Scorpion Diablo 5x5

tandem

tandem

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My buddy is letting me use his scorpion diablo! I run a 4 spot rdwc and I was wondering how to judge where to set the dial on the light?
I was told that it's too intense for a 5x5 on full blast so I was curious how I should go about judging the settings without buying a fancy LUX meter or what not.
It's a VERY big upgrade from the LEDs I was using so I'm curious to see the yield increase in a few months.
 
coreywebster

coreywebster

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It's designed for a 5x5.
But being boards I'd stick to the recommended distance .

And probably start at 25% in veg and crank it up slowly
 
buyyouabeer

buyyouabeer

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I run a 350R Diablo as one of my light bars; also 3x 3 288 QB bars from Timber (when they used to make them). You absolutely should get a lux meter they are only like $30. You're thinking of a true PAR meter which are $$$. For white light fixtures lux works just fine. I run my seedlings around 15k, veg mid 30k and flower 50k ish. There are lots of calculators and formulas online. Below is the one I use.

 
curious2garden

curious2garden

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coreywebster said:
Or really?
I figured it would be slightly underpowered if anything for a 5x5.
Does it suffer from hot spots?
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No, hot spots just a powerful light. Every single time I've turned either of them up to 8 I see burning. They have penetration equal to my old HPS. They seem to defy the laws of physics :eyesmoke: Weirdest shit is all my plants love them. They all just perk up under that light. Mine are the X the regular Diablos I have are two 350s they don't do that. But I don't run them flat out either.
 
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