Scotch089
Well-Known Member
I have parts ordered and lying around that Ima put together a 730/660 "pontoon," couple of em for each 12/12 area, was going to keep it to x12 730s per area but you know... start day dreaming and now I am here. I would really enjoy setting up separate timers/relays/whatever for separate drivers/emitters to kick on throughout the day cycle
ie. (0-12 for simplicity's sake)
>0-4...my primary panel kicks on with a Cool supp,
>4-8... cool supp out, primary panel with extra reds and whites for "high noon intensity?"
>8-11.5... primary panel w/out extra intensity and 660s kick on
>11.5-12... primary panel, 660s, and 730s all on.
>12-12.5... lights out except 730s
Its out there, and I understand I may be missing certain nm's, or leaving 730s on for too long at lights out, but this is why I brought this here, couple days into the idea and I think I am going to do it for both my areas if I can have some fun with it.
My thought process:
AT200- 72 NW, 48 630s
thought taking it to the 4:1 ratio AT runs would be okay for morning being they said THAT was the spectrum to veg MY kind of plant under (if you guys DO ever talk to ANY company, don't approach em talking about ganga, just good sense..), they are just red loving plants. For 660 (which I would really like to hear some input on...) I figured 2:1, 1:1, 1:3?
For now 2:1 is what Im crunching numbers with.. and thought x12 730s per area (x1 3x3' and x1 ~2x3' would do just fine.. 140*) going in clusters of x3 per heatsink
Thatd put me at needing:
24NW:24660:12730
Now, this project keeps getting bigger and bigger, and it started as a $25 pontoon, SO, im not ordering quality parts and don't really feel like chucking too much at this (can easily stay <$100-150 for both areas), but I did order my x50 660's, x3 30V drivers, and I am considering ordering up the sets for NW's, and considering using some WW for mixing, maybe CW and WW to balance out the eff? but again, im not too worried about how efficient these puckers end up being, using some thin heatsinks so my expectations for these things is meh.
The SGS is 48NW:24630
Since it has the switch morning is kind of figured out, even lower draw (and thats something else... how cool would it be if we could incorporate some way of to mimic "natural shade from clouds..........."..........NOT!) helps mimic the morning but yea id just do the same for that area in the same ratios.
I may toss up pics of the heatsinks. What I am thinking are four separate ~4x8" slabs connected and hung just like a pontoon, each "slab" has 27 open "slots" for an LED, breaks down to...
6660:6NW:3730 per heatsink, two heatsinks on opposing sides of the primary source...
I have space. and like I said, I was considering WWs to mix, maybe some mono blues (gasp) for what supra had been speaking to a few weeks back.
Seriously id enjoy this to stay positive and this is all about ideas, facts, and concepts, and properly delivered opinions. beyond the obvious q/a and insight of how long to keep a nm on or wavelengths incorporated. how would you Replicate the Sun.
be safe everyone!
ie. (0-12 for simplicity's sake)
>0-4...my primary panel kicks on with a Cool supp,
>4-8... cool supp out, primary panel with extra reds and whites for "high noon intensity?"
>8-11.5... primary panel w/out extra intensity and 660s kick on
>11.5-12... primary panel, 660s, and 730s all on.
>12-12.5... lights out except 730s
Its out there, and I understand I may be missing certain nm's, or leaving 730s on for too long at lights out, but this is why I brought this here, couple days into the idea and I think I am going to do it for both my areas if I can have some fun with it.
My thought process:
AT200- 72 NW, 48 630s
thought taking it to the 4:1 ratio AT runs would be okay for morning being they said THAT was the spectrum to veg MY kind of plant under (if you guys DO ever talk to ANY company, don't approach em talking about ganga, just good sense..), they are just red loving plants. For 660 (which I would really like to hear some input on...) I figured 2:1, 1:1, 1:3?
For now 2:1 is what Im crunching numbers with.. and thought x12 730s per area (x1 3x3' and x1 ~2x3' would do just fine.. 140*) going in clusters of x3 per heatsinkThatd put me at needing:
24NW:24660:12730
Now, this project keeps getting bigger and bigger, and it started as a $25 pontoon, SO, im not ordering quality parts and don't really feel like chucking too much at this (can easily stay <$100-150 for both areas), but I did order my x50 660's, x3 30V drivers, and I am considering ordering up the sets for NW's, and considering using some WW for mixing, maybe CW and WW to balance out the eff? but again, im not too worried about how efficient these puckers end up being, using some thin heatsinks so my expectations for these things is meh.
The SGS is 48NW:24630
Since it has the switch morning is kind of figured out, even lower draw (and thats something else... how cool would it be if we could incorporate some way of to mimic "natural shade from clouds..........."..........NOT!) helps mimic the morning but yea id just do the same for that area in the same ratios.
I may toss up pics of the heatsinks. What I am thinking are four separate ~4x8" slabs connected and hung just like a pontoon, each "slab" has 27 open "slots" for an LED, breaks down to...
6660:6NW:3730 per heatsink, two heatsinks on opposing sides of the primary source...
I have space. and like I said, I was considering WWs to mix, maybe some mono blues (gasp) for what supra had been speaking to a few weeks back.
Seriously id enjoy this to stay positive and this is all about ideas, facts, and concepts, and properly delivered opinions. beyond the obvious q/a and insight of how long to keep a nm on or wavelengths incorporated. how would you Replicate the Sun.
be safe everyone!
