jaggwaa
Well-Known Member
Welcome to my thread. Wanted to make this for some time, Here is what happened,
New to growing, 1 grow completed unfortunately with 10 of that 220v 50w Chinese purple pink cob chips. And it was 500W to the wall. Which i regret buying those chips, but it is what it is and u pay for what u learn. Am making this in a hope that if there are other folks like me, on a very tight budget, this is the way to go, at least for me. The grow i have under me is very interesting and answers some real world questions, i have pics, and i will make a journal soon about that. So back to Cree LEDsss
First, there are 3 options, CREE, Bridgelux Vero's and citizen Clu's....
Cree is the most expensive of those cobs, but that thats what u see in stadiums, football grounds, Commercial lightnings etc..... Cree is the way to go, during my research i have seen really good results. Also cree is making full spectrum lights and there LEDs and the light they emit are superior. That is solely my thoughts. Iam not affiliated in anyway with cree or with anyone else. It took me months to finally decide, First there are different bins and they have different performance. I dont know what a bin is or why it is important, all i want is a light setup, easy to afford, consumes less electricity, and give your plants good performance. Most expensive and super duper cob from cree is cxb3590. Which unfortunately i was unable to buy. this one cob will cost you like 30 to 40 bucks, Since my budget was 100$, i bought
10x cree cxa2540. for 50$. Now as i see it, the only difference between cxb3590 and cxa2540 is cxb3590 full power is like137watts or something, while cxa2540 max power is 85watts, but this is not the difference that matters, that one is the performance, cxb3590 will give u 170 lumen/watt at half power, while if you run it at full power, the efficiency decrease to like 100 lumens/watt.
While cxa2540 is rate at 150 lumens/watt at half power, and at full power, or full brightness, it comes down to like 90 lumens/watt. Remaining power/watts/ are emited as heat. There is this tool by Cree to see efficiency at different currents, here is the link... cant post links, ok, just google pct.cree and u will find the calculator.
Now back to my setup,
My cxa2540 10 cobs 3000K, V4
You can enter these details at above link and you can see how it will work at different currents.
Now, Drivers, man, such a big world, meanwell top of the line, but in my budget you can buy only one or two of those. So i decided to go with chinese drivers, After a lot research, i bought 10 drivers, for 30 bucks,which provide 900ma at 36volts,
New to growing, 1 grow completed unfortunately with 10 of that 220v 50w Chinese purple pink cob chips. And it was 500W to the wall. Which i regret buying those chips, but it is what it is and u pay for what u learn. Am making this in a hope that if there are other folks like me, on a very tight budget, this is the way to go, at least for me. The grow i have under me is very interesting and answers some real world questions, i have pics, and i will make a journal soon about that. So back to Cree LEDsss
First, there are 3 options, CREE, Bridgelux Vero's and citizen Clu's....
Cree is the most expensive of those cobs, but that thats what u see in stadiums, football grounds, Commercial lightnings etc..... Cree is the way to go, during my research i have seen really good results. Also cree is making full spectrum lights and there LEDs and the light they emit are superior. That is solely my thoughts. Iam not affiliated in anyway with cree or with anyone else. It took me months to finally decide, First there are different bins and they have different performance. I dont know what a bin is or why it is important, all i want is a light setup, easy to afford, consumes less electricity, and give your plants good performance. Most expensive and super duper cob from cree is cxb3590. Which unfortunately i was unable to buy. this one cob will cost you like 30 to 40 bucks, Since my budget was 100$, i bought
10x cree cxa2540. for 50$. Now as i see it, the only difference between cxb3590 and cxa2540 is cxb3590 full power is like137watts or something, while cxa2540 max power is 85watts, but this is not the difference that matters, that one is the performance, cxb3590 will give u 170 lumen/watt at half power, while if you run it at full power, the efficiency decrease to like 100 lumens/watt.
While cxa2540 is rate at 150 lumens/watt at half power, and at full power, or full brightness, it comes down to like 90 lumens/watt. Remaining power/watts/ are emited as heat. There is this tool by Cree to see efficiency at different currents, here is the link... cant post links, ok, just google pct.cree and u will find the calculator.
Now back to my setup,
My cxa2540 10 cobs 3000K, V4
You can enter these details at above link and you can see how it will work at different currents.
Now, Drivers, man, such a big world, meanwell top of the line, but in my budget you can buy only one or two of those. So i decided to go with chinese drivers, After a lot research, i bought 10 drivers, for 30 bucks,which provide 900ma at 36volts,
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