Thinking of adding more strips and need advice.

Turbonyg

Active Member
Hey All,

Have a 4x4 grow area that I am thinking of adding more strips to. I have almost no experience with the led spec charts and how to understand/correlate them to what I should use.

Light set up is (12) Bridgelux BXEB-L1120Z-35E4000-C-B3 each on an actual heatsink and a Meanwell HLG-480H-48A driver. There are (2) 2x4 panels with 6 strips each. The driver pulls 480w from wall on full output. I don't have an amp clamp to see what each strip is actually receiving. Each strip has its own set of power wires combined at the plug to avoid voltage drop from 1 strip to the next.

I have room in each panel to add 5 more strips. I was thinking of adding those to each panel for (2) 11 strip panels and run each off of it's own driver.

What would be a good strip to add that would be complementary to what I have now? Are there strips that add a minor amount of UV?

Thanks.
 

bcr500

Well-Known Member
Maybe add a few of the bridgelux 4 foot 2700k cri 90’s. Or you could look at rapid led and add some of there supplemental strips that have red and blue on one strip. Or you could look at there uv pucks.
Im building 2 2x4 frames-each have 10 2700k cri90 strips and I’m thinking of wiring in some violets on the end of each strip ormaybe a couple of rapid led’s exotic strips.
 
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