ordering parts have a few questions

3x3
6 inch filter on varac/room thermostat

rapid led order
4x CXB3590 (3500K 80 CRI) + Solderless holder + Angelina wide
1x CXB3590 (5000K 80 CRI) + Solderless holder + Angelina extra wide
5x 140mm Pin Heatsink
X frame made from L bar

questions
1) Mean Well HLG-240H-C1400B running cobs at 50.12 watts x5 for 250.6 watts max settings $69.00
or Mean Well HLG-320H-C1400B running cobs at 64.12 watts x5 for 320.6 watts max settings $99.00

2) will adding monos to the 250w build workout better in long run?

3) better ideas for parts welcome

tnx

There's several other cobs that allegedly outperform the cxb3590 @lower cost. Do a little research on them before ordering. I have some cxb3590 myself, and if something can outperform them it's really interesting. Sorry for the unhelpful post lol.

ordered 320H no monos

blueleafjedi said:

ordered 320H no monos

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unless you ordered the 320-1750ma your cobs will be at the same 50w as if you went with the 240-1400ma. the 320 is a bigger driver but @1400ma it will drive your cobs the same power,although you might be able to add a 6th cob now or some monos because there will be extra power availible with the 320

ahh ic how meny monos?

Idk,i dont do monos haha.but if there is room i would add another cob.how many volts is that driver?

114-229V DC output (4-6 VERO29/CXB3590 COBs, or ~38-76 regular LEDs)

Yeah i would run 6 cobs but thats just me.if you just want to run 5 use the 240-1400ma driver,its cheaper.

its allready on way now but i can allways buy another cob and heatsink in a bit and make a new frame

I went with 5 cree 2700k 90cri cobs (sounded good at the time but now I wonder if I made the right choice seeing as no one else uses those kelvin cobs) and the 320-1400a driver. I like to leave a little head room on the driver and not try to max them out. They run SUPER hot as it is with 5.

My 240-1400 run cool as a cucumber with 5 cobs
Anyways,im running the 2700k cree and i love them.matter of fact i prefer these to any other color and have a pile of them here for builds im working on (well not working on but will be lol)
I think you will like those 2700k for flowering

blueleafjedi said:

its allready on way now but i can allways buy another cob and heatsink in a bit and make a new frame

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What style frame did you make? Any way you can just modify the frame with new closer spacing on the cobz?

my plan was to use a X frame with the 4000K in center dont know how id space 6 in a 1x1

Buy another 4000k and put 2 in the center instead of 1.or like you were talking about get a bunch of monos to mount along the frame to eat up the rest of your available power on the driver.there are other people here that can answer how to do this and what monos to buy. @VegasWinner might know or @The Dawg
@PSUAGRO.

I Run My Monos On Separate Drivers

The Pentastar, or pentagon.

good call i like that alot id still only have one 4000K in middel

The middle will get the hottest. I would put the monos in the middle power them with an ldd4up board and a se200-48v power supply and a controller