DIY with Quantum Boards

420Barista

420Barista

Well-Known Member
Yeah Intense friggin Light.

picture the hair on your avatars head was a few strands in a strip vs what we all see as a big lions main of red hair

which is more impressive?

the grows on RIU speak for themselves
 
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Delamota420

New Member
Hi ,
I've ordered stuff without any knowledge .

2x QB120 + HLG100h24a + sonoff pow

Parallel, serie ? Fan ? Wire ? Heatsink ? At this point don't know what do to .

Thanks
 
pop22

pop22

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Depends who's strips your using and how you plan to use them. I've seen some nice lights built with Samsung strips, and Bridgelux EB strips. Overall though, the QB keeps things like wiring simpler, the form factor is easier to work with than strips, even HLG's heatsinks are reasonably priced. As a DIY light, QB lights are the easiest to build. The QB also more efficient than any strips but Samsungs, and matches and/or exceeds even them in most cases!

HydroRed said:
Is there a benefit in using QB's over multiple strips?
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MstrChief

MstrChief

Member
I recently purchased 2- 260 XL kits from HLG for a 4x4. I have them mounted 18" above some plants that have been flowering for about 5 weeks. The 2 fixtures are hanging 8" away from each other. I bought a Sun Systems par meter have been getting pretty good coverage around 500 umol in the corners and 700-800+ everywhere else. I have the fixtures turned all the way up and the power draw is about 610 watts combined. My 6 cob Vero V7 has 620 watts and ranges between 500- 950. I've had really good results with the cobs, but the quantum boards were a good amount cheaper so I decided to give them a try.

I'm hoping I'm not sacrificing yield with the quantums. Do you guys think I need to hang them lower/higher or closer/further from each other?
 
pop22

pop22

Well-Known Member
I run mine about the same as you would with cobs at equal power levels.

MstrChief said:
I recently purchased 2- 260 XL kits from HLG for a 4x4. I have them mounted 18" above some plants that have been flowering for about 5 weeks. The 2 fixtures are hanging 8" away from each other. I bought a Sun Systems par meter have been getting pretty good coverage around 500 umol in the corners and 700-800+ everywhere else. I have the fixtures turned all the way up and the power draw is about 610 watts combined. My 6 cob Vero V7 has 620 watts and ranges between 500- 950. I've had really good results with the cobs, but the quantum boards were a good amount cheaper so I decided to give them a try.

I'm hoping I'm not sacrificing yield with the quantums. Do you guys think I need to hang them lower/higher or closer/further from each other?
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