AC Infinity IONBEAM Green

The IONBEAM Green is a 40.7 centimetre green LED strip with its own controller and a removable diffuser. Meant for working around your plants during the dark period.

It is not the colour doing the work, it is the weakness

The story that plants cannot see green light is wrong. Leaves are green because they reflect part of it rather than absorb it, but some does go in, and green penetrates deeper into a canopy than red or blue. If green were invisible to plants you could not grow under it, and you can.

What disturbs the dark period is not the colour but the quantity. A plant measures the night with a pigment that responds to very little light, which is why this strip's rating is the key figure on the page: under 10 nmol per second. Thousands of times less than a grow light emits, too little to interrupt the night, and still enough to see by across roughly 30 by 30 centimetres.

Two things follow. Do not assume any green lamp is safe, because a bright green work lamp is not. And do not leave this strip on all night because it is green anyway: the controller has a switch-off timer of 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes, about as long as it takes to do what you came for.

Technical Specifications:

• Model: AC-NEG16
• Contents: green LED strip, controller, diffuser, steel mounting strips
• Light output: under 10 nmol/s
• Area lit: roughly 30 x 30 cm
• Strip size: 40.7 x 2.75 cm
• Brightness: four levels
• Switch-off timer: 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes
• Cable length: 2.44 m
• Mounting: magnetic, with steel strips for tent fabric
• Connection: UIS, links to AC Infinity controllers
• Warranty: 2 year manufacturer warranty

Frequently asked questions

Does this really not disturb flowering?
Not at this light output. It is the low intensity that makes it possible, not the colour alone.

So can I use any green lamp?
No. A bright green lamp puts out more than enough light to break the night.

What is the diffuser for?
It takes the glare off and spreads the light more evenly, which is easier to work under close up.

Can I use it as a grow light?
No, it is far too weak for that. It is a work light.