DIY with Quantum Boards

daveybc

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@Budzbuddha How do you like that reflective lining? It looks like you opted for that instead of tent wall. I was thinking about building a small space and wasn't sure what to line it with. White gloss paint, panda film, some of that what you have used.. or perhaps that insulation bubble type wrap with the reflective layer on the outside ( probabley not the best at reflective properties but rigit and insulating).

Any feedback on the reflective stuff? Does it tear easly? It seems it would move with fans or possibly create hot spots as others had mentioned.
 

Budzbuddha

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@Budzbuddha How do you like that reflective lining? It looks like you opted for that instead of tent wall. I was thinking about building a small space and wasn't sure what to line it with. White gloss paint, panda film, some of that what you have used.. or perhaps that insulation bubble type wrap with the reflective layer on the outside ( probabley not the best at reflective properties but rigit and insulating).

Any feedback on the reflective stuff? Does it tear easly? It seems it would move with fans or possibly create hot spots as others had mentioned.
Its vivosun mylar ( got to redo it lol ) ... no hot spots . Seems to reflect and brighten much more than tent material liner. Im trying to use any stray photon i can .... lol. I even cut a large square of it for floor liner pan ... easy to see overhead light reflected when looking down thru plants - bouncing light to the undercarriage.

Got a large roll on amazon for about $30 ish.

2 sided sticky tape to hang and easy to remove.
You can pretty much do the same with panda white.
 

Frank Nitty

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Its vivosun mylar ( got to redo it lol ) ... no hot spots . Seems to reflect and brighten much more than tent material liner. Im trying to use any stray photon i can .... lol. I even cut a large square of it for floor liner pan ... easy to see overhead light reflected when looking down thru plants - bouncing light to the undercarriage.

Got a large roll on amazon for about $30 ish.

2 sided sticky tape to hang and easy to remove.
You can pretty much do the same with panda white.
You put me on to it and the stuff is awesome!!! I also have a panda white tent!!! Gonna buy a few more of them and do my basement!!!


more of them and
 

pop22

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If its aluminum yes! Otherwise, would you want it hanging over your head??? I had a bigass Mars Hydro light at one time, damn thing was almost as big as my tent and weighed at least 20 pounds. Rope ratchet failed and it fell and flattened all my plants that were 3 weeks into flower...............

Can I use this for my lights???View attachment 4415979 Looks like it would be really good for some strips!!!
 

Frank Nitty

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If its aluminum yes! Otherwise, would you want it hanging over your head??? I had a bigass Mars Hydro light at one time, damn thing was almost as big as my tent and weighed at least 20 pounds. Rope ratchet failed and it fell and flattened all my plants that were 3 weeks into flower...............
Had that happen to my AVT on my last grow so I know how you felt...
 

daveybc

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Angle aluminum is easy. If you can find 1/2 inch rigid enough it would work good. I have 3/4" angle and i notched out to about 1/2 inch so I could slide the boards into a structure as you see. I just rebuilt the 2 double fixtures to be triple as you see in pic 2. As doubles, I measured out the exact measurement as the factory elite 360. Now with 3 boards I widened the 2 on the outside ( luckley I left a little extra length on original design). I will be running 3 hlg 185h 54a drivers ( 2 96e's per driver parallel ). My wall plug ac meter showed 255-260 watts ( 2.1a ) per driver on 2 boards. I will adjust them to 240 watts per 2. I use one of those ac meters to adjust output with the IO pot. They always show alot of watts being pulled from drivers. My 240h c2100 shows like 285-290 watts per 2 qb288 in series.73066831_426405468022730_7028833792496097270_n.jpg73066831_426405468022730_7028833792496097270_n.jpg71187010_459946364636441_4182397226893316896_n.jpg

And yeah its aluminum!!!
 

Frank Nitty

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Angle aluminum is easy. If you can find 1/2 inch rigid enough it would work good. I have 3/4" angle and i notched out to about 1/2 inch so I could slide the boards into a structure as you see. I just rebuilt the 2 double fixtures to be triple as you see in pic 2. As doubles, I measured out the exact measurement as the factory elite 360. Now with 3 boards I widened the 2 on the outside ( luckley I left a little extra length on original design). I will be running 3 hlg 185h 54a drivers ( 2 96e's per driver parallel ). My wall plug ac meter showed 255-260 watts ( 2.1a ) per driver on 2 boards. I will adjust them to 240 watts per 2. I use one of those ac meters to adjust output with the IO pot. They always show alot of watts being pulled from drivers. My 240h c2100 shows like 285-290 watts per 2 qb288 in series.View attachment 4416287View attachment 4416287View attachment 4416288
Awesome!!!
 
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