Revolution Micro AVICI LED 1150w at the wall

[DesertHydro]

just thought i'd post this up on here for you guys. this is going to change things big time. it can go from 28w to 1100w+. preset modes for veg, bloom, finishing etc. MSRP is only 900 which is way lower than competition.

i have one of their DEva 1k lights and its well made and sleek as hell. i would expect nothing less from this fixture. hoping to pick one up to test out in the near future when they drop

 

[Big Green Thumb]

That didn't sound like a commercial at all. LOL

 

[CobKits]

just thought i'd post this up on here for you guys. this is going to change things big time.

wasnt their last revolution model supposed to do the same?

i dont like its lack of far red for starters. And a handful of somewhat dubious 'first to do this' claims (par for the course i guess with product sales sheets)

sure 1150W - but at what efficacy? at $600-$800 most plug and play lamps run 300-400W at decent efficacy above 1.8 umol/J. Hard to see them getting an efficient 1150W out of a plug and play fixture at that price point without running the diodes hard

is there a full specsheet?

 

[DesertHydro]

Yeah it did come across as a biased infomercial. I'm just a fan boy

 

[CobKits]

hopefully we get some specs. im skeptical but it could be great, we'll have to wait and see

 

[DesertHydro]

hopefully we get some specs. im skeptical but it could be great, we'll have to wait and see

you know me, im all for DIY when i can save money and i always send people your way when i can. i dont know anything about the specs, just going off the flyer which could be dangerous lol

 

[ganjamystic]

I saw their post about this on ig.. asked about the specs.. they sent me that flyer... I was hoping for info on the diodes, PPF, lm/w, dimensions, etc..

 

[CobKits]

my guess is if they had some smokin umol numbers they'd be touting them

 

[DesertHydro]

"mostly Osram and some Phillips LED. We make our own drivers."

"@revolution_micro depends primarily on power level. Dinner settings are more efficient, so we are having CSA test them at full, half and quarter power. The white chips are spec'd at 136 lm/W, which should give you a general idea. Some of the monos are much more efficient, so until we get our data in from CSA, I can only quote calculated numbers. Hope that helps!"

That's all the info I could pull off IG for now

 

[DesertHydro]

wasnt their last revolution model supposed to do the same?

which one are you talking about? this is their first LED that im aware of. their only other light is the DEva 1k square wave and that thing is fucking sweet. when the aircooled one drops im gonna pick up a few. this one is going in a 4x4 tent and will have to lower down the power or install a hot spot diffuser or both lol

 

[CobKits]

no thats it

a badass light for sure it just didnt seem to catch on

id like to see a test against a gavita the square wave should give it more usable output per watt with the same bulb, correct?

 

[CobKits]

one contrast you see to a mfr like revolution and an mfr like chill led is the former designs something on paper, manufactures a unit they think will sell, and sends it out to be tested and characterized.

the latter spends a ton of time in the photometric lab testing different configurations before they make their final design decisions, and have a better idea of performance before unit one is ever even built

 

[Hybridway]

Nice spectrums. Seeing how it's priced around a 4-500 w light, if you run it at that you'd be getting the desired efficiency levels (maybe higher). Don't see how you could lose unless it just sux for some reason. I doubt it does.

 

[DesertHydro]

they dropped a little more info on the site but still no test results. they didnt want to send me a tester either lol. i tried

from the site-
AVICI TECH
So many growers are dissapointed by LED grow lighting because a lot of LEd makers pitch 400w and 600w systems as the “equivalent” of a 1000w HPS or Metal Halide luminaire. Regardless of the source, the PPFD has to be similar to get similar results, which is why Avici is built to be not “almost” as bright but actually BRIGHTER than a 1000w DE Metal Halide lamp! Here’s how we do all that for under nine hundred bucks:

• WE START WITH THE BEST LED CHIPS
  No knock-off clone parts here. Avici is made from Osram and Philips LEDs, the best we tested. Arranged on a wide, flat plane, Avici’s array of small emitters make a flat, even canopy of light unattainable with high-power LEDs or COBs at normal hang heights. It’s much more work to do this way, but a look at the IES files (or plants grown under them) show it was all worth it.
  
  
• WE MAKE THE DRIVERS
  The photo shows one of the Avici drivers with nine (9) independently controllable constant-current channels. During full-power heat-soaked operation, no component exceeds 70C for an estimated 32 year lifespan and Avici’s massive, fan-cooled, custom heatsink keeps the LED chips cooler than that. Heat kills electronics so we try to keep it down. Our drivers use 600v power FETs as opposed to the more common 400v devices, and the electrolytic capacitors are rated for 105C, far beyond they’re actual in-use temperature. Silicon carbide catch diodes round out the Avionic-grade built on a HumidiGuard silicone coated circuit board for operation in humid environments. We don’t buy some one-size-fits driver and bolt it in. We design exactly what we need and tune it to match the LEDs exactly.
  
  
• WE MAKE THE CONTROLLERS
  This is our control board and is a small computer (MCU) running the now ubiquitous Revolution RS-485 protocol used by many other makers. Note also the extensive off-board filtering and EMI rejection circuitry needed to pass FCC Part 18B and the even tougher FCC Part 15B and European CISPR 22 specs. CE approved for Europe and CSA approved for localities requiring a UL listing, Avici controls are as close to bulletproof as we could make them.
  
  
• WE MAKE IT SOLID
  Avionic grade electronics means MTBF (mean time between failures) measured in a few decades, not a few years. Running eighteen (1 separate transformer-isolated channels spreads the heat and lowers component stress over external power pack or “one big driver” designs. A common approach is high reliability equipment, the type of design is more common in aircraft than in lighting and also means Avici is field-repairable. Pull the top covers, swap out the boards, and you’re back up and growing. Avici is designed for large scale grow operations looking to save power and use tunable spectra to control production of specific plant constituent chemicals like terpenes. From 28w to 1150w, Avici runs cool and solid, brighter than the DE fixture it replaced, and on less power.
  

 

[DesertHydro]

my t5 died so i fired up the big boy light. they are still in shock from the transition a little bit but they hit the ground running and already growing rapidly.

 

[DesertHydro]

there arent many companies left out there that when you send a question they give you the owners personal cell phone number and have you call him/her. some might think im easily influenced or biased, but it means a great deal that when i sent a question on facebook they sent me directly to the owner and he talked to me for 20 min on the phone. color me impressed

 

[PSUAGRO.]

1150w to replace 1150w?......... what's the point again?

I must be stupid

 

[sethimus]

it's "brighter! and the driver doesn't come with 7 years of warranty.

 

[QuinndianaJones]

With that price per watt I would assume they're driving everything hard, it'll still be a kickass light but won't last as long as something with a higher price tag. It might also not be as bright given that a higher current has a diminishing return unless you have truly impressive heat management.

 

[QuinndianaJones]

Side note, my 1000w led project cost around 1400USD. However if I ran them hard and improved the cooling a bit it could be a 2000-2200w fixture and last probably half as long or maybe a bit less