What's the ideal distance from a 45W LED?

What's the ideal distance from a 45W LED?#277780

By lavandulum -  Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:53 pm
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- Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:53 pm #277780

I've been searching around the boards and the rest of the internet for a couple days now but can't seem to find a straight answer for this question.

I just purchased this LED light: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01 ... UTF8&psc=1 and it's my first time using one. I've got a pair of nepenthes, a couple trays of baby sundews, a mexican ping, and U. Sandersonii underneath it right now, but how close should they be to the light?

Thanks for the help.

Re: What's the ideal distance from a 45W LED?#277782

By Shadowtski -  Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:39 am
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- Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:39 am #277782

I had a 45 watt LED, just gave it away to my daughter. I had it above a 10 gallon tank. It was about 6 - 9 inches away from the plants. I replaced it with a 75 watt LED. I also just bought two 300 watt MarsHydro LEDs that draw about 132 actual watts each. I'm changing over my T8s and T5s to all LED lighting.

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Re: What's the ideal distance from a 45W LED?#279018

By Adelaide -  Thu Nov 10, 2016 3:51 pm
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- Thu Nov 10, 2016 3:51 pm #279018

Hey lavandulum, I have 45 watt panels too. I can't say for sure what dostance is best, but I have some of my plants almost a foot away and they're still doing great. Though I'm sure like any other light, the closer the better, as long as they are getting hot/dried out.

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