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start hereI love the wealth of info thank you everyone. Is it difficult to build your own light? I'd like to think I'm a handy guy but when it comes to electrical I'm not too sure of myself. Are there any lights worth buying that are good to go out of the box for a somewhat reasonable cost? Tho I'm going to start watching some videos on building your own light.
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What do you guys think of this light? I think if I were up very 2 of these it would be good for my space.
Yup t5s are safe good lights for veg. And have flower bulbs too. I like combo of t5 and adding led and switching bulbs to 3000k in flower. Running 4 foot 8 bulb t5 with 1200w cobs on each end. In 4x8. I’m thinking too much light too. Some dwarfed and some explosive growth but really tight together. And I think mine are a little light in color. So maybe deficient. Just started nutes. Only 3weeks old.Yup too much light is not allowing them to grow too much light for a small space like that, and your plants prolly all purple at the stems showing mag deficiency cause of the too much light issue, it's amazing how many noobs are killing their plants with LED every where.
Get your self some T5 light for small spaces fuck LED all them lights do is kill your shit or miniaturize it when used in small grows.
Yup t5s are safe good lights for veg. And have flower bulbs too. I like combo of t5 and adding led and switching bulbs to 3000k in flower. Running 4 foot 8 bulb t5 with 1200w cobs on each end. In 4x8. I’m thinking too much light too. Some dwarfed and some explosive growth but really tight together. And I think mine are a little light in color. So maybe deficient. Just started nutes. Only 3weeks old.
This guy has some great videos. Good stuff!
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So I found a guy who builds them around me, what do you guys think of this ..
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What is the actual draw of that light?
Maybe 4x QB132 = $133 USD (no heatsink needed)
1x Meanwell LRS-360-36 driver $40 (one can drive all 4 in parallel)
Fishing leaders Hangers, wagos, misc BS = $25...
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Thank you! I'll check it out!
Just my opinion but...
Just tested the lux/foot-candles/lumens on my Rapid led cob set up, as I’ve no means of checking par, 49000 lux @ 24”, so you’d need 13 of those fixtures in a 4x4 area to equal light intensity, not sure with the spectrum, lol.you guys rekon this light works to grow cannabis? it looks like the led's are spread out nicely so it shouldn't have that deadly "Hot Spot" some of these LED lights have....
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you guys rekon this light works to grow cannabis? it looks like the led's are spread out nicely so it shouldn't have that deadly "Hot Spot" some of these LED lights have....
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Sounds about right, I use 12 for 4x4. However, mine are running 65w each so plenty bright for flower.Just tested the lux/foot-candles/lumens on my Rapid led cob set up, as I’ve no means of checking par, 49000 lux @ 24”, so you’d need 13 of those fixtures in a 4x4 area to equal light intensity, not sure with the spectrum, lol.
Hey @V420, you’ve been given some good advice, with the cob kits or the quantum boards, T5’s for veg, I’m getting the bad feeling that you may be attempting to drive traffic to the light you’ve mentioned several times.
If you feel it’s a good light and decide to ignore the responses to your original question, go for it. Good luck
Hey @V420, you’ve been given some good advice, with the cob kits or the quantum boards, T5’s for veg, I’m getting the bad feeling that you may be attempting to drive traffic to the light you’ve mentioned several times.
If you feel it’s a good light and decide to ignore the responses to your original question, go for it. Good luck
Sorry I've been looking and reading through the wealth of info you guys have given me. I'm very appreciative..all haven't made it so the way through the six string cobs thread. I've also been reading elsewhere and watching a bunch of grow out videos. I've decided to take the advice you guys have been giving me. I went way over my 200$ budget and ordered a 205w Cree cob set up with 30 red and blue diodes. Next it to build my own light. I have everything I want in mind but I'm still unsure of matching up drivers with cobs. I know the info is out there I just gotta find it unless someone here knows off hand which driver would be best to run 2 cxa 2520 Cree cobs. I plan to build something small to get my feet wet and scale up from there. My plants have also been doing much better the last week or so.. I think the one guy was right that they were revegging because I'm seeing more and more growth every day. What is everyone's thoughts on trimming leaves during the veg cycle? Is that a big nono? Anyhow I'm thankful for all the advice I've already been given and look forward to chatting more and learning more about growing. I'm always open to ideas and suggestions!!
Don't waste your time on cxa series cobs. Those are older generation cobs and 2520 is a 20W nominal power cob. If you want to get your feet wet, get yourself at least cxb3070. Those aren't expensive and could be easily run at 70 or watts if properly cooled. I have 2 pairs of those running of a lpc-150-2100 driver at about 1900mA with cpu heatsinks. You could also have 4 runnin off a 1050mA driver for higher efficiency.
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