Will this work?

Looking for preferably a cob setup to veg and maintain a mother plant and grow 1 auto at a time. I've done a little research and grasp the basics of drivers and what not but not all that techy. I want to get my feet wet and keep cost low as well.

Shipping is high but the parts are fairly priced especially that driver!

Yep. That will work... I think the hlg 48 has 2.5 amps. @CobKits can that clu048 handle that?

Airwalker16 said:

Yep. That will work... I think the hlg 48 has 2.5 amps. @CobKits can that clu048 handle that?

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I knew you'd respond thanks

No problemo. I'm not 100% sure. You might need to use 2 of those clu048 cobs at least on that driver.

Airwalker16 said:

No problemo. I'm not 100% sure. You might need to use 2 of those clu048 cobs at least on that driver.

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Any other sites with good prices? Cobkits already have cutter beat price wise.

My competitive juices are flowing, what do you need?
Cheers
Mark

welight said:

My competitive juices are flowing, what do you need?
Cheers
Mark

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Basically something cheaper than the cutter growmau5 kit. All I need to cover is about a 2×2 area. I'm turning the closet I originally setup to grow in a veg/auto closet since I got a tent. I just want to run one auto and keep a mother plant.

I just noticed, if you're planning on VEGGING a mom with this, do t use 2700k. Use 5000k.
If you plan in vegging AND flowering an auto, get 3500k.

Airwalker16 said:

I just noticed, if you're planning on VEGGING a mom with this, do t use 2700k. Use 5000k.
If you plan in vegging AND flowering an auto, get 3500k.

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The shipping is literally the most expensive thing in the cart.
Thanks.

Walterwhiter said:

Basically something cheaper than the cutter growmau5 kit. All I need to cover is about a 2×2 area. I'm turning the closet I originally setup to grow in a veg/auto closet since I got a tent. I just want to run one auto and keep a mother plant.

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So you need 2-3 Cobs, 3500k is good all rounder, if you want to Veg out, 5000k would be the go?
Cheers
Mark

thats not the best match

the single driver solution will work but youre not using all of the drivers capacity

with a 1212 ideally youd set the voltage pot to limit it so when the current is cranked up it doesnt exceed the chip (driver tops out at 2.95A, chip at 2.76 ~ 100W.. those passive heatsinks top out at about 50W ea though, id go with the 1818 on an active light engine instead,:

1818 is a higher voltage chip and gets 150W out of the that driver, better for a 2x2. the light engine is not much more than the separate parts

i can delete the reflector for you so the 1818 light engine would be just under $60 vs the 26.50 chip + 23.50 heatsink+2.50 holder. less than $10 premium, and its assembled and runs 3x harder than a passive

https://cobkits.com/product/clu048-1818-active-light-engine-single/

dont mind the site, it doubles up on shipping for drivers and heatsinks.

any of the combos above would ship for $13.50 flat rate. heres the light engine combo about $103 shipped

CobKits said:

dont mind the site, any of those combos would ship for $13.50 flat rate

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No shit? Hell now you are really talking. It was 124 with the 30 something dollar shipping.

yeah ask around when shipping is off like that i refund via paypal. hard to have a one-size fits all cart

CobKits said:

dont mind the site, it doubles up on shipping for drivers and heatsinks.

any of the combos above would ship for $13.50 flat rate. heres the light engine combo about $103 shipped

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So with the active heat sink 12v fan I could only run the single engine? The 185h could support the additional light engine?

@CobKits when do you plan to have more of the Ideal holders for the CLU048 series in stock?

10/13

Walterwhiter said:

So with the active heat sink 12v fan I could only run the single engine? The 185h could support the additional light engine?

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good thing about the constant voltage you can run as many as you want, itjust splits out the current

120H: 1@ 2,95A, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], etc.

good expandability (but you gotta use same model, ie another 1818 of any color)

CobKits said:

good thing aobut the constant voltage you can run as many as you want, itjust splits out the current

12: 1@ 2,95A, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], etc.

good expandability (but you gotta use same model, ie another 1818 of any color)

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What is the difference between the 120H model and 185H. Same 48v output what am missing here?