DIY with Quantum Boards

Stephenj37826

Stephenj37826

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Psyphish said:
Can anyone tell me if using Quantum boards in a Homebox Vista Medium would be overkill? I'm going to be growing succulents and cactuses and I would like to use the shelves that come with the tent, so the growing would be in three layers. That would only leave 40cm (15.7") for the lights, pots and plants themselves on each shelf. I feel like even though the QBs are dimmable, I would be basically paying for power I'd never use. Would they be overkill even when dimmed to the maximum? The 260w QB kit would be perfect for the tent footprint, but I don't think it's meant to be used so close to the plants.

Any ideas? I'm mainly interested in the QBs because of their size, they're really thin so they wouldn't take up much space.
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A couple of HLG 40s would be ideal in each section.
 
hom3mad3

hom3mad3

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pop22 said:
Did you know Subcool lost all his base genetics/breeding stock in the wildfires?
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I was listening to something on youtube with his wife and she said her breeding stock was saved, but there was no mention of his stuff. I think she had some of the old moms and males in different locations. I also read somewhere that the day after the farm burned down that they received orders for around 1 million $ worth of seeds, though that sounds a bit ridiculous.
 
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mjduke420

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Ordered late Wednesday night and got a shipping notification today, on a Sunday! Thanks HLG! So pumped for this light.

I have a second tent on the way that I plan on using for clones and vegetables. It will no doubt be also running QBs eventually as well. I'm thinking 3-4 HLG40s on a shelf system, one per shelf, inside the tent for a tiered veggie/clone setup
 
hom3mad3

hom3mad3

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well I got my 2 600 kits from growers lights. First off thanks to stephen and robin from hlg and kurt from growers lights. Kurt was super helpful throughout the whole process. I flipped the lights at the end of week 1 and i saw an immediate difference in the plants. I started at 50% @18inches and am now up to 80% at 18 inches in a room that's 40 inches x 7 ft and have super nice coverage i was able to take most of the ducting out of my room and gained a bit of height. The room is easier to maintain any temperature vs the hps. I think if you guys are on the fence about going to qb's so far i would say go for it! these are not your daddies leds.
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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Mylar lining back in 3x3 ..... Goldfinger on BBC , G Pen in hand ... And an alcoholic beverage...

Mylar really brighten it up ... Dimmed down with all those crazy photons bouncing around .
Plants were doing the WATUSI around the tent before jumping back into pot ....

..... Wait , I must be faded AF ... LOL.

Anyways- I also lined drip pan area ... It literally was like looking into Pandora's box ...
Not that hooker Pandora but the other one ( *grin ) , hence the dim down.

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hom3mad3

hom3mad3

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small note note after a week I went to do some light defoiliaton as normal for the next 7 days, the stems are much stronger! like under hps even when using supplemental si everything is much more towards the woody side of things now with only one week in. the only other thing i changed was 1 ml per gal cal mag on res change. I do rdwc and change once per week with 3 part gh nute with a few other supplements but these are much harder so far i see it as a good thing leaving out my si for now lets see what happens
 
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down to.roach

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619kt619 said:
How do you like the setup so far?
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Very nice clean build!
That's some big ass Wagos you used there.. :lol:
Seriously, have you got anything else tucked in those white boxes?
These are good DC connectors. You either used a 2 wire or a 4 wire cable. If you have an available wire, may I suggest you use it to ground the fixtures to the drivers side then to actual ground.
 
Humple

Humple

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magik1953 said:
Hey guys do you think about 70-75w would be maximum wattage under QB in 40 x 40?

thanks
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Sounds about right to me. That's about 15"x15" (sorry, I like to convert to Imperial); I'm running about 80 watts in a 19"x23" space, and I haven't had a need to turn it up yet. Only about a week into flowering though. Also, keep in mind that the height of your space matters too. If you don't have much headroom, you may not be able to run at 75w without stressing the plants.
 
619kt619

619kt619

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down to.roach said:
Very nice clean build!
That's some big ass Wagos you used there.. :lol:
Seriously, have you got anything else tucked in those white boxes?
These are good DC connectors. You either used a 2 wire or a 4 wire cable. If you have an available wire, may I suggest you use it to ground the fixtures to the drivers side then to actual ground.
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Thank you sir,
The 'wagos' are actually junction boxes made for wagos, but yeah they are big (it is the smaller of two models as well). I used 2 wire and I wanted to be able to quick disconnect the fixture and remove it so that foliar spraying would be simple. And I don't have the fixture grounded atm but from what everyone says about meanwell drivers they pretty much take care of all safety concerns. But I do plan on grounding the fixture at some point.​
 
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