DIY with Quantum Boards
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Budzbuddha
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Was just curious if 304s were staying for the long term as I noticed the 324s are basically in a “ KIT “
I think the 304s are just as nice of a board as the more popular 288 , and there is still lots of driver options for a bump to The latest bin offer. The 304s are a steal for 65 bucks a board right now , and have been real happy with them.
Budzbuddha
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Must smell dank af .. in derr ..
BTW love that profile pic .... can’t stop laughing . Could totally see some guy doing this riding in a motorcycle sidecar .... lol.
pop22
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I like the 304 myself. The 324? seem more geared to be a budget light. good specs, but not as good as the Samsung. Yes, I hope the 304 stays in the line up!
And I just received a pair of 324. Will hang them in the near future!
And I just received a pair of 324. Will hang them in the near future!
Humple
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Budget light? I thought the 324 cost more than the 304 and 288?
Budzbuddha
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Hempy Quantum Time -
Dropped soil for a little while to do so hempy buckets.
Put the 2 Peyote Blue in a little while back with the Wookie Wonder and those are growing mad. Began the maxigrow on those @5.8 ( to adjust for slight drift ) checked runoff after a few days during a straight water and it is at @6.0 , so far so good.
Powered up all quantums over those and began to make 2 more buckets.
One with a GSG , that I got a few beans saved up and a Strayfox Gardenz SUGAR HIGH .
Sugar High ( Strayfox Gardenz )
Indica 80 / Sativa 20
2 gallon Lowe’s bucket
3:1 perlite/ vermiculite
Wookie Wonder :
GSG :
Dropped soil for a little while to do so hempy buckets.
Put the 2 Peyote Blue in a little while back with the Wookie Wonder and those are growing mad. Began the maxigrow on those @5.8 ( to adjust for slight drift ) checked runoff after a few days during a straight water and it is at @6.0 , so far so good.
Powered up all quantums over those and began to make 2 more buckets.
One with a GSG , that I got a few beans saved up and a Strayfox Gardenz SUGAR HIGH .
Sugar High ( Strayfox Gardenz )
Indica 80 / Sativa 20
2 gallon Lowe’s bucket
3:1 perlite/ vermiculite
Wookie Wonder :
GSG :
pop22
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Humple
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Just checked. It's $139 for one QB324 with one heatsink. Cheapest QB288 package is $99 for two boards/heatsinks, but only in 5000k; next cheapest is two 4000k boards with heatsinks, for $145. If you want 3000k, the cheapest I can find is a boards/heatsinks combo for $165. Still, the 324 is quite a bit more expensive.
WeedSexWeightsShakes
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I hoping for 4lbs + in my 4x8 with 1.1kw also
I will probably add in a little co2 and also have 4 far red pucks.
I have 3x 304 260w kits and 4x 132 boards.
Current grow is going to be all over the place, too many strains and sizes lol. But after it I want to do fewer strains and manifold them.
pop22
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The product page is confusing, i thought it was one board also, but that price is for 2.
TurboTokes
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Still looking for build lists for diy quantum board setups
I'd really love to build a 3x3 setup for a friend
I'd really love to build a 3x3 setup for a friend
Humple
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Ahh... I see it now. How odd. HLG has some work to do on their site!
But shit, at that price, I start to get ideas...
Go look back some posts. I gave you a link to a how to video with a parts list in it. It is a 4x qb120 board fixture on a HLG-240H-2100A. It will give you a 265w fixture for around $235 USD.
kotobide
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I just assembled a 260 watt kit in a 3 x 5 closet in my basement i know it will struggle some beyond the 3x3 footprint but im golden just waiting on some seeds to pop.
I found the suggested parts list on the quantum board site general guide section
https://horticulturelightinggroup.com/pages/qb-optics-and-connectors
The only thing missing from that suggested parts list was a few wago connectors and the driver i ordered from digikey HLG-240H-C2100B cause they were not in stock in the few places i checked out
Used the led gardeners video for step by step directions.
