welight
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we do have the SUP kit with 60 watt dimmable Driver, you would need 2 kits but that would come with 2 drivers, doable?
Cheers
Mark
Cutter Electronics: Complete DIY COB kits
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Cheers
Mark
Been meaning to ask this.
I have a cxb3590 4000k with a ZPE 60w driver. @1.4a
Is it possible to add a 5k 3590 in parallel with that driver making each led run at 700ma??
And driver failure won't be an issue because each drivers heatsink will be fine with 1400ma.
Also, last time i used my Credit card and got charge $90 for credit card surcharge or something?
anyway i can avoid this charge??
I have a cxb3590 4000k with a ZPE 60w driver. @1.4a
Is it possible to add a 5k 3590 in parallel with that driver making each led run at 700ma??
And driver failure won't be an issue because each drivers heatsink will be fine with 1400ma.
Also, last time i used my Credit card and got charge $90 for credit card surcharge or something?
anyway i can avoid this charge??
welight
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If the driver had more power capacity(watts) yes, but the 60 watt driver is only good for 1 COB at 1400ma.
$90 surcharge?? your bank charged this?
Cheers
Mark
024deeweed420
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Hi, LED, indoor grow newb. Ive been lurking here and watching a lot of mau5s led begginer vids on YouTube.
Im planning a small grow tent room, 2x2.5 ft gorrilla grow tent. ( the biggest size I can fit in the space I have!) . I am seriously considering the cutter electronics mau5 kits. I guess the no brainer is probably 4 cobs for thet sized space but i was considering going to 6 or even 8 at lower watts per cob for better efficiency something like this from a post by
SupraSPL :@64%
(8 ) CXB3590 3500K CD @ 700mA (23W ea) $380
(1) HLG-185H-C700 $65
184 dissipation W ->66W heat ->
passive cooled heatsink 7920cm² -> 4.23"X44" $68 (could split these into 2 or 4 units)
. I know it will cost more, thats not an issue, but wondering is its ok to have the cobs on the passive cooled pin heatsinks from the cutter electronics kit a lot closer together in such a tight space but then again they will be all running at a lower cooler 23w.
I guess there might be a light spread issue as well. Any thoughts?
Im planning a small grow tent room, 2x2.5 ft gorrilla grow tent. ( the biggest size I can fit in the space I have!) . I am seriously considering the cutter electronics mau5 kits. I guess the no brainer is probably 4 cobs for thet sized space but i was considering going to 6 or even 8 at lower watts per cob for better efficiency something like this from a post by
SupraSPL :@64%
(8 ) CXB3590 3500K CD @ 700mA (23W ea) $380
(1) HLG-185H-C700 $65
184 dissipation W ->66W heat ->
passive cooled heatsink 7920cm² -> 4.23"X44" $68 (could split these into 2 or 4 units)
. I know it will cost more, thats not an issue, but wondering is its ok to have the cobs on the passive cooled pin heatsinks from the cutter electronics kit a lot closer together in such a tight space but then again they will be all running at a lower cooler 23w.
I guess there might be a light spread issue as well. Any thoughts?
verticalgrow
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024deeweed420
Active Member
Oh yeah i did see that, you can buy the kits sans drivers. Hope you can still get that size driver somewhere else. Have to go searching.good idea but cutter doesnt have any 700ma drivers
024deeweed420
Active Member
Ok I didnt get much response on
My first question, another one, if i went wih 8 cobs in a small (2x2.5) but upped it to arounr 50 wats per cob, would that be overkill?
The other thing I want to know, is suplemental far red, infra red and uv-b or a leds or flouro lights worth dabbling in for a first indoor grow? Ive been looking at info here and other forums and cant get any consistent info. It doesnt look like any of them are essential but can enhance things.
My first question, another one, if i went wih 8 cobs in a small (2x2.5) but upped it to arounr 50 wats per cob, would that be overkill?
The other thing I want to know, is suplemental far red, infra red and uv-b or a leds or flouro lights worth dabbling in for a first indoor grow? Ive been looking at info here and other forums and cant get any consistent info. It doesnt look like any of them are essential but can enhance things.
@welight I'd prefer the 1400ma as they are dimmable,right?
Olive Drab Green
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sixstring2112
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first grow.i would not worry about it.but yeah 8 cobs in the 2 x 2.5 is kinda overkill. 5 or 6 cobs is plenty.or do 8 at lower currents like 700ma
Olive Drab Green
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I'm doing two 2150mA x 36v 3500k 3590s (Top Bin) in a 2.5x4. Two emitters, two drivers. Tasty T1-2100s.
Olive Drab Green
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Check this out! Pushing trichomes on seedlings within their first week alive:
Olive Drab Green
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Thanks, man! I appreciate it! I wasn't talking shit earlier, I was just giving a perspective that's going around lately. You seem to be doing more than pretty good with yours.
Evil-Mobo
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I'm new bro trying to grasp this all and many changes as I learn more better you know., So it's like constant changes because I learn fast lol........
OneHitDone
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You sure that's not Thrip eggs/larvae?
Olive Drab Green
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yeah right, as you'd probably go from ~181lm/W to 156lm/w,so loose 14% efficiency and need 8 instead of 4 drivers.
not an option to me.
Olive Drab Green
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What the hell are you talking about? You wouldn't lose lumens, you'd gain them, even though they mean absolutely nothing collectively, PPFD is way more important, and my efficiency is 50%. You tell me the PPFD of one of your lights driven at a lower amperage and I'll show you how you're not outdoing one of mine. 89w for the PPFD of a 400-600w HPS.
How do you figure driving the same light at a lower amperage is better than driving it at a higher one when you still get 50% efficiency? Especially when that efficiency puts your electric cost at a little more than a 60w incandescent light bulb? 89w isn't really all that important, considering the power.
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