WDIK
Active Member
Awesome results! Your Tj should be well under 50C. You could reduce your fan speed if you want to quiet it down and increase efficiency.
Yes, I was happy with the results. I may go with a 9v Mean Well driver for the fans. The 36w reading was also interesting to me. Since I am trying to build 2 panels to each cover a 2'x2' scrog I may go with 5x Vero 18 for each panel versus 6. That should give me 180w per panel (45w per square foot).
Now I know this is a somewhat "scientific" thread, but let me digress a bit. I have 2 plants currently growing very well under 414 "true watts" of CFL. From what I observed with my half burned retinas last night, there is no way that single COB didn't have the light intensity of 3 to 4 of those 23w CFLs. Again, not scientifically measured, and maybe it's because the light is so focused.
Let me know if you have any thoughts.