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verticalgrow
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pop22
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You know, we get people in this thread from time to time, bragging up other companies products and telling us how great they are. Well I'd like to see just one tell us how great the "other company's" warranty service is.... Let me tell you about Kind LED lights that they refused warranty on. This guy has many years of growing, he's not an idiot. They put him through hell just to get the product an RMA. How long would HLG be in business if they pulled this crap. Read this and tell me if YOU would do business with them
I can't reveal the site this came from as this is an ongoing issue and Kind is an advertiser. I did post that pics of the internals should be posted.
And what if you were a commercial op running these? Shouldn't a $2300 light be DESIGNED to withstand growroom conditions?
The post:
Recently both of my XL1000s failed. Within a 2 week time period both started showing some LEDs out. Since both were still under warranty I contacted Kind to discuss and arrange RMAs. The Kind RMA procedure is rather cumbersome. They require pictures of the unit from all sides, top and bottom as well as the plate on the back that contains the lot number. I had to take that picture about 6 times to get one that was readable, given the small type size. When I sent the pictures to Kind they rejected them, saying they weren't clear enough. So I had to retake them and they still didn't meet their satisfaction. Finally after a 3rd attempt they said okay, send them anyway. I had kept the original packaging but Kind requires they be double boxed, with peanuts or bubble wrap between the boxes. Finding a box that big was difficult. UPS wanted $35 for a box. Yes, $35 for a box that probably cost less than $3 to produce. I told them to shove it, and kept looking until I finally found one at the dollar store. UPS also wanted $140 to ship it. I ended up taking it to FedEx and got ground shipping for $105, still very high. This whole process, pictures, finding packing, shipping took over a week and was very frustrating.
Once they were shipped and I heard back from Kind the news wasn't good. They claimed that everything inside the lights was corroded from high humidity. That is BS. My environment is closed and controlled with both humidification and dehumidifacation used as needed. Humidity in the grow room never exceeded 68% the whole time I owned those lights. Regardless, they did fix it under waarranty but stated it was likely to fail again. Once the first light was returned I shipped the second one. Same deal, insides corroded. By the time the second light came back the first one had already failed again. When I plugged the second one in it failed immediately. The failures aren't complete, mostly two rows out down the middle with other assorted ones also out.
As you might imagine, I was livid when they both failed the second time. So now my options are sending them back again, paying the shipping, and now paying for the repairs. Knowing there is no guarantee they won't fail again I can't justify what could possibly turn into a $400 - $500 repair, plus shipping both ways. It's that, or buy new lights.
I spent $3,200 for these lights and am looking at that much again to replace them. To have them both fail so quickly is maddening and disheartening. I know the problem isn't humidity as Kind claims but without a data logger tracking my temps and humidity there is no way to prove it. So it's my word against theirs, and in this case, I lose. Needless to say, I won't be replacing them with more Kind lights. I was very high on these lights as they do an excellent job and having control over the light spectrums is very handy. But I will not give more of my money to a company that apparently knows there are problems with their lights and are blaming it on an issue that, for most of us, is impossible to prove. I did check their web site, emailed them and called requesting their environmental specs as they are no where to be found. I never got a call back or a response to my emails. This indicates to me they are aware of this issue and took the specs down from their web site so they can't be used in relation to this issue.
I can't reveal the site this came from as this is an ongoing issue and Kind is an advertiser. I did post that pics of the internals should be posted.
And what if you were a commercial op running these? Shouldn't a $2300 light be DESIGNED to withstand growroom conditions?
