It wasn’t around back then. This is from 2005-6. Insulated ducting was pretty new in 6-8” diameters back then. The 3/8” thickness of the 18” PBT rigid duct collars collars we made insulated pretty well. With 450cfm per 3 lights and virtually no bottlenecks, this room ran pretty damn cool considering! Hanging the lights 16” from the canopy didn’t hurt either. The only way to get around the inverse square Law and glass...
Yessir they are I haven't heard of them though they out preforms like diy cobs?!
Yes but you’d need 3 or 4 per 4x8 to do it right. Initial investment could get spendy. I see some true 1000w cmh coming soon that would require 2 per 4x8 and would smoke a DE setup
I have cobs and Quantum boards, two of the 265w kits, which is much the same as the HLG550, they perform very well. Certainly both beat my old HPS set ups.
Absolutely. Actually.. better!
So many options lmao got my.mind racing
Yeah I can wait to pop 15#+ off 4590 watts of lighting and 1800w of AC. Talk about maximizing gpw per kWh! The real benefits from these QB’s is that these lights naturally kill the stretch dead in its tracks so you can STACK!!! Imagine a world where OG’s don’t end up 2-3x as tall and not needing PGR’s like bushmaster to inhibit vertical growth. Pretty crazy! I’m so excited to run GG4 under these. I also hear that these lights can finish blooms 5-10 days earlier than HPS.. that could mean 6 blooms a year with the shorter cycle. I’m not even mentioning the trich increase!
This is like what I'm looking for but so pricey
You can pay now for efficient gear or later to your utilities co.. fuck them! Pay now and it only hurts once!
they cover a 4x4 area, less heat only 315w ballasts are connected to the light so less chord lying around. so for a 20x20 youd need roughly 5 to 6 lights
4x4 in a 20x20 = 25 lights if the whole area is to be illuminated.
No. A 315 Cmh covers a 3x3 to as much as 4x4 area, but I’d personally rock 3 over a 4x8. It’s only 945 Watts with great coverage. I’ll be trying the iluminar 315’s and 630 duel bulbs soon enough for some myth busting. Stay tuned
Exactly what I just said! Thank you!
I hear ya there I make my own inputs through knf natural farming and make my own ferments so nutes not a problem geAR tho totally is and utilities would like as low as possible ya know
Haha 2am Def my research hours aND no o please thank you for the help I love learning most powerful tool in the arsenal
Hence why I posted it!