipment available.But how does the LED grow lighting work?Compare to the incandescent bulb the LED grow lighting operates at more than 10 per cent efficiency and at more than 80 per cent efficient than HPD grow light system.

In fact,plants need to keep growing well,they just need some special wavelengths and light source,the main wavelengths are red and blue,and the UV and IR are not very necessary.And the LED grow lighting can be designed as a certain wavelength ratio light,so their function are more effective.

But of cource,to convince the other people to accept a new thing is not very easy,it needs time and many experiments.So now I am growing many little plants in my room,such as orchids,tomatoes,strawberries and a variety of Chinese cabbage,I do test every day,to measure how many inches they are growing is one of my favorite job,May be in some months,I can offer many very detail figures.

And the investment about introducing LED grow lighting may by very expensive at the first stage,but since the technology is now becoming more and more mature,one day,the outlay of the LED grow lighting will be more cheaper and then they will help more human being in the world,and I am looking forward to that day.

Some reasons for choosing a piece of LED grow lighting

Running in cheap condition,LED grow lighting works at a relatively low voltage,

so it consumes less power supply than the 

other growing equipment.According to some 

experiments,a piece of 600 Watts LED grow lighting only consumes 

4 dollars a week of the electricity bill,but contrary to the same Watts 

of High Pressure Sodium light and Metal Halide which consume nearly

 20 dollars a week.So,the LED grow lighting saves 80 percent of power and money.

Emits less heat,we know the LED lighting source is a cool light and its 

lower consumption,LED grow lighting emits very little heat,normally,its 

surface temperature will never higher than 60 Celsius,but the inner

 temperature may be higher than this.But now,some new design of the

 LED grow lighting has been proved to solve this problem.By designing 

many small holes around the rims of the light,and some large vents

 at its ends,the ventilating situation of the light is more effective,so

 it will emit very little heat,and according to some experiments,the 

surface of the light will be less than 45 Celsius and inner temperature

 is less than 60 Celsius.So it will never burn the plants even keep them

 very close to it.

And by solving the heat dissipation problem,the LED grow lighting

will be more long-lasting,we know the LED lamp beads will be burned or get the light 

attenuation if the inner temperature is higher than 85 Celsius.

So,the manufacturers now are introducing the CUP heat dissipation 

concept of the computer technology,built

 the heat-sink with many little slots and this will increase the heat dissipation 

function of the light.

The wavelengths of the LED grow lighting are very easy to control and 

design,normally,the LED grow lighting is often built with red(630-660nm) 

and blue(450-470nm),red is for promoting budding and fruiting,

blue is for photosynthesis,

and by absorbing the special wavelengths,plants can keep growing 

stronger and faster.Traditional grow lights can not match this 

technology,they are built with full lights,and it means some of the

 wavelength are wastes.So,the LED grow lighting is more ideal for 

farmers.

Environmentally friendly,LED grow lighting is built without heave metals 

and toxins,such as mercury which will cause environmental pollution 

while disposing them.And as the protecting our planet has become 

the main theme of the twenty first 

century,this Eco-friendly equipment will be more welcomed and popular.

Introducing LED plant light into five star hotels

At present-day world,green and healthy food has been less than ever before due to the severely environmental pollution and the food shortage crisis.People often feel unpleasant at a famous restaurant,for they spend a large deal of money,but still cannot eat healthy food,especially vegetables.They are always concerned about the chemical elements,bactericidal materials and pesticides on the vegetables.

So,some shrewd hotel owners begin to introduce many new technology to provide customers organic vegetables,LED plant light is one of their apparatus.And by cooperating with farmers ,they build their own greenhouses and plantations which demand less fertilizers and even some of them do not need any fertilizers.They change their budget of buying fertilizers into introducing LED plant lights to promote the plants keep growing steadily.You may be suspicious of the outlay of the electricity bills,but the LED plant lights need less power supply to drive than traditional grow equipment.

And now by extending the season instead of feeding fertilizers to the plants,farmers can produce completely organic vegetables.The main technique of handling the LED plant light is how to combine it with the Sunlight.

During the day,if the sunlight is strong,let the plants absorb the natural wavelength from the sun,and in rainy seasons and after sunset,farmers turn the LED plant lights on,let them shine the plants,in this way the plants will be never short of light source,so they will keep growing quickly by absorbing the light source of the LED plant lights.

Now,from the medical industry to wine growing industry and to the five star hotels,more and more fields begin to associate with the LED plant lights.And by introducing many new technologies into the LED plant light industry,such as introducing X-lenses to increase the photon flux density and the shining distance,and introducing modular design to improve the maintaining work.Some manufacturers now have invented some very new LED plant lights on the market.

