LEDwholesalers 2501RD Red 225 LED 13.8 Watt Square Grow Light Panel 110 Volt


Product Feature
- Body material: Thermoplastic
- Circuitry board material: Diecast Chrome Color: RED
- 225 RED light LEDs: 650nm (nanometer) wave length
- Working Voltage: 12V or 110V-220V
- Power: 13.8 Watts Dimensions: 12 inches (30.5cm) square
Product Description
BENEFITS: This panel has no ballasts to burn out like other plant lights. It runs at a warm temperature rather than very hot which is common with most other inefficient plant lights. This more controlled running temperature reduces the need to water so often and keeps rooms with plant lights from getting uncomfortably hot in the summer months requiring additional air conditioning. This state of the art LED panel plant light is extremely energy efficient, paying for itself many times over annually in electricity savings. It saves 50% to 90% in energy consumption compared to incandescent bulbs or fluorescent tubes. Wide angle projection insures uniform leaf coverage. This specialty all Red LED grow light panel is designed to allow you to custom tailor the light spectrum for maximum flowering. This powerful all Red LED panel has been scientifically designed to provide large illumination coverage of 6 square feet so it needs to be positioned at approximately 24 inches away from the plants. 14 to 16 hours per day is all that is necessary for maximum plant health to accelerate the flowering process. The typical white plant lights that run hot, consume excessive electricity wasting money. The purity of these All Red LED lights generates faster bud development, flower blossoming, fruit growth, health, beauty and productivity. These LEDs turn on instantly and can be turned on by hand each day or work well with all standard lamp timers. Thickness: Low profile 1.25-Inch Power cord length: 48 inches Recommended coverage: one panel per 6 square feet LED life: Approx. 15 years used all year long.LEDwholesalers 2501RD Red 225 LED 13.8 Watt Square Grow Light Panel 110 Volt Review
I was impressed at the carefully engineered packaging, which protected the LEDs in shipment and provides for a green solution to easily repackaging and storing the unit. As I ordered this unit and two of the red/blue LED units, LED Wholesalers sent all three units (each in its own well designed, good quality modular box) in a larger form fitting box. I was also pleasantly surprised at the speed of shipping, arriving in less than two weeks.The unit itself is a high quality silver acrylic design that remains cool to the touch. The cord is perhaps six feet (didn't measure it). The LED lights all worked out of the box with no flicker (225 of them) and they appear to be very bright, high quality, and well mounted. The engineering and apparent quality control is impressive.
As one with fully controlled diabetes (that is to say, I technically don't have symptoms, but take Metformin on a regular basis with a statin), I read about NASA's research in 2003 leading to FDA approval and use in hospitals of red spectrum, and red/blue spectrum, LED light therapy. (You have to keep drilling down into NASA.GOV to get the latest 2011 article, as their search results are counter-intuitive starting with the oldest results.)
Although the primary benefit of light therapy in this exact red spectrum (yes, these LED lights appear to meet the exact specs that NASA is using), is to cure cancer, my theory is it's doing so because it's reinforcing the immune system. That is why I decided to see if it would further lower my blood sugar and cholesterol (which is already totally under control at below 100, from a high a few years ago of above 300). I'm just hoping that perhaps this will "finish the job" and strengthen my immune system and diabetic response even further.
I decided to also order two of the same units in alternating red/blue (where there's a 3/2 ratio approximately of red and blue LEDs), because there are other studies on the web showing the blue spectrum helps reduce signs of aging. I've been blessed with a youthful appearance (perhaps a lifetime of not smoking, not abusing alcoholic beverages, and healthful foods helped), but still, what the heck. Also, NASA uses the red/blue lights as "LED grow lights" on the space stations and perhaps future bases on the Moon and Mars. These red LED lights, incidentally, were initially used by NASA as grow lights as well, along with the red/blue combinations. It was the grow light technology that LED to the cancer therapy discovery.
I hold the red panel and red/blue panel to my face, then chest, for one minute each per day. That is the extent NASA's FDA approved cancer treatment is used! Just one minute. So actually, I'm using it a little more, because although NASA uses it with a smaller panel of these red LED lights against the cheek for a minute per day for cancer patients under their research, this panel is almost twice the size, and I'm holding it up to my entire face, with my nose touching the acrylic. Indeed, the lights must gently touch the skin or almost touch it to be effective. It's simple physics, sort of like why aren't you sucked into a micro-black hole that's the size of a molecule (or something like that) from a distance of a few meters? As the size determines the gravitational pull, the proximity of light amplifies its power on each square inch of skin (and this coming from an armchair physicists, admittedly). I think this is a perfect size, because it gets the cheeks and entire face for that matter. I did a little digging and it won't hurt your eyes to look directly into it. The problem is your brain wants to "strain" your eye muscles, thinking such a bright light so close is bad. To avoid this strain, I read somewhere that you should shut your eyes when it's close to your face. The light is so bright you get a sensation, when eyes are shut holding it up to your face, of being submersed in an ocean of pure spectral red. The same is true of the red/blue array, where the red spectrum predominates your vision. Placing your hands gently on this panel while the panel is positioned facing upwards on your lap, demonstrates the intensity of these lights. Your hands look like red jello, as the light completely passes through them (where the fingers appear translucent to the point where you can't even see an expected profile of your finger bones).
In summary, I think these make great light therapy devices in lieu of spending over a hundred (and I'll say that I paid under $50 to discourage profiteering from my review, although I believe LED Wholesalers are honorable and would not jack up the price as a result). And besides, as grow lights, I don't know how long the LEDs will really last based on other reviews. However, a few minutes a day application for light therapy would make me think these lights will last for years. Just the same, I'll append this review if problems surface, so just consider no news as good news. :)
I'm thinking of using the second red/blue panel directly above the cube shaped cage housing my two Tanzanian lovebirds. The same spectrum that is good for grow lights is not only also beneficial with humans, but pets as well, I'm sure. However, to extend the life of these lights in light of revelations from other reviewers, I plan on putting them on a timer to go on at 11:00 a.m. and off at 1:00 p.m. (or something like that) to simulate the noon day sun. (I have U.V. lighting over the lovebirds that go on at 7:30 a.m. and off at 7:30 p.m. so they're getting their basic sun needs.)
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