AW200 + AeroLight 240 W — Installed Horizontal Pair

Exact Lights and Controls

Dimensions and weights come from the AW200 manual, new-generation manual, and 240 W product page. The ordered Amazon listing currently names the new 240 W light, but its technical details still include older 200 W information. Use the manufacturer's VSL-AL240 figures for planning and check the delivered nameplate. The previous AW400 listing's Samsung 301H EVO claim does not establish the new 240 W light's diode specification.

Both manuals list app dimming from 25–100% and off. Keep one E25 per light for independent settings. Together with the two existing E6 Gen2 fan controllers, the equipment plan has four independent E25 paths. The owner confirms separate light percentages; the new controller's configuration was not inspected. Each light needs its own AC supply connection. Keep the canopy fans on their own controllers; no light-to-fan RJ45 chain is part of this plan.

The pair totals 440 W of rated input, not measured consumption at the chosen dimming settings. Both lights use the confirmed 13 h 15 m cycle. The 15-minute transitions are included in that total, leaving 12 h 45 m between transitions. The owner subsequently confirmed Veg mode on both fixtures; exact clock times remain unrecorded. The 18-inch plant-tip reference is owner-reported; individual plant-tip distances remain unmeasured. The owner later supplied 48 approximate lux-derived light estimates at individual plant heights, rather than one common plane; see the measurement record.

Recommended Starting Decision

Keep the reported AW200 45% and AeroLight 240 W 38% settings. The owner's later 48-reading comparison spans 145–677 estimated PPFD across the full mapped rectangle, including the intentionally unlit far edge; its app DLI is 6.8–31.7 at the 13-hour setting. These lux-derived per-height estimates do not establish calibrated PAR, uniformity, or a reason to change both dimmers. Only the A3 Serpent / F1 Hook-spined exchange was confirmed after review. Do not carry the old glass-spill gradient into the current plan. Use the 18-inch reference when checking clearance, then compare exposure at each plant's growing surface.

If dimming roughly follows rated input, AW200 at 45% corresponds to about 90 W, and AL240 at 38% to about 91 W, or 181 W combined. The former AW200-only 60% setting corresponds to about 120 W under the same simplifying assumption. These are arithmetic comparisons, not measured power or PPFD; they show why two lower percentages can still be a substantial increase. Different spectra, efficiency, spacing, and overlap prevent treating equal watts as equal plant exposure.

Keep both lights on their confirmed 13 h 15 m cycle, including the 15-minute sunrise and sunset transitions. Increasing duration and intensity together makes the cause of a response harder to judge.

For a useful follow-up, measure A3 and F1 at their own heights after the exchange; different-height occupants do not inherit each other's old readings. Assess the money tree's upper leaves separately at its confirmed north-windowsill position, with daylight conditions recorded. Use both lights at their normal settings. A suitable quantum meter can measure PPFD; a consistent lux reading can reveal relative bright and dim spots, but do not apply an old AW200SE lux conversion to these mixed spectra.

Keep low rosettes and split rock clearly lit without assigning the strongest exposure to all of them. Raindrops uses bright light rather than a maximum-intensity priority. The placement review explains the current grid, approximate light comparison, and limits of edge, overlap and height assumptions. Any future fixture-height adjustment affects neighboring plants as well as the tallest tip.

The new-model manual requires the growing space to stay below 86°F (30°C) during operation. Recheck room temperature with both fixtures running; circulation fans do not establish that the room stays below this limit.

Coverage and Current Plant Positions

Four 16 × 13-inch wooden tables now support the photographed collection. The working footprint is 26 inches across × 32 inches toward the window, inferred as a 2 × 2 block before gaps. The front pair holds the 24 small pots in six columns × four rows; the current arrangement has five larger/shared containers on the rear pair and #3 / P21 Money Tree separately on the north windowsill. The owner confirmed the move complete on September 16; its exact time was not supplied. The photographs precede the move and the later A3/F1 exchange; #4 Kiwi and all other table positions remain unchanged. The square shared succulent box remains square, and the glass table is no longer part of the pictured placement.

The placement guide faces the window: window top, open room bottom, Mylar left, white wall right. The current photographs crop the fixtures, so exact centers and which model occupies each position remain unverified. Do not transfer the old one-inch end margins, ½–1-inch gap, wood/glass boundary or relative-light gradient to this larger block as confirmed facts.

Each fixture is about 26 × 13 inches. Adjacent bodies would occupy roughly 26 × 26 inches before their gap, compared with the inferred 26 × 32-inch furniture block. Light spreads beyond a fixture outline, but body dimensions do not prove adequate or uniform illumination. Preserve adjustable independent suspension and unobstructed fans. Recheck the tallest #1 tips and low rosettes if furniture or fixture positions changed; compare money-tree leaves separately on the north windowsill, whose daylight and lamp spill remain unmeasured; the earlier 18-inch reference is not a measurement at every plant.

The photo-matched D3 and F2 front corners are plausible gentler positions; Mylar and the wall can keep either side bright. Only the A3/F1 exchange followed the later comparison. Preserve the remaining arrangement while considering actual plant-height exposure and shadows. The rear group requires leaf- and tip-height comparisons rather than a universal weaker-glass assumption. The two-foot return reflector stays out of the display.

Independent Ceiling Hooks

The installed suspension uses four ceiling hooks, two per fixture, with separate adjustable ropes. Both lights were hung September 13 and leveled after the photographs. Each light can be raised or lowered independently.

The September 20 clarification identifies the installed hardware as heavy-duty screw eyelets bought at a local hardware store, used with the adjustable ropes included with the fixtures. The eyelet brand and load rating are unrecorded; check the actual hardware when reviewing the suspension.

The fixtures hang independently and do not need balancing against one another. Use each fixture's manufacturer hanging points. The owner reports an 18-inch LED-to-plant-tip reference. Final hook positions and individual plant-tip distances are not mapped.

Sources

• Owner report and two photographs, September 13, 2026: both lights hung, further leveled after the photographs, AW200 at 45%, AL240 at 38%, latest plant arrangement applied. A follow-up confirms an 18-inch plant-tip reference and the same 13 h 15 m total cycle for both lights, including 15-minute sunrise and sunset transitions at the start and end. Exact clock times and exact spectral calibration remain unrecorded; the owner later confirmed Veg mode on both fixtures. The percentage-times-rated-power comparison above is explicitly a planning inference.
• Owner's marked-up plan, September 13, 2026: two horizontal fixture bodies, one above the other, both extending from the open room side across wood toward glass. This corrects the earlier vertical drawing; upper/lower model assignment and exact positions are not supplied.
• Owner report, September 11, 2026: AW400 unavailable; new 240 W and E25 ordered for Sunday; AW200 retained; side-by-side mounting and later different heights intended. The later correction replaces the shared hardware proposal with four ceiling hooks, two per fixture.
• VIVOSUN AeroLight manual — VSAW200 dimensions, mass, spectrum, hanging points, and controller connection.
• VIVOSUN AeroLight 120/180/240 W manual — VSL-AL240 identity, mass, input, dimension drawings, and E25 connection diagram.
• VIVOSUN AeroLight 240 W product page — dimensions and tunable spectrum.
• Ordered light listing — inspected September 11; the product title identifies the new 240 W model, while some technical details describe an older 200 W model.