Saturday, September 13, 2008

Powerful LED grow lights, Future of hydroponics have come!


A Plant Grow Light is actually an electric lamp designed to promote plant growth by emitting an electromagnetic spectrum suitable for photosynthesis. Now the fun fact is that the emitted light spectrum is very much like to that from the sun, helping indoor growth with outdoor conditions!

LED grow lights the new trend in hydroponic growing, with LED grow lights growing so quick in every industry it has hit the indoor growing scene as well. From one point of world to the other it seems like everyone has been discussing about these lights. With this technology rapidly changing, improving and advancing we are looking into a great future for indoor growing. LED grow lights have shown many advantages, such as energy saving and not heating up plants grow environment.

Hydroponics (is extracted from the Greek words hydro meaning (water) and ponos meaning (labor) it is a method of growing plants by using mineral nutrient solutions, usually without soil. Plants having roots can be grown with their roots in mineral solution only another way for that is by putting roots in an inert medium, such as mineral wool, gravel, perlit

Benefits of LED Grow Lights
o No ballasts or reflectors are needed!
o Can Decrease electricity costs up to 90%
o Light weight (everybody know this)
o Unbelievable Lifespan (50,000+ hours! Or 7.5 years)
o Very low heat generation by LEDs
o No reflectors
o Less environmental hazard. LED products contain no mercury at all
o Typical LED lifetime of 100,000 hours
o Power consumption from 9 watts - 125 watts available in the markets
o Lower burn and fire risk (that’s great)
o Focused light output
o No ballast required at all.

Some cool place to visit and to know these LED grow lights better visit them, these are actually led grow light manufacturers website but they have added a lot of information, have fun.

http://www.ledlights4less.com/UFOGrowLight.html
http://www.fuzzlight.com/ledgrowlights.html
LED grow lights

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Thanks to LED Lights,We owe you

White-light LED home lighting systems offered great benefits for India's far-flung tribal villages.

These White LED lighting fixtures were powered by solar panels and having a huge impact on very poor villagers in the remote regions of India.

This technology was first time implemented in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to provide low-cost, long-lasting, renewable energy home lighting systems for poor villagers.

Small solar panels, or even manual power, can be used to produce enough energy to keep these LED lights burning for hours in rural huts. Therefore enabling children to read and study, this will trim down the dependence on kerosene lanterns for lighting.
Check this link for indians NGOs working for home lightning projects ,Working benefits of rural and tribal communities in Home Lighting
Led lights