john073
Well-Known Member
Good Day
So i am going round and round about my options, i have been looking at getting a 1000w hps for a 5x5 grow tent but then im from South Africa and it gets hot here in the summer it can get past 40 degrees celsius most days of the summer, so i have been thinking about doing leds rather even through the leds are much more expensive.
I have been looking at a lot of peoples led builds and the led strip builds, and i was going to build a 600w samsung led strip rig with 3 drivers to start with , as i see it the samsung led strip i think it is the f series 3500k ones 50w each 4 of those on a mean well 7 amp 240 watt driver and 3 of those drivers for the 12 strips, all of those mounted on a aliminium bracket.
But then i started looking at bridgelux and see that bridge lux is way cheaper but the lumens per watt is less, so i saw the bridgelux cob leds, by my calculations the following model cob led is 116 watt and is really cheap, if i take lets say 10 of these BXRC-35E10K0-C-73-SE that will be 1160 watt total and 170 000 lumens and i can then run lets say 5 drivers 2 cobs per driver.
I like the option of using more lower amp or wattage drivers, if one of them goes then not everything is down at once and the driver is then cheaper to replace as well.
https://www.digikey.co.za/product-detail/en/bridgelux/BXRC-35E10K0-C-73-SE/976-1585-ND/6557087
What would be the better option.
Thank You
So i am going round and round about my options, i have been looking at getting a 1000w hps for a 5x5 grow tent but then im from South Africa and it gets hot here in the summer it can get past 40 degrees celsius most days of the summer, so i have been thinking about doing leds rather even through the leds are much more expensive.
I have been looking at a lot of peoples led builds and the led strip builds, and i was going to build a 600w samsung led strip rig with 3 drivers to start with , as i see it the samsung led strip i think it is the f series 3500k ones 50w each 4 of those on a mean well 7 amp 240 watt driver and 3 of those drivers for the 12 strips, all of those mounted on a aliminium bracket.
But then i started looking at bridgelux and see that bridge lux is way cheaper but the lumens per watt is less, so i saw the bridgelux cob leds, by my calculations the following model cob led is 116 watt and is really cheap, if i take lets say 10 of these BXRC-35E10K0-C-73-SE that will be 1160 watt total and 170 000 lumens and i can then run lets say 5 drivers 2 cobs per driver.
I like the option of using more lower amp or wattage drivers, if one of them goes then not everything is down at once and the driver is then cheaper to replace as well.
https://www.digikey.co.za/product-detail/en/bridgelux/BXRC-35E10K0-C-73-SE/976-1585-ND/6557087
What would be the better option.
Thank You
