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Look just like rebranded cidly Apollo series. Save $150-200 and buy from the manufacturer http://www.cidly.com/html/en/Apollo_Series.html

The e.shines seem very similar and I'm guessing comparable quality being from China. I think my choice between them would be solely on price.

How do these compare to the e.shines? Both seem very reasonable for prefab units. I would love to clone a Evo grow light and do 6:3 660nm and 10000k white.

I hung it up and hope to test it out a bit. I'm already mid-grow under an HPS and I'm moving in a month so I didn't want to sprout any new seeds. I started a couple cherry tomatoes, from what I understand they act very similar to cannabis. The little guys already spouted in a window seal and...

Got more supplies and made a couple more modules. Been running the blue dominant modules for ~8 hours and the heatsink is ~95 degrees. If/when I add some thermal grease it should only get better. The unit is bright and with these 4 modules I'm running ~30W. I've got: 1 warm white 2 pure...

Yeah, I got a little zealous with the feed. Believe it or not she is making a recovery. I'm now doing water:water:feed.

Just a little update. I'm hoping she will be chopped by the 20th, what do you guys think? I switched from a HPS to MH in the hopes of increasing the THC amount. I may switch the bulbs every couple of days. The 2nd/3rd pics are of the side buds. The last one is a good shot of the main cola I...

Does anyone know about protecting the lines? I destroyed a couple leds by over driving them. Should I be using fuses or something? Also what the best method of reducing current or dimming my lights? I've been reading about PWM but does that reduce the led's life?

I used the hotplate method to reflow. The cheap leds are part of the learning curve. Once I get everything hammered out I'll do higher quality parts. I would love to see some Cree v chinese led comparison grows. I suspect there wouldn't be huge differences with similar wattages, but I dont...

Looks nice, I hope to finish mine this week. Where did you get the leds? How did you attach them? What driver you using? What's the heatsink gauge? (looks ~1/16"?)

Those Franken lights look pretty cool. I'd look through ledgrow.eu he gives a pretty good idea on what works. I think he is on his 12th grow with various ratios. If I was to buy something for just flower I'd probably buy an e.shine and do 7:3 660nm and Cool White basically copying the EVO...

I was a little disappointed that my lenses will not all fit on the modules. I can only get one lens per module. Its a tight fit but I think I can sand one edge and fit all three lenses on a module.

Some of my leds arrived today and I couldn't resist building some of my modules. I got my 660nm, 2700-3500k (warm white), and 6000-7000k (pure white). I'm still waiting on my 460nm and 630nm. I reflowed 3 of the flowering modules: 3x660nm 1x630nm + 2x660nm 1xwarm white + 2x660nm When I get...

Thanks guys, I appreciate it. I'll add a little (1/8 tsp/gallon) of Jack's veg next watering.

Just a quick update, it looks like she won't recover from my previous mistakes so I'm just going to power through and take the weight hit. The biggest cola was damaged by a hot light that I was trying to adjust the height. The sites continue to develop but she is pretty yellow and I keep...

Thanks for checking things out

Appreciate the comments. Yours looks great compared to mine. The silver lining is that I am learning something. I'll update soon.

I don't think those will output the wattage you really need. 4.8W/60 led = .08w/led. You want at least 1W modules or better yet 3-5w. Check out Satisled, they ship internationally.

I also noticed my soil PH dropped to ~5 and she sucked up a lot of water. Does she need more nutes or water for the next watering?

She is roughly 12"x12". The pics are shot under HPS (first 2), no light w/flash, and cool blue led. Gives a general idea where she is at. I was excited to see some tricones. You can see the leaves in the top 2 colas are discolored not sure if its a nute problem. I had the light much closer...