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Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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shrxhky420 said:
Love my LEDs. I'm running 600 watts per 3x6 table. My goal is 2lbs. Hard to do with cookie strains. 21 more days til harvest, big temp swings... in coco
10/14 lights cycle...
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SH420
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That’s fuckin sick bro if you hit 2 with 600 watts. And yeah, especially with cookie strains because I know exactly what you’re talking about.
I’ve rocked some cookie crosses that yielded good, but the straight up cookies suck like that. It pisses me off.

I crunched some numbers and assuming you hit 2lbs with most cuts in 18sqft under that 600watts of Led, and I get my 3lb’s with most cuts in 25 sqft under 1000w’s of DE:

The LED yields more per watt, and the DE yields more per sqft. The LED wins efficiency wise, but would be nice to know how much 1000w’s of LED costs. It is roughly $400 for DE.
 
shrxhky420

shrxhky420

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Aeroknow said:
That’s fuckin sick bro if you hit 2 with 600 watts. And yeah, especially with cookie strains because I know exactly what you’re talking about.
I’ve rocked some cookie crosses that yielded good, but the straight up cookies suck like that. It pisses me off.

I crunched some numbers and assuming you hit 2lbs with most cuts in 18sqft under that 600watts of Led, and I get my 3lb’s with most cuts in 25 sqft under 1000w’s of DE:

The LED yields more per watt, and the DE yields more per sqft. The LED wins efficiency wise, but would be nice to know how much 1000w’s of LED costs. It is roughly $400 for DE.
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2lbs should be easy... it's only 900 grams. I should be able to hit 1.5g/watt with led. I'm surpassing the gram mark no problem.

I won't be buying any bulbs for 5-10 years, where you'll buy a couple de bulbs in that time. Also, not working so hard to cool my lights.
I run 2 tables now. When I was rockin the hps, I had 1 table and I was running some 2000+ watts (just in lighting in flower). Now I run maybe 2500 watts total. That's clones, veg, and flower lights and all ancillary items.
I was afraid of the move from hps to LEDs. Glad I switched, especially since it seems the tech caught up to the needs of growers. The technology is only getting better

SH420
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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shrxhky420 said:
2lbs should be easy... it's only 900 grams. I should be able to hit 1.5g/watt with led. I'm surpassing the gram mark no problem.

I won't be buying any bulbs for 5-10 years, where you'll buy a couple de bulbs in that time. Also, not working so hard to cool my lights.
I run 2 tables now. When I was rockin the hps, I had 1 table and I was running some 2000+ watts (just in lighting in flower). Now I run maybe 2500 watts total. That's clones, veg, and flower lights and all ancillary items.
I was afraid of the move from hps to LEDs. Glad I switched, especially since it seems the tech caught up to the needs of growers. The technology is only getting better

SH420
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it might be that time, i've said i would switch when they quit coming out with "next gen" shit every other day...they're still coming out with new stuff, but not at the rate they were a year or two ago...and the savings in replacement bulbs and electricity look like they're getting pretty significant..enough to offset that initial investment.....
 
shrxhky420

shrxhky420

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
it might be that time, i've said i would switch when they quit coming out with "next gen" shit every other day...they're still coming out with new stuff, but not at the rate they were a year or two ago...and the savings in replacement bulbs and electricity look like they're getting pretty significant..enough to offset that initial investment.....
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I noticed savings almost immediately! Still am. I'm going on 2 yrs running them. I'm really cheating now because I have solar. I run my lights during the day.
SH420
 
2rollingstoned

2rollingstoned

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shrxhky420 said:
Love my LEDs. I'm running 600 watts per 3x6 table. My goal is 2lbs. Hard to do with cookie strains. 21 more days til harvest, big temp swings... in coco
10/14 lights cycle..
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Happy Sunday Hun good to see ya! Those are some real beauties. You know I am always learning, I have found a few cool lights at some thrift stores and want to try some of them out. Super interested in LED and have invested in some at a discount. Can you show me an example of what you are using for lighting? I really don't want to hang up all these exhaust fans and shit if I don't have to. Ready for some new ideas and examples. Thanks brother love ya
 
shrxhky420

shrxhky420

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Aeroknow said:
Nice! What led’s you rockin?
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Mostly these

https://horticulturelightinggroup.com/collections/quantum-boards/products/quantum-boards?variant=8126693212252
I run the 304s with the slate 2 heatsink.

I run 2 boards, in series, per driver.
I'm using this driver... (bought 10 for discount and I have 1 or 2 for backup)
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/mean-well-usa-inc/HLG-240H-C1050A/1866-2453-ND/7704009&?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5MjzpZiC3wIV9x6tBh29hgU3EAkYASABEgJHIPD_BwE

I didn't buy them from digikey, I looked for best price and bought 'em.

For clone, same driver, 1 board, but it's the 288 board not the 304.

@2rollingstoned this post was for you too. Always learning here, as well.

SH420
 
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SSGrower

SSGrower

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I bought cobs about 2 years ago thinking "when these burn out I'll upgrade" there is no sign of them burning out and at the low levels I drive them idk if they ever will. I just bought 10 more cxb3590 in 2700k to go with the 12 3500k I have, some 2020 profile aluminum and rewiring, I'll have a combination vert/horizontal (think upside down L) rig with 22 cobs passively cooled at roughly 360 watts. I fully expect to get a lb from a 3x3. In the 2 years since first building the price of electronics has gone down but I think the rest of the raw materials went up. My rig more like $3 a watt when its all said and done, but if I wanted to drive it harder it would be in the $1 per watt range.
If you are going to go led learn how to read mfg bin codes and stay away from vendors that dont publish them.
 
BudmanTX

BudmanTX

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jerryb73 said:
Morning bro, we have had serious weather yesterday and today, a tornado touched down last night bout 2 miles from my place and warnings again today. Supposed to be bringing a cold front, which will be nice.
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no shit.....here the wind is changing direction out of the NE, had to bring in the tomatoes(wink), had them out for sun all weekend, brought them in this morning, we have a couple of cool mornings in the upper 40's, then we got a possible of rain coming by the end of the week. Then we got sunny again for the weekend.....
 
ANC

ANC

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OK decided on this configuration. I will have 44 plants on the 2x4 tray. I will flip this one tomorrow if I get my car back, so I can get supplies. And then have the next 44 ready for another tray in 30 days.
I have a 2x4 hydro tray that I use as a mother tray, It produces about 50 large cuts in 3 weeks.
 
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