The post:
Recently both of my XL1000s failed. Within a 2 week time period both started showing some LEDs out. Since both were still under warranty I contacted Kind to discuss and arrange RMAs. The Kind RMA procedure is rather cumbersome. They require pictures of the unit from all sides, top and bottom as well as the plate on the back that contains the lot number. I had to take that picture about 6 times to get one that was readable, given the small type size. When I sent the pictures to Kind they rejected them, saying they weren't clear enough. So I had to retake them and they still didn't meet their satisfaction. Finally after a 3rd attempt they said okay, send them anyway. I had kept the original packaging but Kind requires they be double boxed, with peanuts or bubble wrap between the boxes. Finding a box that big was difficult. UPS wanted $35 for a box. Yes, $35 for a box that probably cost less than $3 to produce. I told them to shove it, and kept looking until I finally found one at the dollar store. UPS also wanted $140 to ship it. I ended up taking it to FedEx and got ground shipping for $105, still very high. This whole process, pictures, finding packing, shipping took over a week and was very frustrating.
Once they were shipped and I heard back from Kind the news wasn't good. They claimed that everything inside the lights was corroded from high humidity. That is BS. My environment is closed and controlled with both humidification and dehumidifacation used as needed. Humidity in the grow room never exceeded 68% the whole time I owned those lights. Regardless, they did fix it under waarranty but stated it was likely to fail again. Once the first light was returned I shipped the second one. Same deal, insides corroded. By the time the second light came back the first one had already failed again. When I plugged the second one in it failed immediately. The failures aren't complete, mostly two rows out down the middle with other assorted ones also out.
As you might imagine, I was livid when they both failed the second time. So now my options are sending them back again, paying the shipping, and now paying for the repairs. Knowing there is no guarantee they won't fail again I can't justify what could possibly turn into a $400 - $500 repair, plus shipping both ways. It's that, or buy new lights.
I spent $3,200 for these lights and am looking at that much again to replace them. To have them both fail so quickly is maddening and disheartening. I know the problem isn't humidity as Kind claims but without a data logger tracking my temps and humidity there is no way to prove it. So it's my word against theirs, and in this case, I lose. Needless to say, I won't be replacing them with more Kind lights. I was very high on these lights as they do an excellent job and having control over the light spectrums is very handy. But I will not give more of my money to a company that apparently knows there are problems with their lights and are blaming it on an issue that, for most of us, is impossible to prove. I did check their web site, emailed them and called requesting their environmental specs as they are no where to be found. I never got a call back or a response to my emails. This indicates to me they are aware of this issue and took the specs down from their web site so they can't be used in relation to this issue.
Hot Diggity Sog
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Hey everyone,
I was all excited to bring another QB304 board online tonight and it did not work!
I've ordered 3000K, 3500K and 4000K boards recently...all QB304's. The 3500K's were the most recent purchase and the boards did not look quite the same. I didnt think much of it until I connected a 3500K to a 4000K in series using the HLG-240H-C2100A driver.
Here are some pictures to show the differences in how the 3500K's look compared to the 3000K and 4000K boards:
3000K and 4000K boards all have this sticker to indicate the spectrum.
This is what the 3500K's look like
Any thoughts?
Edit and Follow-Up:
Running (1) 4000K on this driver is pulling ~114 watts at the stock setting. I have not messed with the dimming. I just put my killowatt on a single 3500K and its pulling like ~255 watts. WTF.
I was all excited to bring another QB304 board online tonight and it did not work!
I've ordered 3000K, 3500K and 4000K boards recently...all QB304's. The 3500K's were the most recent purchase and the boards did not look quite the same. I didnt think much of it until I connected a 3500K to a 4000K in series using the HLG-240H-C2100A driver.
Here are some pictures to show the differences in how the 3500K's look compared to the 3000K and 4000K boards:
3000K and 4000K boards all have this sticker to indicate the spectrum.
This is what the 3500K's look like
Any thoughts?
Edit and Follow-Up:
Running (1) 4000K on this driver is pulling ~114 watts at the stock setting. I have not messed with the dimming. I just put my killowatt on a single 3500K and its pulling like ~255 watts. WTF.
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pop22
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Where did you buy them? That 3500k board doesn'to me like an HLG board, looks like a knock off.
Here are the markings on a QB 288 V1 the print is all clear and distinct,
Here are the markings on a QB 288 V1 the print is all clear and distinct,