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sounds like your keeping busy while ya wait lmao. i just seen rapidled has a holiday sale this weekend,might piss off the old lady and order some stuff just because haha.
sounds like your keeping busy while ya wait lmao. i just seen rapidled has a holiday sale this weekend,might piss off the old lady and order some stuff just because haha.
kickass,whats the eta on those heatsinks and frames ?
Kick fuckin ass,that pile of heatsinks is giving me a itchy credit card finger lmao.
Hi All,
Sorry if something like this has been posted before but my eyes are crossed from reading all the COB posts and getting even more confused then I was before...
I'm a new farmer and I'm vegging and flowering in the same 4x4 tent with a platinum p600 light over a 2 x 3 6-bucket rdwc system. I realize now that the turnaround time using only one tent is too long and when the light to closer to the plants for flowering it doesn't have the same coverage so I decided to start slowly investing into a veg only tent(using my current setup) and a 2x3 6-bucket flowering tent to shorten up the turnaround time and get better light coverage. I was thinking of using a 4x8 flowering tent for the added spread out room.
What I'm looking for is an optimal COBs setup (spacing and nominal CCT) for the 4 x 8 (32 sqft) area.
I would like to not use fans, I've looked at the square heatsinks from northern grow lights(currently sold out). I don't mind spending a little extra for high quality parts if they are more energy efficient or lasts longer. I'll probably just use HomeDepot aluminum L-channel stock for the frames. I was thinking of multiple separate frames so I can individually adjust the height is needed.
so I'm looking for:
number of COBs needed to fill the area
number of drivers needed for the given number of COBs needed
Brand of COBs (I'm thinking Bridgelux here)
Brand of drivers (I'm thinking MeanWell here)
What nominal CCT should I use for just flowering
Do I need any other colors like red for flowering
What does everyone recommend?
I'm very handy so building this is not intimidating for me.
Thanks
Hi All,
Sorry if something like this has been posted before but my eyes are crossed from reading all the COB posts and getting even more confused then I was before...
I'm a new farmer and I'm vegging and flowering in the same 4x4 tent with a platinum p600 light over a 2 x 3 6-bucket rdwc system. I realize now that the turnaround time using only one tent is too long and when the light to closer to the plants for flowering it doesn't have the same coverage so I decided to start slowly investing into a veg only tent(using my current setup) and a 2x3 6-bucket flowering tent to shorten up the turnaround time and get better light coverage. I was thinking of using a 4x8 flowering tent for the added spread out room.
What I'm looking for is an optimal COBs setup (spacing and nominal CCT) for the 4 x 8 (32 sqft) area.
I would like to not use fans, I've looked at the square heatsinks from northern grow lights(currently sold out). I don't mind spending a little extra for high quality parts if they are more energy efficient or lasts longer. I'll probably just use HomeDepot aluminum L-channel stock for the frames. I was thinking of multiple separate frames so I can individually adjust the height is needed.
so I'm looking for:
number of COBs needed to fill the area
number of drivers needed for the given number of COBs needed
Brand of COBs (I'm thinking Bridgelux here)
Brand of drivers (I'm thinking MeanWell here)
What nominal CCT should I use for just flowering
Do I need any other colors like red for flowering
What does everyone recommend?
I'm very handy so building this is not intimidating for me.
Thanks
Hi there. I agree with six string and dr. Mcscunkins 3000 and 2700k would be a good combo. And you would probably be better off just to straight out by them rather than build. Unless you're the kind of guy that would really enjoy the build. Although you could go with some older chips and save quite a bit of money you will probably just wind up wishing you got the cxb 3590. Okay so this is where it gets a little crazy. Thinking Out of the Box. For a veg room if you could possibly find some natural sunlight you would need a lot less artificial lighting. I built a room around a window one time on a Southside using those 4 by 8 sheets of foil back foam but it was in a position where my junk wasn't out there for everyone to see. An enclosed patio with Windows or sunroofs work pretty well also.Hi All,
Sorry if something like this has been posted before but my eyes are crossed from reading all the COB posts and getting even more confused then I was before...
I'm a new farmer and I'm vegging and flowering in the same 4x4 tent with a platinum p600 light over a 2 x 3 6-bucket rdwc system. I realize now that the turnaround time using only one tent is too long and when the light to closer to the plants for flowering it doesn't have the same coverage so I decided to start slowly investing into a veg only tent(using my current setup) and a 2x3 6-bucket flowering tent to shorten up the turnaround time and get better light coverage. I was thinking of using a 4x8 flowering tent for the added spread out room.
What I'm looking for is an optimal COBs setup (spacing and nominal CCT) for the 4 x 8 (32 sqft) area.
I would like to not use fans, I've looked at the square heatsinks from northern grow lights(currently sold out). I don't mind spending a little extra for high quality parts if they are more energy efficient or lasts longer. I'll probably just use HomeDepot aluminum L-channel stock for the frames. I was thinking of multiple separate frames so I can individually adjust the height is needed.
so I'm looking for:
number of COBs needed to fill the area
number of drivers needed for the given number of COBs needed
Brand of COBs (I'm thinking Bridgelux here)
Brand of drivers (I'm thinking MeanWell here)
What nominal CCT should I use for just flowering
Do I need any other colors like red for flowering
What does everyone recommend?
I'm very handy so building this is not intimidating for me.
Thanks
Very nice! I don't see how you could go wrong with that. Enjoy it man I wish I had the time and money to do it LOLI ended up using 3000K 90 CRI which has a bit more red in the spectrum than the 80CRI... I could always add more photo and far red later... What the hell, it's only money ;-)
You guys all have such killer setups. All I got is a couple of crappy old cxa3070s and some beat-up old galaxy hydros. And look at this light I pulled out of my garage what a hack LOL but it actually is giving me pretty good results.http://www.homedepot.com/p/PowerSmi...d-Work-Light-with-Tripod-PWL21100TS/206137389i think its gunna be bright as hell in there looking at the layout you have going.3000k is perfect bro.:cool:
You guys all have such killer setups. All I got is a couple of crappy old cxa3070s and some beat-up old galaxy hydros. And look at this light I pulled out of my garage what a hack LOL but it actually is giving me pretty good results.http://www.homedepot.com/p/PowerSmi...d-Work-Light-with-Tripod-PWL21100TS/206137389
It actually works out standing LOL I'm getting unbelievable results. It's like it's some kind of secret lighting formula lol.if your "crappy old cxa3070s and some beat-up old galaxy hydros" work and give decent yield, then who's winning... Right now, my credit card company is winning };-)
That's going to be just straight-up fun to mess with I wouldn't go without that LOLUpdate: frames are all COBed and wired and back hanging in the tent again.
ordered my dimmer 100K potentiometers so I can dim the array if I want.