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boybelue

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Heisenbeans said:
That was 120 dollar bulb from growers house. It's the second one that shit the bed. I'm done with em.the third one was the regular Phillip's cmh.
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Damn I didn't know Philip's was making a DE thouie cmh, where you pick those up at? Wouldn't mind throwing a few of those on mags to see what's up.
 
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VillageAnt said:
Hells yeah!! I've been drooling over those. Two, powered by a HLG-320H-54A driver. They're only $99 with the heatsink. This month or next month they're coming out with a plug-and-play version. They're calling it the HLG 225. They say 225 watts, but it's one QB96 Elite V2 powered by a HLG-185H-54A. I think it's gonna be $300. I prefer the DIYs though. Always cheaper. That's not bad though, a plug-and-play for $1.33/watt (that is, if that driver really pushes 225, which I doubt). Best quality and most efficient lights available. Made in the USA. I bet the penetration kills on those.
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These lights are tits! I have two. Each running on it's 320-54 driver. Only using 1 in my lil tent I had to turn it down to 125w and raise it up...it was driving my plants too hard.Hand watering,I couldn't keep up.
 
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ColoradoHighGrower said:
I had 2 bulbs in a row (replacements, etc) from Growers Choice that arrived broke.
https://hydrobuilder.com/growers-choice-grower-s-choice-single-ended-cmh-bulb-315w-10-000k.html

My 315 lec kicks ass, hands down.
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Kinda luck of the draw...
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I really like them also, rooms much cooler and yields better qaulity flowers. I threw one gavita thouie DE in on one run last winter. Those two together really kill it but I was playing hell keeping the temps down.
 
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These lights are tits! I have two. Each running on it's 320-54 driver. Only using 1 in my lil tent I had to turn it down to 125w and raise it up...it was driving my plants too hard.Hand watering,I couldn't keep up.
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So, you're running EACH one on the hlg-320? Have you driven them 100%? Which heatsinks? I know they are capable of being pushed a little over 300 watts, but I thought with that standard heatsink they come with, it was 225 watts max? I know the ratings on these boards are very conservative. LED Gardner did a torture test on the qb288, which is rated at 135 Watts Max, he was pushing 600 watts into that thing and it was fine. At 670 watts it burnt out, didn't catch on fire or anything, just stopped working. So they can take four times the rated wattage, which I would take to mean that thermal runaway isn't really a concern on these boards. That's why I like to run them on constant voltage drivers in parallel, to get the max wattage out of them.
 
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CoB_nUt said:
These lights are tits! I have two. Each running on it's 320-54 driver. Only using 1 in my lil tent I had to turn it down to 125w and raise it up...it was driving my plants too hard.Hand watering,I couldn't keep up.
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I had to raise my lights too. I pair my COBs (2 in parallel) and then run in series on 240-2100mA and turn them down to 120 watts on 6 COBs every 8" roughly. Still getting 800 PAR readings at over 20" away. Plants respond beautifully to that amount. As they grow up, increases the PAR value. I know there is more to it, but don't want to go into details and begin a massive LED debate. lol
Quantum boards, are awesome by the way. Have the 360pc boards from Atreum Lighting, plus the HLG 288's.
 
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Goats22 said:
yup. QBs are nice in the summer, but they're a lot cooler running than HID lighting. i have to run a 1500w heater all fall and winter it sucks.
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I run propane heaters and my CO2 goes through the roof in the winter to a "toxic for plants" level. And me too.
I bought a small ceramic heater from Ebay. Only 25.00. 350 to 750 watts, has built in thermostat, and it does a fantastic job. Actually better than my 1500 watt IR cabinet heater.
 
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So, you're running EACH one on the hlg-320? Have you driven them 100%? Which heatsinks? I know they are capable of being pushed a little over 300 watts, but I thought with that standard heatsink they come with, it was 225 watts max? I know the ratings on these boards are very conservative. LED Gardner did a torture test on the qb288, which is rated at 135 Watts Max, he was pushing 600 watts into that thing and it was fine. At 670 watts it burnt out, didn't catch on fire or anything, just stopped working. So they can take four times the rated wattage, which I would take to mean that thermal runaway isn't really a concern on these boards. That's why I like to run them on constant voltage drivers in parallel, to get the max wattage out of them.
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My fault each one is being run off a HLG-240-54 A,not the 320.When I first got them I cranked them both up to 300+ watts,they started to flicker. Didn't do it again. There is a an 96 v2 elite thread where member Or_Gro did some great ppf/d,height,and wattage charts with the same drivers.I actually bought my two based on that thread and his charts.He did 1 unit up to 5 I think.
Yes I am running them on the heatsink they came with. 240w is the max suggested...i could be wrong it's been a minute since I've been in the thread.Or_Gro also has his own thread running 2 elites vs qb288. I'll go get the link.
 
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