Aussie Growers Thread

dopeonarope

dopeonarope

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Lucky Luke said:
View attachment 4014472 LED and those who know 'lectrics.

What are these like https://horticulturelightinggroup.com/collections/diy/products/qb120-quantum-board
and how many would I need to replace a 600 HID in a 4 x 4 and how many of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0180X3SRK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1, would I need? (ok 1 per QB- they cheap though..)

They look REALLY bright...and reasonably priced.. Got to be a catch???
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might need a few of those little boards to replace a 600. Bit of a ripoff too. Only 120 wee little chips on those (I run LED strips and each strip has 96 of the same LEDs as those panels and cost $10, came with a driver, free shipping etc). If you are looking for HID replacement quantum boards you need the big fuckers (or cobs or shitloads of strips)
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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dopeonarope said:
might need a few of those little boards to replace a 600. Bit of a ripoff too. Only 120 wee little chips on those (I run LED strips and each strip has 96 of the same LEDs as those panels and cost $10, came with a driver, free shipping etc). If you are looking for HID replacement quantum boards you need the big fuckers (or cobs or shitloads of strips)
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Yea I was thinking 4??
can you throw up a link to what you bought?
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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ive sent the guy a msg that I stole the pic off to see what size his tent is. That's his veg lights and it looks like a 4 x 4 tent....IF he can veg that well with only 2 QB in a 4 x 4 then 4 should be fine for flowering?? I'm new to this led stuff..confuses me.
 
Joomby

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ruby fruit said:
Oh yes giggs don't get me wrong we all have a limit to our pain threshold
I think I was more saying young mad fit as fuck whole world owes me type attitude kinda noone can touch me lol
But if I got sacked a gd one I would feel it these days...i feel like I'm still recovering 2 days after heavy shovelling of only 4 hrs
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I fell 2 stories drunk as Fuck and landed on my back. I heard everyone screaming and I thought someone was hurt and that I had knocked them down the stairs. But they were sreaming because I fell off a table on the second story balcony. I didn't even realise I had fallen haha not a scratch.
 
OzCocoLoco

OzCocoLoco

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dopeonarope said:
might need a few of those little boards to replace a 600. Bit of a ripoff too. Only 120 wee little chips on those (I run LED strips and each strip has 96 of the same LEDs as those panels and cost $10, came with a driver, free shipping etc). If you are looking for HID replacement quantum boards you need the big fuckers (or cobs or shitloads of strips)
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I'm by no means anti LED and I think it won't be long and they will make HID redundant but I don't think that time is here yet and I think the quantum boards or a similar design will be type of fitting to do it. But for now it's really hard to go past DE HID fittings for flower at least
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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OzCocoLoco said:
I'm by no means anti LED and I think it won't be long and they will make HID redundant but I don't think that time is here yet and I think the quantum boards or a similar design will be type of fitting to do it. But for now it's really hard to go past DE HID fittings for flower at least
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the tech is moving along so fast. The companies need to regulate themselves more as there seems to be a lot of outlandish claims. They also need to make the terms etc more user friendly for non tech buyers.
 
OzCocoLoco

OzCocoLoco

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Lucky Luke said:
the tech is moving along so fast. The companies need to regulate themselves more as there seems to be a lot of outlandish claims. They also need to make the terms etc more user friendly for non tech buyers.
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I agree about the outlandish claims and self regulation would be great but if they did do that 3/4 of the companies wouldn't sell another fitting.
 
OzCocoLoco

OzCocoLoco

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Nugachino said:
One thing that needs to be made more available is the par values. Wattage is a poor value to go by when talking about grow lights. Plants don't care about watts. Only the density of useable photons.
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It's like @Lucky Luke was saying in his post how can you trust any companies PAR ratings ? And PAR meters are expensive items most people wouldn't be able to accurately use. Lumens was unit that people used to measure grow lights and I knew a guy who's yield was decreasing every crop but would not change his 3 year old lamps because his $20 lux meter was showing that the globes were still putting out there rated output haha Independent tests are the only reliable results other than actual yields.
 
dopeonarope

dopeonarope

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Lucky Luke said:
Yea I was thinking 4??
can you throw up a link to what you bought?
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Here you go - I've got 10 strips mounted on some aluminium sheet from Bunnings in a 0.8 x 0.8 box and it really is bright as shit. Also got my prices fucked up, these are about 12 bucks so they really shoot a massive hole in your finances. Plus I used that checker plate aluminium so it looks tough which is a bonus

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5x-TCI-Linear-LED-strip-board-23W-3000K-3540lm-154lm-W-CRI80-Drivers-included/222366303179?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649
 
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