HotBunz
Active Member
So after endless reading and looking over countless kick ass grows I just can't decide on my next COB built. I have a good ol' 4x4 tent that I am trying to up fit with all COB lighting. I currently had a 200w 4 COB Cree cxb3590 rig that I am using in a 28"x53" tent but and getting ready to put up my 4x4 tent that is waiting in it's box.
My plan is to start on another 200w'ish fixture and add more as my budget allows. I would really like to get away from Cree's due to the cost of the chips themselves. As I said I am not building a full tents worth of lights at this point but I am looking at the end game down the road and looking for the best coverage for the sq footage I am working with.
1 plan was to run CLU-1212's at 1400ma and build fixtures with 4 COBs each @200w with hlg-185h-c1400 drivers.This would work out to about 37w per sq ft. with 3 units. Good but I think I want a little more than that. So was thinking about the CLU-1818's on a hlg-240h-c1400. I think that would give me 218w per fixture with 3 COB's, 3 fixtures in the tent would give me just a tick over 40w per sq ft. Then of course there is the Luminus CX22's again on the hlg-240h-c1400 they seem to work out to 226w per 3 COB fixture and 3 fixtures total would put me in the 42w per sq ft. range. I could of add in my current Cree 200w fixture but it was my understanding that over 50w per sq ft is overkill.
My head is just spinning with so many options. What are the pro's and con's of the above rigs? Am I missing something and should I look at other options to build?
My plan is to start on another 200w'ish fixture and add more as my budget allows. I would really like to get away from Cree's due to the cost of the chips themselves. As I said I am not building a full tents worth of lights at this point but I am looking at the end game down the road and looking for the best coverage for the sq footage I am working with.
1 plan was to run CLU-1212's at 1400ma and build fixtures with 4 COBs each @200w with hlg-185h-c1400 drivers.This would work out to about 37w per sq ft. with 3 units. Good but I think I want a little more than that. So was thinking about the CLU-1818's on a hlg-240h-c1400. I think that would give me 218w per fixture with 3 COB's, 3 fixtures in the tent would give me just a tick over 40w per sq ft. Then of course there is the Luminus CX22's again on the hlg-240h-c1400 they seem to work out to 226w per 3 COB fixture and 3 fixtures total would put me in the 42w per sq ft. range. I could of add in my current Cree 200w fixture but it was my understanding that over 50w per sq ft is overkill.
My head is just spinning with so many options. What are the pro's and con's of the above rigs? Am I missing something and should I look at other options to build?
