At 1400mw 14 drivers * 50 watts each = 700 watts more or less / 25 watts a square foot = 28 sq of coverage.
So about enough to cover a 5x5 table, more or less.......................
Does that sound about right?? ;-)
The best you are going to do today is 12 Cree CXA3070 COBS running at 1400 ma. about 700 watts = 28 watts sq ft.
Read this:
https://www.rollitup.org/t/diy-led-cree-cxa3070.789575/
I bought 24 of these things from this guy.....I filed a ebay dispute and he said he would give me a full refund after he received and tested them..... I did pay with a credit card, so if he tries any funny biz...
there are other avenues of recourse.
He did try to get me to drop the dispute...
What do you think of this driver?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/50W-Watt-High-Power-Supply-LED-Driver-Waterproof-0-5A-AC85V-265V-50-60HZ-/301230995620?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4622c438a4
IMHO..........MMJ will do just fine under 400-600 umol/s..............Also in my experience anything over 1000 umol/s created problems for me.
Maybe 400 is a little low, but at 600 my grow does really well. All measured with a Licor.
If you look at the plant as a machine.........running it...
My last test at 25w a sq foot was less than stellar. 35w a sq foot was ok. Right now 40w a sq foot (CMH and LED) is doing better that any HPS has ever done for me by double!
At 50 watts a chip, I also think that spreading them out as much as possible would be the hot ticket.
Parts are on order...
3x3 x50w a sq ft= 450watts. That is the rule of thumb for HPS.
Hmmmmmm.
4 ea CXA3070 3000K Z4 @ 1.4A = 52W @ 39.3% efficient........
That would be 208 watts to cover the same 9 sq ft.
23.1 watts per sq ft.
Comments???
I sure as hell hope this works!!!!!!
At 40w sq ft of combined led and cmh...
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Flip to 12/12.
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