CFL’s were a joke but LED’s are the real deal. I like light and I like it bright but warm. 90% of the lights in my home are now LED. An incandescent or CFL dies and it is promptly replaced with a LED with higher lumen output. Have not needed to replace a single LED yet. I even tried a 400 watt incandescent equivalent in the garage but it was way too cool a light. It glared way too much being a 1500K temp. Way prefer 2300 to 3000K.
On the grow light thing, cops looked for unusually high electricity bills and thermal signatures to spot pot growing operations. With LED grow lights their job got pretty near damned impossible.
I live in Spain where it is legal to grow marijuana for personal consumption. We have 2 grow shops in our town that sell everything you need to get the best out of your plants. I don’t grow any but my next door neighbors have 3 plants on their terrace in plain view. My specialty is growing superhots, peppers of 1 million Scoville units or higher. If you go to the latest weekly gardening thread you will see a picture I posted of one of my Carolina Reapers.
Good. *ssh*les. Too many innocent people being subjected to SWAT raids for the CRIME og starting vegetable seedlings in their basements.
I hate those toxic twistees. They’ve finally gotten LED down to a competitive price, and I’ve bought my last TT.
and is why most pot growers have salt water aquariums in direct view of windows to "throw off" energy audit or "knock and talk".