ilovereggae
Well-Known Member
I am using an old wardrobe cabinet for my veg chamber. It is @ 32x26x65".
Inside it I have a 30x24" NSF wire shelf rack with 2 shelves. I currently have the plants sitting on the bottom shelf and the 2nd shelf is at 48". I have an HLG65 currently doing the job, but am about to swap that with 2 HLG 288 v1 boards running @ 40W each on a 80W driver.
My intention is to drop the top shelf down to @ 40" so that my 'main' veg area has @ 38" of height once I mount the boards onto their heatsink (was going to do aluminum sheets but my vendor isnt much more expensive and gives me flexibility to run them at full watts later on).
That will give me @ 25" to use for the top shelf. Originally I was going to try to put another pair of v1 boards up here, but considering it will just be for my clone dome, early first week transplants, and seedlings in solo cups, I feel like it would be overkill.
So my question is, what should I use for lighting for that top shelf? I would still like to get something with an even spread that I can get super close to the top of closet, but figure I probably don't need more than 40W for the whole shelf. Was debating maybe throw a couple strips up there with a low wattage driver? Then I had an idea maybe to just get one of those 6ft strings of leds 'rope' lights? I searched for someone else using those but all I found was some spacebucket grows.
Thanks
Inside it I have a 30x24" NSF wire shelf rack with 2 shelves. I currently have the plants sitting on the bottom shelf and the 2nd shelf is at 48". I have an HLG65 currently doing the job, but am about to swap that with 2 HLG 288 v1 boards running @ 40W each on a 80W driver.
My intention is to drop the top shelf down to @ 40" so that my 'main' veg area has @ 38" of height once I mount the boards onto their heatsink (was going to do aluminum sheets but my vendor isnt much more expensive and gives me flexibility to run them at full watts later on).
That will give me @ 25" to use for the top shelf. Originally I was going to try to put another pair of v1 boards up here, but considering it will just be for my clone dome, early first week transplants, and seedlings in solo cups, I feel like it would be overkill.
So my question is, what should I use for lighting for that top shelf? I would still like to get something with an even spread that I can get super close to the top of closet, but figure I probably don't need more than 40W for the whole shelf. Was debating maybe throw a couple strips up there with a low wattage driver? Then I had an idea maybe to just get one of those 6ft strings of leds 'rope' lights? I searched for someone else using those but all I found was some spacebucket grows.
Thanks
