jonnynobody
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I finally finished all of the electrical work in my flower room, painted the walls, and installed proper light proofing material between the joists. Installed a new door, because I trashed the last one and it would no longer close properly. Revamped my HVAC and cleaned everything up nicely. Lined the floor with 6 MIL plastic sheeting. I would opt for a heavy duty tarp next time. The plastic sheeting tears easier than I thought and was a poor choice as a floor covering. I've never torn a hole in my grow room tarps before, so back to tarps. They are twice the cost, but clearly worth it.
I moved 19 or 20 plants into the flower room under a 660w quantum boad I got from Alibaba with LM301b chips and Mean Well drivers and a 450w quantum board (spider farmer brand). They'll start the 12/12 flower cycle tomorrow and I will then fire up my two 1000W HPS hortilux lamps for a combined total power of 3110 Watts. This is my first time flowering with an LED light. So far I am impressed with the vegetative growth. The nodes are much tighter than what I'm use to seeing in vegetative growth under my T5.
Here are the pics of the 2 lights up and running. The Alibaba unit is significantly more intense than the spider farmer. I plan to add a co2 burner with PPM controller after the next harvest. I estimate that upgrade will cost about $500, but I hear you can increase production by 40%. Hopefully that's true.
![20200805_194044.jpg](/data/attachments/3747/3747603-76f9abf51e610ff74a2bf6e601ccc8b9.jpg)
![20200805_194028.jpg](/data/attachments/3747/3747605-bfc6bbf1008610674d0244be2d598006.jpg)
![20200805_194012.jpg](/data/attachments/3747/3747607-337ef67eb683d5e6c3fd77dcbfc9d8ec.jpg)
I moved 19 or 20 plants into the flower room under a 660w quantum boad I got from Alibaba with LM301b chips and Mean Well drivers and a 450w quantum board (spider farmer brand). They'll start the 12/12 flower cycle tomorrow and I will then fire up my two 1000W HPS hortilux lamps for a combined total power of 3110 Watts. This is my first time flowering with an LED light. So far I am impressed with the vegetative growth. The nodes are much tighter than what I'm use to seeing in vegetative growth under my T5.
Here are the pics of the 2 lights up and running. The Alibaba unit is significantly more intense than the spider farmer. I plan to add a co2 burner with PPM controller after the next harvest. I estimate that upgrade will cost about $500, but I hear you can increase production by 40%. Hopefully that's true.
![20200805_194044.jpg](/data/attachments/3747/3747603-76f9abf51e610ff74a2bf6e601ccc8b9.jpg)
![20200805_194028.jpg](/data/attachments/3747/3747605-bfc6bbf1008610674d0244be2d598006.jpg)
![20200805_194012.jpg](/data/attachments/3747/3747607-337ef67eb683d5e6c3fd77dcbfc9d8ec.jpg)