Any suggestions for LED lighting for veg only

[littlejacob]

Bonjour
You should take one 3500ºk with the 5000ºk...just to try flowering one plant under...you will love it!!!
Using it is keeping it!
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[fabizpwn]

I may in the future, I have a 35'x12' flower room and my previous veg room is 10'x11' which I'm switching over to flower and adding another room for veg.

 

[fabizpwn]

I'm gonna build a few single driver lights for veg and if they are impressive I may begin to change out my 10,000w of hid.

 

[littlejacob]

Bonjour
So be prepare to...lol!
It seems like you know very well mh and hps capacity! So you will be impressed!
Welcome to the club!
CU

 

[fabizpwn]

Thanks after doing some research the led club sounds right up my ally. I got wrapped up into looking at the bml 1200s and refused to spend that kind of money lol.

 

[SomeGuy]

My 2cents. I've been running 5000k vero-10s. 5in series at about 30-35watts. Mounted on slim heatsink bar. Passive cooling. Two have vegged a 4*4 just fine. 24" or so above canopy. For faster growth throw three bars in a 4*4. . I'd only use them for veg. Lighting requirement is much less than Flower.

 

[Stephenj37826]

7.15 square meters 200 ppfd would be 1430 or more PPF needed. 24 CXB3590-0000000N0HCD50G 5000k and 3 hlg-185hc700 a/b. With heatsinks you could squeek into the 2000 dollar range.

 

[daillman]

Look into marshydro,great products at great prices.

 

[PurpleBuz]

My 2cents. I've been running 5000k vero-10s. 5in series at about 30-35watts. Mounted on slim heatsink bar. Passive cooling. Two have vegged a 4*4 just fine. 24" or so above canopy. For faster growth throw three bars in a 4*4. . I'd only use them for veg. Lighting requirement is much less than Flower.

I do similar with vero18s. its really cheap to build vegging light bars like this that are passive or almost-passively cooled. small les cobs have a huge advantage for a veg setup, because of the lower ppfd requirements, despite having a lower efficiency than the latest and greatest 3590s.

For example: one cob every 6 inches (or closer) on a 48" bar heatsink driven at 350 ma. Can be deployed just like T5HO lights and lowered to be within 6 inches of the canopy.

 

[SomeGuy]

Look into marshydro,great products at great prices.

Mars hydro is about the cheapest POS light you could buy man. Not many people here would recommend mars. Plenty of companies advertising here that make cob lights now anyway

 

[SomeGuy]

I do similar with vero18s. its really cheap to build vegging light bars like this that are passive or almost-passively cooled. small les cobs have a huge advantage for a veg setup, because of the lower ppfd requirements, despite having a lower efficiency than the latest and greatest 3590s.

For example: one cob every 6 inches (or closer) on a 48" bar heatsink driven at 350 ma. Can be deployed just like T5HO lights and lowered to be within 6 inches of the canopy.

I'm running 5 v10 on each bar at 300ma. I've had better success than t5ho. Plus I can keep them higher off the canopy if I want. Your right though. I can get real close without burning them

 

[PurpleBuz]

I'm running 5 v10 on each bar at 300ma. I've had better success than t5ho. Plus I can keep them higher off the canopy if I want. Your right though. I can get real close without burning them

I call them my t5 killer! gonna have a garage sale soon on T5 lamps. I have been able to substitute one 4 tube T5HO with about 150 watts of vero18s, and still have more light.

 

[fabizpwn]

I'm looking into building a Cree cxb3590 right now I'll probably build a 3 36" heat sink light bar and run them next to some 250w MH lights an see how they perform, I was checking out some videos on YouTube of mau5 with his diy. His power at the wall was 280watts or so. My problem is trying to find 240v parts there isn't too much information on 240v diy led. Everything seems to be 120v maybe the 240v thing it isn't as difficult as it seems, anyone have any good resources on 240v diy LEDs or is it just a simple rewiring of the drivers?

 

[littlejacob]

I'm looking into building a Cree cxb3590 right now I'll probably build a 3 36" heat sink light bar and run them next to some 250w MH lights an see how they perform, I was checking out some videos on YouTube of mau5 with his diy. His power at the wall was 280watts or so. My problem is trying to find 240v parts there isn't too much information on 240v diy led. Everything seems to be 120v maybe the 240v thing it isn't as difficult as it seems, anyone have any good resources on 240v diy LEDs or is it just a simple rewiring of the drivers?

Bonjour
Nothing change...no with 220v drivers are more efficient cob too...so I guess 220v is better for general efficiency...that's it!
Nothing change in the process with the item we use...I know there is 110v drivers but the hlg do both...
So in EU we are lucky about 220v and hs prices (cheaper than hsusa!) And hum....tga seeds are cheaper...and...less guns...and....no many more things in fact...I should move to US I guess a good french haidresser should find a good job fast in a big city!
CU