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Yeah, that's a lot of volts. This is why I think you see a lot of LED panels that cluster groups of LED's into "modules" with separate "buck" drivers for each module...

What kind of UV LED's are you talking about Scotch? Those sounds primo as fuck, or something. I've seen tons of UV flashlights on eBay to light up scorpions, $100 bills, expose photopolymers for etching copper/photogravure, etc. and they are NOT that expensive. Edit: Btw, sorry for derail...

I think you got the wrong driver. :( We're mixing LED strips with high power LED's here. For high power LED's you need to find out what current you want to run the LED's at. For 3W chips you're probably looking at 500-750mA? As for voltage, you add all the voltage ratings of the LED's up. For...

Kicked Kid outside. He's still got a lot of nutrient deficiencies and what not. Not much new growth and tomatoes seem to have stalled. Eh, fuck it. We'll see what happens. Anyway, I moved Chiesel into the flowering room and transplanted her into a ~7gal smart part that I made a while back out...

http://www.3reef.com/forums/led-aquarium-lighting/led-lenses-117273.html Thermal adhesive.

1000W HPS? A lot of them, bro. You'd need a heck of a lot of them. I thought you were talking about strictly vegging and sustaining mothers with CFL's, so I figured why not splurge a little at the start and never have to replace a bulb. If you're talking about flowering a large ~4'x4' area with...

You left for 12 days and came back to that?! :shock: Dude, I'd have been completely stoked, they look great! I have to leave town as well and was thinking maybe this stuff could keep my plants in check: http://www.lemhilumber.com/Rain-Bird--Time-Release-Water-1-Quart_p_40117.html But that wick...

Ime, it slows vertical growth especially in the early stages of development. Because the plant is afraid of toppling over/snapping it directs more attention towards thickening stems and branches as well as deeper root development. Not a huge deal if that isn't the case, I guess I'm just...

Looks great! Maybe refrain yourself form watering it for a day or two. Do you have a fan blowing on these? An oscillating fan can do wonders to keep plants shorter, it forces them to grow stronger with thicker stems instead of growing straight up up and up, but moving the air also helps them...

There are universal ballasts, but generally, yes, MH and HPS have their own respective ballasts. Flouro's have fine spectral qualities. AFAIK they are a bit more peaky (really high highs and really low lows that are rather erratic) not too disimilar from other light sources (HID, Plasma...

Can't speak for your Sashas, but if it isn't one thing with Kid it's something else. How much of this is his fault I'd probably say "Not much," but it's gettin' old. Chiesel has had to bear a heavier load, too, with much higher temps (at least ten degrees at times) and even lower RH. I'm...

That 24W panel looks delicious caretak3r. Looking forward to seeing them in action. Quick update for you guys. You can say it. Looks rather abismal. I saw some little fruit flies back again in the soil, this is just getting ridiculous. Not sure if they're wreaking havoc on the root...

I think most people just trim mothers back assuming they're not kicking her out of the mother/veg tent for flowering purposes (perhaps to make room for a new mother). New shoots will grow back. And, still, I'd highly recommend checking out the MasterColor series of CDM bulbs. Some are designed...

You got it right. I'd go with the bulb that has more Red. HPS generally has enough (or more than enough) of everything else. More Red can only help. Stretch shouldn't be too huge of an issue, and if you wanted you could even supplement the HPS with a little UV to get some of the benefits from...

That tall one is so stretched out, the plant is looking for more light. That's especially unusual for 5000k since it has an abundance of Blue light within the spectrum. It's a good start, don't get me wrong, but adding more light will keep your plants shorter and stockier which would probably be...

I think if you supplement with some White LED's or even CFL's the plants will enjoy it immensely, the more light you give them the better, but the Kessil's should do your plants justice. I see no problem vegging/fruiting under an H350M. GL.

caretak3r: Precisely. If I hadn't chosen to heat sink my panels, use Wago connectors for all the wires, and bought my power chords from Good Will (99 cents a plug) I'd most likely have been slightly under $1/W. Not the most efficient, bleeding edge chips, but still kinda crazy for any soon-to-be...

That sounds awesome. With the Blues in my setup I do try to keep vegetation from getting too close to the panels even though I've yet to see any signs of bleaching (little paranoid). With your specs you shouldn't have any problems, I bet your plants are going to love those things. And your...

heckler: Your bud sites are packed, wtf! Is that just the genetics? My plants seem to have four buds per site. Looking good, though, my man. Super healthy. caretak3r: I can't complain. She did her job wonderfully and made construction of my panels an absolute cinch. I'm not exactly sure what...

That's basically a high bay LED for factories/work shops. Very common construction from what I see on their webpage, there's a lot of Chinese manufacturers building very similar things. These are directed at use over aquariums so there's probably a LOT more Blue within their spectrum than you...