ive not had good luck running 1000w DE's dimmed especially if i go to running these at 60%-75% long term. at 750w the hps is now about 30w/sqft this is better than LED's at 40w/sqft? if they are both sealed and running ac then HPS 1kw lights dimmed to 75% in 5x5 (30w/sqft) would be better than LED at 40w/sqft?
Let me redo the math at 1000w not overdriven to 1150w.
Wait you do have the HPS garden going, you are not waiting for this decision to garden right now?
I am tearing it down right now upgrading things and trying to decide if I sell off the HPS and go quantum boards. It's operating now unsealed no ac. The room cannot support running sealed with ac unless I go led.
Do you need help? Hurry up, I'm sure you've heard!!!!!!!
Sure I'll take some help
Go with a 315w CMH sandwiched between 2 240w QB’s. Best of both worlds. 795w per tray with 5 ton AC leaves you at 80A. You could probably even get away with a 4 ton due to lower wattage and more efficient lighting.
How do you run your room with no ac? I can comfortably keep 6 lights at 27c easily with 18000 btu AC. As I'm waiting for my replacement mini split. I'll show you 12 lights running with mini split AC with co2 cools it no problem when it comes
How many lights are you running in veg? How big is the space?how do you run them flipped when they are in 18 hours for veg?
1 room isnt built yet but when its built out in the basement it will flip flop with the 24x24. so it will be fine when im running at 12/12 but what happens when one room is in veg 18/6?
if i tried to seal room 1 now with 16x 1kw DE's (1200w on boost/.96/.9=1275w x 16=20400+550=20950w total = 71480btu thats a 48k unit and a 24k unit. so 6480w +2800w max ac plus 20950w = 30230w total if i kept the DE's so 125a total draw @ 240v in this one room. the room is ran using a 100a sub panel. i could theoretically rewire this sub panel for 150-160 amps replace the 300' run of wire back to the main 200a panel and run the room sealed. then the problem is running 125 amps on a house that can at any time during the day pull some serious amperage by itself. Pool, spa, 7 tons of central ac, washing machine, elec dryer, oven, kids blow drying their hair, chest freezer, refrigerator, water heater, etc.
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16 lights 24x24 and will also have room 2 that is roughly 20x20 and a 12 light space
That's too much for a veg room bro
You should definitely replan your room. 1 veg 1 flower room or 1 veg room 2 flower rooms on a flip whatever floats your boat. Seal it run CO2 get AC. Your veg room doesn't a lot of lights. Cut down on some lights and run bigger pots. Literally your yield of 2-2.5 will be 3-3.5 maybe more who knows
