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REALSTYLES
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I'm making a panel today and I'm using the passive sinks and using your idea with the rivet gun for the frame and wait until you see the design you inspired me to do and I hope it's a Ugly ASS Light lol
a mongo frog
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There is a whole read about it. You never read it?
Hybridway
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Ha! No I don't. Just own one n like it allot. Did a comparison grow.
Already owning one, the owner notifies me when they have new.
He tells inquiring growers too through e-mail. He said he's trying to get the web-site up-dated soon. Overwhelmed with lights going out the door! Not a bad problem to have!
PetFlora
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Check out his YT channel, I think it's greengenes707. The way he went about comparing was first class. I have referred many to it who otherwise would never believe LED could come anywhere near HPS
PetFlora
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Well, sort of (commercially at least). These guys were rockin some sweet Cob DIYs before Amare explored their potential. I know that for a fact
The Dawg
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Ohmmmmm You Said A Naughty I'm Telling Mom
PetFlora
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Well, I'm the supposedly the original Amare fan boy. But believe me, I have voiced my displeasure with his sites lack of info for a long time. Mechanical designers are seldom great website designers. When you delegate, you expect people to do the job right. In fairness, they do not know what he knows and it doesn't translate well. He is finally doing something about it, but there are only so many hours in a day. My company has rebuilt our website several times in 10 years. It ain't that easy
coughphee.connoiseur
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How much the pro 3's running $?$?$ ... i think i like the 2x4,3x4 foot print builds the most.
Hi guys im making a 10x50w warm white(1500ma 32-34vdc) panel with some 5w chips to. but now i came to the hard work what driver i need for em ? Was thinkin os running em in paralle with a 36v 10a led driver but is the setup right or what would you do?
http://imgur.com/MNaENO4
http://imgur.com/MNaENO4
coughphee.connoiseur
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And just the fast the site has changed.
Efficiency of a light = photons/heat
to keep it simple stupid we might say basically a watt of energy is a unit of heat...
some food for thought.
Led vs HPS
6 x CLU058 @ 2amps = 636w / 103998 lumens
= 163 lumens per watt
a 600 watt hps = 95000 Lumens
= 158 Lumens per watt.
both need similar cooling.
spectrum ....if you move away from white light you lose efficiency per watt even if you obtain increased par its canceled out by drop of led efficiency.
Imo its hard to justify the extra cost of leds , and to be honest hps might just be the holy grail of light spectrum anyway.
Todd
to keep it simple stupid we might say basically a watt of energy is a unit of heat...
some food for thought.
Led vs HPS
6 x CLU058 @ 2amps = 636w / 103998 lumens
= 163 lumens per watt
a 600 watt hps = 95000 Lumens
= 158 Lumens per watt.
both need similar cooling.
spectrum ....if you move away from white light you lose efficiency per watt even if you obtain increased par its canceled out by drop of led efficiency.
Imo its hard to justify the extra cost of leds , and to be honest hps might just be the holy grail of light spectrum anyway.
Todd
guod
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60% for the royal blues; 55% for the best white from cree...
and if talk about PPF/W take a look at the reds..
and how does that compare from a cost prospective to a HPS? if using the best white from Cree?
sixstring2112
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start at post 1711 and then read the next pages.then go back and read the whole thread lmao
https://www.rollitup.org/t/mau5capades-builds-grow-journal.881192/page-86
make sure you watch ALL his videos as well,then report back to us and we can grade you on your studies haha.
mauricem00
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HPS is the light to beat for flowering but T5HOs and MH are the light to beat for vegging. do LEDs produce a significant increase in quality and/or yield? if so is the gain worth the substantial increase in cost? I'm a PU MMJ grower. not a commercial grower so I make no profit from my grow. i'm just growing medicine for myself and my S.O. my main grow room is a 2ft by 6ft by 8ft closet where I grow 4 plants under T5HOs and get about 0.7 GPW. I have a 2ft by 2 ft by 8 ft closet where I conduct experimental LED grows.so far I have tried a 300 watt mars hydro and 4 DIY grow lights using cree 3070s ,and vero 18s. I have 4 citizen high CRI (90 cri) diodes on order for my next test grow but so far have not found a configuration that will out perform my T5HOs using a mix of 6500k and flora suns.LED makers are doing themselves no favors with their exaggerated claims. and why are they charging $600-$1200 for a light that I can build for $75-$150 ?I am still trying to find a good 430nm diode that won't break the bank to help fill in the spectrum. I believe that broad spectrum blue light is important to strong healthy plant growth
JorgeGonzales
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No. Shit.
cuddlesthesheep
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Still more knowledgable than most though
BM9AGS
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Exactly! Here is cheap supplemental colors that you could add to DIY cobs
https://www.fluence.science/product/ray66/
So that and cobs would be pretty epic.
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