i have four strips powered by two meanwell drivers…i’ll have to looks those up…lol
i cannot bark that stuff out like @dbrn32 @MAXHeadRoom and a few others…lol
i’m learning too!
ok great whenever you get the chance to go and look during lights on, let me know. i am learning as well everyday! @BIGE but for now im hitting the sack.
i’ve got a few more buds to trim and jar and i’m going back to bed…lol
I haven’t noticed them for sale on amazon, not at reasonable price anyway. What you would be looking for is bridgelux eb strips. Probably 3000k 560mm. They should be around $7 each. You can probably get close to 200 Watts worth for $150 if you don’t have to buy aluminum. I’ll have to look at drivers and such,
If your on a budget and want a goid led then there are lots to choose from but viparspectra are doing good ones if u are in the USA you can get there new line of viparspectra XL i think they are called and thy are getting good reviews on youtube from growers and all the testing done by people like us. I use youtube when looking for ideas or facts as you tend to find people say it how it is and explains it easier for someone like me and i have the great support with this site and meet good folk too.
@hondaburritos420 if you’re going to use CFls like I did on most of my first grow, I would suggest you look into photography studio bulbs that have a much higher wattage.
Like this 85watt
Or this 125 watt.
I got a pretty decent yield from 7 plants. I switched to LEDs because it takes about 100 watts per square foot for flowering.
are those cfls true 85/125 watts or just equivalent? otherwise like @Mikos reccomended I have been looking at the viparspectra line. Anybody use them before?
@dbrn32 just saw this. Here’s a pick of that fixture using the eb strips. 24 watt times 10.
@Myfriendis410, That looks like there’s a party going on in there.
Still running China lights until the next fixture gets built this week.
Strips and driver were around $150. There’s an additional $35 or so in tape and wire etc. Assuming you have heatsink material (and I do) it’s competitive to the Amazon lights but blows them away in performance.
@Myfriendis410, What’s the size of that room?
BLOWS THEM WAY,AWAY!!! @Flyr
i’m very pleased with mine and you can build them around what you have going already…
i may never buy a commercial grow light again!
@BIGE, Don’t you have to know how to spell diod, elektricity and rezistor? I could get one of my guys to put one together but I don’t want them privy to what it’s used for. I may try starting off with a side light build in case I screw something up.
that is exactly what i did @Flyr
They’re really not a big deal at all if you get the right stuff. Outside of building a frame or just doing some fab work with aluminum, you literally only need to strip a couple of wires to get the strips powered up.
I came across some two sided thermal transfer tape a while back that pretty much makes the strips peel and stick. So there’s no drilling or tapping needed there. And the strips themselves have poke in connectors already soldered to them. We can help you size up drivers for desired amount of strips and stuff like that. But getting a frame together is by far the most difficult and time consuming part. Depending on what size light you’re looking at doing, that can be easy by just spending a little extra money on sheet aluminum.
Out of likes @BIGE! My next set of parts arrives Tuesday. Going out to retrieve more aluminum tomorrow.
That’s a 4’ X 6’ ,6’ high flowering box. Still running blurple lights on both sides but that’s going away weekly.
@hondaburritos420 they are true 85 watt and 125 watt bulbs. The 85 watt bulbs are about $20. The 125watt bulbs have doubled in price to $40 since I bought mine last year. I would go with LED if I were you.
