AWESOME! !! TY brother
No problem my guy! Happy for ya
This is where i built it
Price list. Somewhere i have most the links. But most is easily obtainable from amazon. Strips n driver i got from Arrow Electronics. They have free same day shipping if in stock
Thatās awesome dude! So whatās the output on this? Excuse me if you posted that and I didnāt see it
200w. Its a 2x2 aluminum board with 10-11 strips. And a 190-hlg driver. Usually around 190 but at max a bit higher. N the girls love it! I have 9 more strips waiting to hit a aluminum board and set it off. But no major need so i didnt chase it hard.
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Very cool! I am super interested and I would definitely need help in locating parts and all of that mumbo jumbo. So if you ever get a chance if you could break down possibly a list of all materials needed if you didnāt do so already! I seem to be asking questions that you might have answered in the past
I think we did. At $350ā¦ u should be able to install a few diff things. We discussd prebuilt company lights. To assemble urself of cheaperā¦ lemme poke DBā¦ @dbrn32. Now Rick. U thinking strips or boards? N what was ur tent or grow size?
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I believe itās a 2x4? I think 260xl kit is priced right about there actually. Assembling a light with qb 120ās in told is currently coming in around $300 if youāre buying everything right now. You could probably get a little cheaper full diy if you had decent discount codes.
Outta likes @rickserena but u heard da man. Go sign up @ arrow electronics. DB u got the equipment heāll need? Fk it im bored. Brb 
which driver tho?
@primus Not sure if these are burns or not - #52 by PurpNGold74 start here
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What would be the ultimate difference between boards and strips? Iām pretty far away from intellect on this stuff right now! Are tent is 2 x 4 and 5 feet tall @PurpNGold74. As far as assembly Iām sure I can do that but picking out the right things and knowing exactly what I need to build it would be my problem
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Boards im thinking are more focusd under the board. Strips have a more definitive spread under aluminum. Major guess tho
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Iām going to use the term āsameā loosely, but they are essentially the same thing packaged on different sized circuit boards. The only real difference is the actual led being used on each. For instance the Samsung f-series gen3 strips use the exact leds that the first generation quantum boards used. So provided the current at leds was similar the performance is the same. The strips being smaller package would allow you to customize layout and size of your light a little more.
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Okā¦definitely givin me a much better perspective. LOL I just want to make the best bad ass light that I can @dbrn32 @PurpNGold74
I just woke so Iām going to be doing much research today and see what we can come up with! Tx so much for the support, love yāall!
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Hows the research led ya? And @primus u havent thrown in the towel no?
@PurpNGold74 Iām still here. I work grave yard Saturday night thru Wednesday morning. I think Iām going with the hlg qb 260w v2 rspec. Or the 320w model. Either way they say need 2 kits to fill a 4x4 tent. But Iām thinking with just 1 plant 1 kit should be good for now. Then when I get the tent I can get 2nd kit
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O definitely. They are talking if u wanna light up the whole tent. One plant? Thatll be overkill. But when it comes to this hobbyā¦ nothing is overkill
@PurpNGold74ā¦lolā¦24 minutes and Iāll put her to bed then I can crash outā¦going to order light Wednesday probablyā¦my ppm meter should be here Tuesdayā¦the ph meter was really worth the moneyā¦out of the faucet ph lvl was over 7.5. Have not checked the ph on the filtered faucet in the kitchen yet
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@PurpNGold74ā¦ I think for the time being weāre just going to order another pre-built light just because weāre probably going to be hitting flowers stage soon! After this next light comes is when weāre going to be exploring the DIY lights. Iām trying to put a list together of materials and then Iām going to throw it up here and see what you think when Iām done! Havenāt been very active this weekend because of the holiday.
@primusā¦ we just buy the 98 Cent gallons natural spring water which usually leaves us not having to worry about the pH of the water just the soil. We do still check everything though LOL because we are away to Green at this:-)
Just purchased two 40 lb bags of fox farm ocean Forest. I hope this was a right decision for an indoor soil grow. Also picked up a 20 pack of white widow autos which are supposed to be super fast from seed to harvest. Also have another tent which is a little bigger on its way as well
