What's best current option for an 800-1000w lamp?

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benbud89

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Hi everyone,

Long time no see. What's the best current available options for a 800-1000w lamp? Is Kingbrite still the way to go for DIY assembles?

Thanks a lot, hope for some interesting answers:)!
 
benbud89 said:
Hi everyone,

Long time no see. What's the best current available options for a 800-1000w lamp? Is Kingbrite still the way to go for DIY assembles?

Thanks a lot, hope for some interesting answers:)!
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A better question is what size space are you trying to cover? I'm assuming you'll be flowering?
 
I would go with horticultural lighting group

Shoot for 30-40 led watts square foot

I just bought a pack of qb132's there good for 300 watts. If you got 3- packs of qb132's (come in pack of 4 boards ) you would have between 800-1000 watts of led at the wall.

3- QB132'S (4pack) -$360
3- lrs-350-36 or hlg-320h-1750 led drivers -$120/$270

Then get some angle aluminum to build frame and some 18g solid core and you should be good to go !!

2700k flower !!!
3000k will do just fine in veg and kill it in flower
3500k is best of both worlds in my opinion
4000k more for veg but definitely will produce some frost !!
5000k veg !!!
 
4x4 I'd shoot for 600-700 led watts
5x5 I'd shoot for 900-1000 led watts

If you wanted something a bit easier to build the hlg 600 kit cant be beat for simple diy.

Took me 20 minutes my first time hooking up one of there led kits.

I would definitely check out https://horticulturelightinggroup.com

If your fluent with electricity then maybe check out some of the strip build posts on rollitup. Alot of people build there own lights using bridgelux or Samsung led strips.
Though hlg uses the same 301b diodes as the high performing strips do...

It really all comes down to what your budget is and how much diying you want to do...

Again cant go wrong with
https://horticulturelightinggroup.com
 
benbud89 said:
Hi everyone,

Long time no see. What's the best current available options for a 800-1000w lamp? Is Kingbrite still the way to go for DIY assembles?

Thanks a lot, hope for some interesting answers:)!
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I just want to appoligize for jumping the gun a bit... i dont go on Alibaba much at all... ive never heard of kingbrite until just now... however i have heard of many people buying quantum boards on Alibaba... alot of them have great reviews but also i have found some information stating some of the brands on ALIBABA use lower bin diodes . Though idk if this is the same with kingbrite. Now that i do some research alot of people have gone with kingbrite this past year on rollitup and reddit.

Though my opinion still doesnt change... for the price it seems that you cant beat the QB132'S V2 with samsung 301b s6 binning.

In my opinion.... say you bought the 550w kit off alibiba... you hang it at 16-24 inches. A decent amount of space... now a qb132 can be mere inches from the plants. Providing alot more usable light energy at the canopy.
 
Ive done alibaba and been happy with it. But i never expect a "like for like" performance to HLG. Generally what i do is to just put as many diodes in that i can using larger FoTop boards which can run without heatsinks if you run them soft. The point is, if you know how to design your light it doesnt matter if your ali board runs a lower bin diode, you can easily make up for that by using more of them.

The premium of top bin is usually not worth it if you can over twice as many ali diodes for the same or lower price.
 
Rocket Soul said:
Ive done alibaba and been happy with it. But i never expect a "like for like" performance to HLG. Generally what i do is to just put as many diodes in that i can using larger FoTop boards which can run without heatsinks if you run them soft. The point is, if you know how to design your light it doesnt matter if your ali board runs a lower bin diode, you can easily make up for that by using more of them.

The premium of top bin is usually not worth it if you can over twice as many ali diodes for the same or lower price.
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Hey could you possibly put up a link for the boards you use ? The larger FoTop boards ?
Thanks
 
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