Hort_Hydro_76
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$3000 is the price for there 1000 watt light.
ChilLED grow light
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nevergoodenuf
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$2.50 a watt is on par or lower than most COB lights out there.
BM9AGS
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@Hort_Hydro_76 any updates
I think you could build a COB light for ~1/2 that. That does look like a quality light though, and if you were to loosely base a custom build off of it, you could probably come up with something very nice. The ducted feature is a very nice addition.
nevergoodenuf
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You could easily build it, but that's if you have the tools and supply stores to do it. I doubt for half, but maybe 2/3's the cost. Home Depot sheetmetal will cost 3X what a metal supply store would cost. Then bending, my metal brake was over $200 for the cheapest 36" one I could find. Then you would have to think of a thermal cutoff switch or thermal dimmer switch, incase you forget to plug in your fans. I have done this with a water-cooled fixture I built and it is the only 2 COB's I have fried, to date.
I was basing that off being able to order kits at ~$1.80/watt and you can build em cheaper than that.
I have a single COB water cooled test rig planned for when the new Vero29s hit next month that is going to be <$1/watt.
And IMO, you should always have your active light cooling hooked up to the same switch as the lights to eliminate the possibility of forgetting to turn the cooling on. Even still a thermal cut off could be added for less than $15, which is pretty cheap for an insurance policy.
Id also like an update from the OP, curious to see how this light performs for him.
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Airwalker16
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BM9AGS
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months ago Chilled did sphere testing on his lights and cobs; posted the chilled sphere results but never the cob....said they would post the cob results after the grow..... so..... must be a very very long flowering strain lol
Airwalker16
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He uses phillips lumileds on his PCBs. I'd think cree cobs would definitely outperform those low wattage diodes.
I wouldn't either if i was him it would be bad for buisiness to show people they can get a better light for cheaper haha. His design is pretty dope tho
BM9AGS
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Yeah it was 40.1 lumens a watt. But when using those target colors it's hard to compare to a cob that has so many photons in the green area.or especially HID. So it's not same. Results should be in the pudding, And there's none of that!
https://chilledgrowlights.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Chilled-LED-Engines-Independent-Lab-Test-Report.pdf
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VegasWinner
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I would love to take a ChilledLed components and ad them to a COB unit. Add one of these orbs to every two COB's X - O - X in this order X being a COB. Using 4 CXB 3590 3500k with two of these Chilled LEd COBs with red and blue color addition would be a great light. Ability to turn on/off red/blues in one fixture with COBs. would make a great combo light for veg and bloom. I think ChilledLeds needs some marketing. I am a retired Director of Marketing and I see the opportunity in this design. Combining CXB's with this cust9m color rendition makes for an awesome light fixture, instead of adding red's and blues, just ad two of these to the mix with two drivers for red/blue and extra whites connected to the COB's. peace.
BM9AGS
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that is what i was thinking with my CLW ss 550.... just add some cxb in between, but then id lose any benefit (if there is any) to the sun up and down concept
VegasWinner
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Put those on a timer or controller. Each of those colors could be on a separate channels with their own start/stop ramp/fade capabilities. It just so happens I make a controller capable of that. peace
CobKits
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I hope hes ok, i remember from his vids that he was very ill
CobKits
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depends how efficient you want it to be. people are loving the 1825 light engines on my site. with a single $80 engine and $40 driver youre pretty much plug and play, 200W+ at better than HPS efficiency. and they can always be turned down to increase efficiency as you grow the system
Airwalker16
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Mau5 told me he got an email from him yesterday so he's doing alright.
VegasWinner
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I hope he is doing ok. People in this arena are ill and we sometimes forget about the patient part of the MMJ arena. namaste