4x4 tent led build?

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bcr500

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I’m looking to dive into building myself a led for my 4x4 tent. I have done a lot of research the last few days and watched a lot of videos but I’m not sure what’s best for my tent.
I like the looks of a bridgelux strip setup and also maybe some type of qb board setup.
Any suggestions would be great.
 
mauricem00

mauricem00

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DIY with brigelux strips would be your least expensive option and they use the best diodes available. you may consider supplementing with a good UV BULB
 
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bcr500

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mauricem00 said:
DIY with brigelux strips would be your least expensive option and they use the best diodes available. you may consider supplementing with a good UV BULB
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That was my only complaint about the bridgelux is they dont appear have any uv blue or red on them. Not sure if that’s a good thing or not. What would you recommend? Something like 20 of the 2 foot strips and a Meanwell 480 driver?
 
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bcr500

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I’m thinking I could build two 300w fixtures I could dim them down and even take one out for veg since I only have 1 tent at this time.
 
mauricem00

mauricem00

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bcr500 said:
That was my only complaint about the bridgelux is they dont appear have any uv blue or red on them. Not sure if that’s a good thing or not. What would you recommend? Something like 20 of the 2 foot strips and a Meanwell 480 driver?
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you can get UV from a small reptile bulb. why 2ft strips for a 4ft tent? I played with bridgelux strips a while back 1597007360930.png1597007450921.png
 
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bcr500

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mauricem00 said:
you can get UV from a small reptile bulb. why 2ft strips for a 4ft tent? I played with bridgelux strips a while back View attachment 4648879View attachment 4648882
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I mean I could just do the 4’ strips and have one fixture or do two fixtures with 2’ strips and be able to take one out if need be or even lift one up if I have a taller plant on one side of the tent.
Do you still have that fixture? If so how do you like it?specs?
 
mauricem00

mauricem00

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bcr500 said:
I mean I could just do the 4’ strips and have one fixture or do two fixtures with 2’ strips and be able to take one out if need be or even lift one up if I have a taller plant on one side of the tent.
Do you still have that fixture? If so how do you like it?specs?
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i still have it 100watts 4000k gen1 strip spentthe finale 3 weeks under HPS to improve bud developement. with the next test grow I will be supplementing 385,420,470 and 660nm diodes
 
Romulanman

Romulanman

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I have a 4x4 and a 4x8. I went with 4 135 watt HLG kits per 4x4 in flower and 2 for veg. Easy to switch between tents and different projects. Easily can lift each light to different heights. I arrange them in a square to get max light penetration on the edges of the tent. We'll see how good it works. About to flower very soon. Veg is great.
 
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