Why? He built a 2x2 light with 8
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I was told 16 would be too many for a 4x4 tent, may get official word soon. I think I have too much in the 5x5 tent right but time will tell.
Yeah I could always keep them turned down a little.
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Who said 16 would be too many, and why?
Inquiring minds want to know
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I am scrolling back looking for it.
I run my 4x8 in “section” of 2x4 so eventually I will have 3 2x4 sections going with some room to still get around.
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16 is perfect for a 4x4. The reference design built by GG is using 8 strips in a 4x2 space. So 16 strips makes sense in a 4x4 to me. And 16 strips with 2 drivers(if you go the not so efficient route) is gonna be around 850 to 900 dollars. Depending on what deals you may find or what scraps you have laying around.
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Please explain
Here I found where he said 2 of them with 8 each is a smidge too much.
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Because your using the HLG 320H 1400A
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Well, uncle @dbrn32 DEFINITELY knows more about it than I do
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Yes, just need the strips and heat sinks, have everything else. Thx and happy growing seeing yours is doing good. 
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I still don’t understand. Please break it down a little for an old redneck to understand
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Well from one noob to another. You are running 8 of them at 1400ma instead of buying more and running them at 700ma. Dbrn will have to break that down lmao
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Buying more what?
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Strips. You can run 8 at their peak limits, so to speak at 1400ma. Or you could get 16, run them at half the power, save money, and achieve the same light. Whenever I was getting into this with dbrn we were talking about the eb gen2 strips. I’m not sure on exact numbers like he is.
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You asking me questions way above my limits lmfao morning coffee isn’t supposed to be stressful 
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Like I said, I’m just an old redneck, and wouldn’t have dared to attempt it without @dbrn32. He told me 2 drivers, which is the same thing GG said. I’ve still got 32 more strips and 4 more drivers sitting in the box. I’ve only built one light so far, and if @dbrn32 thinks I need to do the other ones different, I need to know before I get started on them
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Burn you one. It will help you focus
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For me, I’m not worried about being efficient in my 3x3 haha different story if I was running a room or something. So the 8 strips per driver was more appealing to me.