Budies 101
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Hello everyone!
First I'd like to thank so many people on these forums that give out advice and help to anyone who asks. I learned a lot by being here and still have a long ways to go.
I built a 320watt possible light but I built it for a reason. The actual draw from the wall says 320 watts.
I don't see a lot of led lights that are pre made that cover a 4x4 area, most the time it will claim it can do a 4x4 but is best used to cover a 2x3 or a 3x4... That sucks.
My goal was to make an easy to put together workhorse light that can do 300watts, no added blues or reds, no gimmicks or stuff to worry about. The goal was also to cover a 2x4 space extremely well with just one light. One light = 2x4, two lights = 4x4 three lights = 4x6 and on and on and on. The idea is you can grow in a commercial setting like 4x50 and you would simply need 25 lights. Four lights allows a lot of maneuverability over the canopy and the thin profile makes ceiling height a non issue. These lights are made to grow in racks as that is what I will be doing at my rec grow here in Oregon. Profile of the light becomes a big deal, saving every inch I can so I can stack my grows.
I wanted this light to be on the higher side of efficient as well as versatile while keeping an ultra think profile. Samsung calculator says I'm around 170lm/w at 300 watts, I don't have a par meter but will get one at some point.
Here are some pics of the light, I'll do a grow log at some point I'm sure. The plants under here are mostly being sexed. Spectrum is 3,500k
Chips are LM561c bin S6 - Lights are 8 inch wide and 42 inch long.
Driver is meanwell, 1.750mA 320watts
I wanted to show how thin these lights are, the first picture is all 4 lights but it looks like a single light from the side.
It took me about 25 min to put the light together and I feel if I was doing a bunch in a row I could do it in about 10-15 min on average.
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I made a few different builds, I'm settling on this build for now as it's easy and looks pretty clean. The heat sink is a 3/16th aluminum plate. I wanted a light like this to avoid running so many Quantum Boards, less wires, less time, less problems imo.
Thanks!
First I'd like to thank so many people on these forums that give out advice and help to anyone who asks. I learned a lot by being here and still have a long ways to go.
I built a 320watt possible light but I built it for a reason. The actual draw from the wall says 320 watts.
I don't see a lot of led lights that are pre made that cover a 4x4 area, most the time it will claim it can do a 4x4 but is best used to cover a 2x3 or a 3x4... That sucks.
My goal was to make an easy to put together workhorse light that can do 300watts, no added blues or reds, no gimmicks or stuff to worry about. The goal was also to cover a 2x4 space extremely well with just one light. One light = 2x4, two lights = 4x4 three lights = 4x6 and on and on and on. The idea is you can grow in a commercial setting like 4x50 and you would simply need 25 lights. Four lights allows a lot of maneuverability over the canopy and the thin profile makes ceiling height a non issue. These lights are made to grow in racks as that is what I will be doing at my rec grow here in Oregon. Profile of the light becomes a big deal, saving every inch I can so I can stack my grows.
I wanted this light to be on the higher side of efficient as well as versatile while keeping an ultra think profile. Samsung calculator says I'm around 170lm/w at 300 watts, I don't have a par meter but will get one at some point.
Here are some pics of the light, I'll do a grow log at some point I'm sure. The plants under here are mostly being sexed. Spectrum is 3,500k
Chips are LM561c bin S6 - Lights are 8 inch wide and 42 inch long.
Driver is meanwell, 1.750mA 320watts
I wanted to show how thin these lights are, the first picture is all 4 lights but it looks like a single light from the side.It took me about 25 min to put the light together and I feel if I was doing a bunch in a row I could do it in about 10-15 min on average.
I made a few different builds, I'm settling on this build for now as it's easy and looks pretty clean. The heat sink is a 3/16th aluminum plate. I wanted a light like this to avoid running so many Quantum Boards, less wires, less time, less problems imo.Thanks!
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