Well, it's almost Christmas... I should get some red lights going, right?!
I think I'll deck the halls with this new build and throw some of those Far/Deep reds I was looking at on there.
Red It!
Far - (18) 700mA @ 2V = 25.2W
Deep - (17) 700mA @ 2V - 23.8W
XLG-50-AB
I dunno at all how far reds on their own impact the whole DLI... watts/sqft thing. My guess is not as much as a full spectrum and that adding 50W won't push that into the realm of light burn for this footprint. I could absolutely be wrong there, but I'd think you'd probably see more of that from your green to blue spectrums. Strictly anecdotal. There is the consideration that far red spectrums are also where you see a lot of penetration...
Hm.
But the nice thing about these XLG-xxx-AB series drivers is that they've got an internal current adjustment that adjusts the voltage accordingly, then you have an external dimmer to adjust the voltage in that current-adjusted range... if I'm understanding it right. So, I should be able to finagle the thing into an optimal setting for a 2' x 4' footprint.
Definitely getting a multimeter before this goes down.
That's all I got.
Mostly using this for a shopping list so to not buy the wrong things like I do at 1AM or when I'm drunk shopping.