Lukios Secret Garden

Sassafras¥

Sassafras¥

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lukio said:
im under a gram per watt with the chinese, id be over with the newer tech. QB price wise is probs about the same as shit chinese anyway?

like madmungo said, a second hand quality panel is a good move. ebay maybe. @Fevs has bought some 2nd hand panels
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Madmungo said:
There's so many mate, see what's in your price range and ask on here for people's experiences
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Appreciate it guys.
 
Sassafras¥

Sassafras¥

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MrTwist1 said:
Honestly dude if you're on a tight budget, go for Samsung or Bridgelux hard strips. There is no better value available right now and they are so easy to wire up etc. We can talk you through it :)
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Ok very appreciative bro. So just look up Bridgelux hard strips, or Samsung? Is there a better place to purchase them vs another?
 
MrTwist1

MrTwist1

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Sassafras¥ said:
Ok very appreciative bro. So just look up Bridgelux hard strips, or Samsung? Is there a better place to purchase them vs another?
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Ok so the best way is to search for the lowest price using Octopart.com which aggregates prices for lots of stores.

Last time I checked, the Bridgelux EB series were the cheapest. Usually Arrow/Verical offers the best price. I opted for 3500K colour temp as it's generally good for both veg and flower, and 560mm. The part number for that is Bridgelux BXEB-L0560Z-35E2000-C-A3. Digikey is currently selling them for $7 each. The only caveat is that the solderless connectors on the Bridgelux strips are very cheap and break easily. With that said, as long as you're not trying to disconnect and reconnect bunch of times you will probably be ok.

Last year I scored a bunch of Samsung Influx L04 hard strips from Arrow/Verical for around $7 each and they have better connectors, but lately the price seems to have gone up. It seems that the prices of these strips fluctuates quite a lot for some reason.

I have most of mine on 1" extruded heatsinks, but I have since realised that easily sourced Aluminum angle can do the job for much less money.

I run them on 1050A drivers made by Meanwell. let me know how much power you want from the light and we can start figuring out a good setup for you. If brother @lukio would prefer we don't clutter up his awesome thread we can take it to private message, but it might be useful to other folks, so let's see what he says.
 
lukio

lukio

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its all good @MrTwist1 i dont know anything about em either so its great hearing the deets (:

Noticed one of my Ghost Trains has gone all purple during fade - to be honest it could of been purple the whole time cause i havent looked at em under white light the whole time. its the only one so im keeping it! 3/4 look/stink summin' pretty! bleached the top too....oh welllllll.

Prettty impressed with em so far...considering
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This is also the only one thats foxtailed. not normally my cuppa tea but i think shes looking pretty. chop on monday cause im going to Glastonbury festival for a week of dabauchery next wednesday, it is work but it is also Glastonbury ;)
 
MrTwist1

MrTwist1

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lukio said:
its all good @MrTwist1 i dont know anything about em either so its great hearing the deets (:

Noticed one of my Ghost Trains has gone all purple during fade - to be honest it could of been purple the whole time cause i havent looked at em under white light the whole time. its the only one so im keeping it! 3/4 look/stink summin' pretty! bleached the top too....oh welllllll.

Prettty impressed with em so far...considering
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This is also the only one thats foxtailed. not normally my cuppa tea but i think shes looking pretty. chop on monday cause im going to Glastonbury festival for a week of dabauchery next wednesday, it is work but it is also Glastonbury ;)
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Man that really is very beautiful! Wowsers!!

Have fun at Glastonbury dude, Kinda jelly!
 
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