Rocket Soul
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Are these new coboards fruits of the new in house production? As in could there be variants to cater for different spectrums if there was some demand shown here?
DIY with Quantum Boards
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Stephenj37826
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They are produced in the US. Yes we will make them as well soon. Smt line arrives 10 am Friday.... Can't wait but also nervous lol.
Budzbuddha
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Price point ?
Stephenj37826
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$99 for board heatsink thermal pad and screws. $10 more for khatod optic.
maxlev
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No need to be nervous unless bitter hps cavemen armed with spent bulbs to hurl are present
Stephenj37826
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So much to learn. With everything we have going on sometimes my head spins lol.
Budzbuddha
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Winner winner chicken dinner ... looks like I’m gonna grab a couple .
Looks like a big bump in 500-580nm
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Budzbuddha
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Flip day for the 2 peyote blue and Wookie !
Harvested the HSO BD X TOOF experiment grow and cleaned up the tent for the new tenants ....
But ......
It’s too crowded to run all the way .... so ... I am gonna pull the Wookie up front after transitioning has set ( pistils / preflower ) and then allow the back two ( peyote ) more breathing room.
The WOOKSTER will get a space for its self since she is looking a bit sativa “ ISH “ and probably will stretch out. So temporary sardine packing just for a week or so.
They received a feeding today ( Maxigrow) and will get one more next week then MAXIBLOOM thereafter....
NOW these are the other Hempy girls :
GSG
BD Blue Dream
Alpine Cookies
Sugar High
This why I like hempy grows they grow super fast and these are about 7 nodes in.
BD is got that typical lank structure and the rest are tighter. Maxigrow on these also @5.9 .
So ... in say a couple weeks these should be pretty close to flip ( hopefully) then I can either bring Wookie back in here with them or keep in another separate room. I want to take advantage of the shaping / LST I did to make the plant uniform.
#QuantumLife
Harvested the HSO BD X TOOF experiment grow and cleaned up the tent for the new tenants ....
But ......
It’s too crowded to run all the way .... so ... I am gonna pull the Wookie up front after transitioning has set ( pistils / preflower ) and then allow the back two ( peyote ) more breathing room.
The WOOKSTER will get a space for its self since she is looking a bit sativa “ ISH “ and probably will stretch out. So temporary sardine packing just for a week or so.
They received a feeding today ( Maxigrow) and will get one more next week then MAXIBLOOM thereafter....
NOW these are the other Hempy girls :
GSG
BD Blue Dream
Alpine Cookies
Sugar High
This why I like hempy grows they grow super fast and these are about 7 nodes in.
BD is got that typical lank structure and the rest are tighter. Maxigrow on these also @5.9 .
So ... in say a couple weeks these should be pretty close to flip ( hopefully) then I can either bring Wookie back in here with them or keep in another separate room. I want to take advantage of the shaping / LST I did to make the plant uniform.
#QuantumLife
Budzbuddha
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What size tent ? ... looking around for another.2 quantum boards, 1 v1 and 1 v2. 2 growmau5 pucks with the v1 samsung LEDs + 660n reds, and 1 vero29 4k cobb
Just started using 476w quantum led board and wow, they get hot! Even with a fan blowing on the lights my tent shot up to 88C. Had to quickly set up my cfm fan to push some cold air from the window (good thing its cool out). How do most people cool their tents? I used to use a cooltube with my HPS so it was much easier.
Also with all the air getting pushed around to cool everything off the humidity has dropped to 30 :\
Also with all the air getting pushed around to cool everything off the humidity has dropped to 30 :\
Is it the HLG 550 or custom? or just 4 boards? try to run the boards at around 115w for a 288. Pushing them those extra 15 or so watts adds a lot of heat.
Ive also had a lot of success separating the driver from the LED heatsink. Way better thermals that way. Even better if you can move the driver out of the tent.
Hey, it was a custom built light I bought already assembles.
Here is a pic of them from the website.Doesn't look like the cables are long enough to allow them to be separated.
dannykay
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You want to mount those drivers outside your tent for starters. That would go a long way in getting your temps under control.
What do you use for Intake/outake today?
Shad3s
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88C bro? For real? Your tent with everything in it would be on fire.
You probably meant 88F? Also detach the driver from the board helps or mount them on the boards in such a way that there's a few cm's space between the two.
That way, when you put a fan on it, airflow will be better and temps will drop..
Philip-O
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@SlappyD perhaps try to dim them a little. In my experience, not taking them all the way up helps a lot with controlling the heat. Also, good air circulation inside the tent helps both with heat and bud rot control (one of my circulation fans blows upon the heatsinks, and they keep almost at room temperature, before putting those fans I had both bud rot and heat.)
Budzbuddha
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None of the boards really become obsolete.... I am STILL using LM 561 S5 bin ( originals ) from 2016 and they are still keeping my shelves stocked with smoke.
I mentioned this before ... think LEGO blocks. They easy to add and subtract boards , they can easily be reconfigured to new rigs , just by adding another board or two. They also play well with strips ( deep red or white ) , cobs and PUCKS .
I always suggest starting with a PAIR ( HLG will voltage match these ) so it will be easy to start larger builds with pairs . They did sell a 3 panel too. I built a three panel with 3500k at it worked in a 42” x 30” tent just fine. As the led components get more efficient some early boards will disappear but not because of functionality. I also run 90CRI 3000k testers and you will have to rip them from my cold dead hands before I give those up.
“ game changer “ lingo is a marketing move and don’t think HLG plays that. Others do with questionable results ..... *insert brand name here
It is ridiculously simple to mock up a design since the boards are about the size of white copy paper.
So DIY a light for your space is hella easy. Those S5 original BIN are on a “ DAILY “ perpetual grow use. I do not shut down for seasons ... and have been running since I first put them together.
I mentioned this before ... think LEGO blocks. They easy to add and subtract boards , they can easily be reconfigured to new rigs , just by adding another board or two. They also play well with strips ( deep red or white ) , cobs and PUCKS .
I always suggest starting with a PAIR ( HLG will voltage match these ) so it will be easy to start larger builds with pairs . They did sell a 3 panel too. I built a three panel with 3500k at it worked in a 42” x 30” tent just fine. As the led components get more efficient some early boards will disappear but not because of functionality. I also run 90CRI 3000k testers and you will have to rip them from my cold dead hands before I give those up.
“ game changer “ lingo is a marketing move and don’t think HLG plays that. Others do with questionable results ..... *insert brand name here
It is ridiculously simple to mock up a design since the boards are about the size of white copy paper.
So DIY a light for your space is hella easy. Those S5 original BIN are on a “ DAILY “ perpetual grow use. I do not shut down for seasons ... and have been running since I first put them together.