The original history of the LED grow light

There are innumerable stories of inventing new technologies in the long river of human being history,and a great many of them have been handed down and improved repetitively from generation to generation.At present day world,industry invention is one of the most important science activity.And the invention of the LED grow light is also very interesting.

Mr.Hon,an foreign trade manager working at the B company received a request about designing a LED grow light from one of his customers in the United States.He immediately asked their engineer Mr.Pan if it was possible to design a LED grow light,Mr.Pan was very familiar with the LED technology,so he began the inventing work,after several months,the first LED grow light was born and it soon became a hot equipment on the market.At that time,a LED grow light was as expensive as 2,000 dollars and the B company got a large yield from this invention.

But unfortunately,the B company was soon isolated,Mr.Hon and Mr.Pan left B company and set up their start-up workshop after several months of the LED grow light invention.The other group-the domestic trading department also isolated from B company and set up their own workshop.These two groups not only left the B company,but also they adopted the new technology of the LED grow light and dragged the materials away.The CEO of the B company was knocked down and was sent to hospital,but there were still some loyal employees stayed at B company,they rebuilt their LED grow light streamline and tried to produce,as they were not very familiar with the LED technology,they spent several months to invented another model.But during this time,the other two groups soon overtook the majority market.

Over the past four years,such phenomena reoccurred and the LED grow light technology was shed,so there are many manufacturers producing LED grow light at present.But no one of them have thought about how to invent a new one which is more suitable for terminal users.

(Source: singledgrowlight.blog.com)

Choosing a good lens for your LED grow light

LED grow light is designed for all farmers and gardeners who are going to yield from the growing industry around the world.A good growing feature must offer enough light source and different wavelengths to help plants keep growing steadily.Plants’ growth depends on many factors,but the light intensity is the most significant,the more photon flux density the lights offer,the faster the plants grow.

Now by introducing lenses,the LED grow light gets a more powerful piercing capacity and the shining distance can be more than several meters than its ancestors.On the market,there are four types of lenses using in the LED grow light,30 degree,60 degree,90 degree and 120 degree.

Users should understand how to choose a suitable lens for their lights.

The 30 degree lens(seldom used) is fit for a single or a certain plant,the light’s shining area is more centralized and the illuminating ability is more sturdy,so the plant will get more photon flux density and grow more quickly.

The 60 and 90 degree lens are for those who are going to grow more plants in a larger place,such as a hoop house.But the most popular lens is the 120 degree,for all of the farmers and gardeners are not growing a single plant,every one is willingly to grow as many as he can,and the LED grow light built with 120 degree lenses can offer a wide illuminating area and according to the hanging height,the photon flux density can be easily controlled.And the normal height are two of three meters.

By introducing lenses to build LED grow light,both of the manufacturers and users can conquer the illuminating density.And may be there will more and more high-tech be adopted to design LED grow light.But of course,to yield the wind energy and solar energy to drive the LED grow light is my main dream at this stage,just as I often say:By using the wind and solar energy,every thing comes form nature and returns to nature,this will finally save our planet.

Choosing an excellent wavelength ratio for your LED grow light

 

Sunlight is one of the most significant factors for animals and plants to keep growing,without sunlight,nothing can maintain,this earth will be a terrible barren place like the other planets in the space.As time goes by,it is depends on the technology and science that human being has found out the different wavelengths of the sun which can support the animals and plants to keep living.Maybe which wavelength is the most suitable for breeding animals is still confuses people,but we have figured out the most suitable wavelength for plants.

 

So are born many grow equipment to replace the sun,includes traditional members,HPS,incandescent,fluorescent and the new member-LED grow light.

After many experiments,human being have been able to distinguish that the LED grow light is the easiest equipment to control and manufacturer,especially to control the LED lamp beads wavelength, and this is the most essential factor for growing plants.

 

We know that the visible wavelength ranges from 400nm to 760nm,including violet,green,blue,orange,yellow and red.Up 760nm we call them Infrared(the IR) and below 400nm,we can them Ultraviolet(UV).

But the most effective for plants are two ranges.The first wavelength ranges from 400nm to 520nm including the violet,blue and green bands,the peak absorption by chlorophyll occurs,and a powerful efficiency for vegetative growth and the other wavelength ranges from 610nm to 720nm is the red band,a very great number of absorption by chlorophyll occurs extremely significant influence on the photosynthesis for plants to bud and blossom.And the third ranges from 520nm to 610nm includes yellow,green and orange bands, and the have less absorption by pigments.

So the majority of the LED grow lights’ spectrum ratio are blue(450nm-470nm) and red(640nm-670nm).But not all of the LED grow lights’ wavelength are the same,users need to make a decision before purchasing their lights,if their plants will grow without fruit,the blue must be majority and if their plants will produce flowers and fruit,red wavelength in the majority.

Of course there are so many manufacturers offering customized LED grow lights on the market,so how to choose a suitable wavelength is not a problem now.