DrGrinspoon1010
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Cheers mate, I’m a bloody headache when it comes to these led lights, I feel stupid having to keep ask the basics. Cheers for your patience
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Moflow
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No worries.
DrGrinspoon1010
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I just checked the site, they have a decent looking light kit for just over £400 I liked
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DrGrinspoon1010
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Are the strip lights any better than the quantum boards ?
Moflow
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Pretty similar.
You have to run the QBs higher above plants.
Better spread of light with the strips run closer to the canopy.
Both will grow great bud
TheTinkerer
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Not necessarily. The QB120 and QB132 are fairly large boards with relatively few diodes, so they can be run at nominal wattage without heat sinks, with performance similar to strip builds.
DrGrinspoon1010
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Can you tell me how close to the plants the lights can get ?. I also thought that the strip lights let off less heat than the boards ? Do you know what temps they run at ? Sorry for hounding you.
TheTinkerer
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You can run QBs just a few inches from the canopy if you dim them some. At nominal wattage, I usually have mine about 18-20 inches above canopy. They could be closer, but I like to have room to tend my scrog. I’ve never seen any burn or damage to plants with QBs, the worst I’ve seen is newly introduced plants drooping at the end of the day when their DLI gets maxed.
I don’t have temp numbers for strips vs boards, but they’re both just diodes on aluminum. If the diodes are the same and the spacing is similar, then I would think the temps would be comparable.
I don’t have temp numbers for strips vs boards, but they’re both just diodes on aluminum. If the diodes are the same and the spacing is similar, then I would think the temps would be comparable.
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