I think your going to find out heat is going to be easier to manage if you put that DE lamp in a hood such as the AC/DE by sun sytems. You are going to have the same heat build up issue with led.I envy u so much. I want/need one badjy. The heat is the biggest problem I have with a DE open fixture I have to run a 8000btu window to keep things at optimal temps and that's killing my power bill bad! But I'm going to start with a veg lite build so I will be more comfortable with the heatsink work. Any advice u or anyone else that has built a cob would be great! How many 3095's should I use and at what spread to get my plants noded up rightly for a 1000w flowering light? If I went passive, what size heat sinks should I use. Hook a fellow grower up with some knowledge so I can have a nice veg lite.
Happy growing,
Green217
I use 72v and get the same efficiency. I just use 700ma and I dim them during the summer to 350ma but I have the option to get a 1400ma driver but would lose on efficiency but more light and it would still kill an hps
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I think your going to find out heat is going to be easier to manage if you put that DE lamp in a hood such as the AC/DE by sun sytems. You are going to have the same heat build up issue with led.
Everyone has agreed. 600W, 800W, 1000W = x amount of heat no matter the light source
Honestly I learned something there, I didn't know to 1000 watts of LED will produce the same amount of heat as 1000 watts of HPS. For some reason I thought temperature wouldn't be happening much of a factor with the heat sinksI think your going to find out heat is going to be easier to manage if you put that DE lamp in a hood such as the AC/DE by sun sytems. You are going to have the same heat build up issue with led.
Everyone has agreed. 600W, 800W, 1000W = x amount of heat no matter the light source
You can use 1400ma and get 100watts per cobIs there any benefit to the 72v over the 36v cxb 3590?
Ahh sorry MW site doesn't allow hotlinking...The link doesnt work....I still want to understand how to calculate things myself. Being able to read a chart doesnt give understanding to how get the number....what if you cant find a chart lol....or the links broken ;P
Was my math wrong there? I need to be able to figure out these things to come up with my own led/driver combos. Right now my first build is based off supraspl's posts (12) cxb3590 3500k 36v on 3 HLG-185h-c1400b. So for one driver w/ (4) 36v cobs is 144v. 200w max output / 1.4amps = 142.8v....it seems that Im a little off or its normal to be off by a couple volts? lol
Also I guess I should rephrase the question, what kinda hps are we would this be comparable to ? a 600w hps?
I know 600w hps would be adequate to light a 3x3 or 4x4 foot print. So roughly what footrpint would be reasonable with this light?
I think your going to find out heat is going to be easier to manage if you put that DE lamp in a hood such as the AC/DE by sun sytems. You are going to have the same heat build up issue with led.
Everyone has agreed. 600W, 800W, 1000W = x amount of heat no matter the light source
Care to elaborate?that's wrong stop repeating falsehoods
Care to elaborate?
no I don't, have been through this numerous times, do your own research.
generally a 1000 watts of leds will produce less heat in the grow room than a 1000watt hid.
its a fact. end of story no debate.
I'm still learning just like you and I share what I learn checkout my video I post weeklyWow some poor logic being spewed.
It's 2015, look it up before you make shit up.
Good thread tho realstyles. You know your shit!
i fix that for you
generally a 1000 watts of leds will produce less Temperature in the grow room than a 1000watt hid.
Heat ≠ Temperature
Learn about it.
Care to elaborate?
i fix that for you
generally a 1000 watts of leds will produce less Temperature in the grow room than a 1000watt hid.
Heat ≠ Temperature
Learn about it.
Even that isn't really true. 1kw of power is 4000 btu, no matter what its from. .