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Opie1

Master Grower

TerpyTyrone

LED Recruiter
I think if you got 12 strips in that 12 strip deal, that would be good.
I don't know about the drivers and heatsinks and wiring and frame and all that for it though, that's all TerpyT.
He doesnt give specs but it says 600 watts over 12 strips. 50 a piece. I think ive seen these elsewhere on eBay. 12 v seems right. Meaning 3 in series off each line of parallel. On a 36v CV driver. Say lrs 350-36. So two sets of three in series.
They would definitely need Heatsinks. The dude sent me an email saying under 1050 mA doesnt need one. But people use aluminum sheet pans hahaha ,I guesssss
 

Opie1

Master Grower
He doesnt give specs but it says 600 watts over 12 strips. 50 a piece. I think ive seen these elsewhere on eBay. 12 v seems right. Meaning 3 in series off each line of parallel. On a 36v CV driver. Say lrs 350-36. So two sets of three in series.
They would definitely need Heatsinks. The dude sent me an email saying under 1050 mA doesnt need one. But people use aluminum sheet pans hahaha ,I guesssss
I made one with 4 of the’SunBoards’ and a 150H-MeanWell, I had no way of checking the output, but it supposedly would hit 175 watts.
 

Big Perm

Budtender
$0.44 sounds sketchy
It's a pretty simple thing, minus any hype. I'm going to make some for my Veggie room.
Edit: The onboard drivers aren't the most efficient. Probably the same as one of those LRS'. They run hot AF but, it's all about application. I'll slap a heatsink+fan on each one and run it until it blows. Might be a month, might be two years. I'll get 100 at that price plus free shipping and swap one out if it shits the bed. I don't care about the heat, because it's in a big room over vegetables, I'll just blow fresh air around.
 
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I looked around and I want to get some QB's. I like the HLG stuff but the prices are a bit too much for me.

I need 3 Triple heat sinks running 2 boards each with their own drivers on top. 720 watts of VEG lighting. Who can hook me up? Willing to go with cobs but not sure.
 

Boybelue

Super Active Member
HLG vs. LRS

The big differences are:
LRS- Fan. 88% efficiency. CV. 3 year warranty.
HLG- No fan. 94% efficiency. CV, CC. 7 year warranty
price difference: $53
For a DIY, I'm going to go ahead and give these LRS drivers the nod. Just less efficient is the only big difference I can see.
Edit: Oh, when I said those strips shake out to 4500k, it's actually 4600k, I just didn't want to get all specific. 4600k is a veg spec is all I was eluding to.
How did you come up with 4600k? Half and half? Mine are 8:4, 8-2700k and 4-6500k
 

Big Perm

Budtender
How did you come up with 4600k? Half and half? Mine are 8:4, 8-2700k and 4-6500k
Been a minute for the bars linked, but yours would wash out to roughly 4000k. It's the average of the bars and the K. Only works out like that though if you have them blended above your area. If you have all 2700k on one side, and all the 6500k on the other side, obviously there is no real average.
 

Boybelue

Super Active Member
Been a minute for the bars linked, but yours would wash out to roughly 4000k. It's the average of the bars and the K. Only works out like that though if you have them blended above your area. If you have all 2700k on one side, and all the 6500k on the other side, obviously there is no real average.
I had it calculated at 3650k but I’ve been out of school for quite some time. Lol
 

Big Perm

Budtender
I had it calculated at 3650k but I’ve been out of school for quite some time. Lol
All said and done, if in a tent with side reflection, you are probably spot on with the 2700k strips being on the outside. With no side reflection, it should be roughly 4000k. How long have you had it?
 

Boybelue

Super Active Member
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Just now going into flower under it. Got some 280mm lm301b 3000k strips down the middle, around 800w total, have to turn it way down and that’s with the 301b’s turned off. Gonna need some co2 to crank it up. 24-lm561c strips(24v x 1050mA) 12-lm301b strips (24v x 700mA) she runs cool with a 6” fan blowing across, without she gets close to 120 degrees F on back of the angle, all on 1/16 aluminum angle.
 

Big Perm

Budtender
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Just now going into flower under it. Got some 280mm lm301b 3000k strips down the middle, around 800w total, have to turn it way down and that’s with the 301b’s turned off. Gonna need some co2 to crank it up. 24-lm561c strips(24v x 1050mA) 12-lm301b strips (24v x 700mA) she runs cool with a 6” fan blowing across, without she gets close to 120 degrees F on back of the angle, all on 1/16 aluminum angle.
That's a badass light, man.
 

Artisan_tek

Insanely Active Member
you guys got me thinking about a refurbished hlg 550 v2 for the 4x4

Never looked into quatums before bc i figured youd have to be half an electrician to put them together. For the price and watts its a really great deal.

 
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