T5s to QBs..

eLite_gRowr

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Looking to retire my T5s and play with some LEDs... Ill need something to cover a 4x8.
Was looking into HLG 260's XL kits. Anybody have experience with them or any other led kits? I'm definitely open to all opinions/experiences. :weed:
 

Ryante55

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Looking to retire my T5s and play with some LEDs... Ill need something to cover a 4x8.
Was looking into HLG 260's XL kits. Anybody have experience with them or any other led kits? I'm definitely open to all opinions/experiences. :weed:
4 of those 260xl would be great. If you have the cash 4 320 kits would be even better.
 

Budzbuddha

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For a couple of hundred bucks , you can grab one of these " prebuilt " SOL STRIP led panels ..... They sport Samsung LEDs ( 561c ) and are offered in a couple of light spectrums. They are from California AND they sell DIY strips for custom .

I'm QB guy , but am planning on a QB / Strip build pretty soon . Either way you will do well. If you grab a the right spec ( say 3000k / 3500k ) you can do your veg as intended
THEN FLIP THE LIGHT CYCLE to flower " using the same light and flower without moving any plant.

SOLSTRIP.COM

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Randomblame

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Strips cost a Fucking arm and a leg.

BS!!!
A 4ft double row F-strips is ~55$ incl. VAT und deliver 103w with 168lm/w(3k, 171lm/w with 3500k). That's >17.000lm's and ~2,4μMol/j!
You could run it at 150w and still get 160lm/w(2,25μMol/j) or ~24.000lm's from only one DR F strip!

https://www.digikey.de/products/de?keywords=SI-B8UZ91B20WW

@eLite_gRowr

3 double row F strips per 4x 4' on an HLG-240H-48A would be ~260w net., 280w at the wall and should be more than enough to veg anything you want.
Each strip would run at only 87w, so you can expect ~176lm/w(2,48μMol/j) when you take the 3500°k strips and because there is a current poti on the driver you can dimm the light down to 50% for early stages.

For your 4x 8' you would need 6 strips(330$, digikey) and 2 HLG-240H-48A(130$, mousser) and of course a frame made from alu "L"- and "C"-channels, to mount and hang the strips to the ceiling.(another 100$)
~ 560$ for ~560w is 1$/w which is not bad!
At least 90.000lm or 1.282μMol/s PPF means Ø~435μMol/s/m² PPFD above your ~3m² area.
Enough for tomatoes for instance and I'm pretty sure it's enough to veg trees or whatever you put below it...
You could also use only 2 DR strips per driver or 4 single row strips. Each strip would be run at 120-130w(60-65w for the single rows), but you'll still get ~165lm/w or 2,3μMol/j.
 
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churchhaze

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I'd be putting in about 500-550W of the most efficient setup I could find and running it 24/0.

With 512W at 50% efficiency, you'd be getting 8W/sqft of PAR. You'd need around 1024W of T5 to get that same 8W/sqft of PAR.

Just curious how many watts of T5 you're using now, and how long you run them for each day? Also, how tall do you veg your plants to?
 
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