Induction Grow Lights For Growing Marijuana
Indoor cannabis growers are always looking for the best way to increase
their yields without having to increase the money spent on the grow. And tuning into the perfect cannabis grow lights for your setup is one of the best ways to maximize your yields.
But which grow light do you choose? How do you deal with heat or
ventilation? What will make it easiest for you to grow? It can be tough to control heat and electricity use with many grow lights, and it's tempting to listen to marketers that claim to have all the answers for you.
And in recent years there has
been a lot of marketing for magnetic induction & plasma grow lights for growing cannabis.
Are induction grow lights the answer to bigger yields with less heat and electricity?
Are these results typical for induction grow lights?
Induction grow lights go by a lot of names, so you may have heard about them without even realizing it.
Some names for induction lighting include...
induction grow lights
plasma grow lights
full spectrum plasma lights
sulphur plasma grow lights
MPS grow lights
sulphur lamps
High Efficiency Plasma lamps
HEP lighting
magnetic induction grow lights
electrodeless lamp
electrodeless vacuum tube
fluorescent induction lamps
and probably others I don’t know about...
These all use a similar type of technology to produce light.
But do these lights live up to the marketing hype?
There are a few different induction grow light models appearing on the market today. These “new” grow lights are supposedly longer-lasting and more efficient than any other grow light.
Supposedly induction lights
...ultimately they're supposed to give you better results and bigger yields when growing cannabis.
The first induction-based lighting was demonstrated by the famous inventor Nikola Tesla in the late 1800s. Learn a little more about the history of induction lighting. The technology was
basically the same then as it is now - a way to make lights using induction or electromagnetic fields to transfer power instead of an electrical connection or electrodes. That's why induction lights are sometimes called "electrodeless lights."
So in other words, induction lights are a lot like regular lights, but they do not use electrodes or filaments to get power to the light. Since those are the parts of light bulbs that tend to break first, induction lights have a much longer lifespan than pretty much any other kind of light on the market today.
Magnetic Induction Grow Lights
So does this translate into bigger yields for cannabis growers?
When it comes down to it, from a cannabis grower's perspective there are two types
of induction lighting you need to familiarize yourself with:
