Frank Nitty
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I'm kinda new to the diy thing...Hey thanks for all the likes and whatnot on both posts. Wish they were on the original thread!! Lul.
I'm kinda new to the diy thing...Hey thanks for all the likes and whatnot on both posts. Wish they were on the original thread!! Lul.
I really wanted to build out some rooms, but it just wasnt in the budget. It's a long term goal, but happy enough with my tents for now.No better place to use tents than a nice unfinished basement.
This is what you want to intimately do in your space?Ok, I am thinking keeping it simple and doing something like this. Not shit in this to scale but this is what im seeing.
The blue rectangles are roughly the totes.
The heatsinks have open holes in each corner but not anywhere else. Would rather not have to dig out the drill press and drill 32 holes in heatsinks.
So i have been thinking about just using 2x4s and 2x2s. 2x4 down the middle then I can just scew 2x2s on to that that reach out to the corner holes. Already have the 2x2s.
Even with painting the wood, this seems like the simplest and cheapest way to do it with the tools I have.
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Wood is absolutely fine for hanging your lights from, my guy.I wouldn't really recommend wood for this... Its gonna be heavy af and prone to fire
Gonna be a whole fuck ton of rope ratchets though at 64 for all 16 lights. Good thing they're dirt cheap.Ok, I am thinking keeping it simple and doing something like this. Not shit in this to scale but this is what im seeing.
The blue rectangles are roughly the totes.
The heatsinks have open holes in each corner but not anywhere else. Would rather not have to dig out the drill press and drill 32 holes in heatsinks.
So i have been thinking about just using 2x4s and 2x2s. 2x4 down the middle then I can just scew 2x2s on to that that reach out to the corner holes. Already have the 2x2s.
Even with painting the wood, this seems like the simplest and cheapest way to do it with the tools I have.
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So are you saying you're going to basically screw the boards to the wood?I had a tangle of them with the stupid tracks trying to keep them supported lol.
I'll probably just use 3 on each set. Thinking eye bolts at each and and the middle. Should be supportive enough.
Where to start if you're talking about HLG quantum boards would be "horticulturelightinggroup.com".I'm interested in building a fixture with these boards. I live in Canada and I'm not sure where to start. Any links to suppliers would be great. Thanks guys. I've been outta the game for awhile.
When I started with QBs, building kits for people etc., I just went with the idea of two (288s) oriented length end to end (like a 260w kit) but spaced apart some, aimed at a canopy width of about 4 to 4.5 feet. That was largely based on cost; cost of an extra board+heatsink per "fixture". But three is what I'd like to do, personally. It's like a blanket of even light for the standard 4 to 5 feet.I am getting pretty even coverage. I can even lean into my canopy.. I love spanning a 4 foot space with triple lights. I bet I could even push it to 5 feet wide.
Looking at this just made me decide to buy a house so I can do what I want in it!!!!Ok, I am thinking keeping it simple and doing something like this. Not shit in this to scale but this is what im seeing.
The blue rectangles are roughly the totes.
The heatsinks have open holes in each corner but not anywhere else. Would rather not have to dig out the drill press and drill 32 holes in heatsinks.
So i have been thinking about just using 2x4s and 2x2s. 2x4 down the middle then I can just scew 2x2s on to that that reach out to the corner holes. Already have the 2x2s.
Even with painting the wood, this seems like the simplest and cheapest way to do it with the tools I have.
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I packed up everything and moved to a legal state to grow for myself, a large part of the decision on which house we bought was how well it would work for a grow.Looking at this just made me decide to buy a house so I can do what I want in it!!!!
CCs can be split in parallel. 2 boards usually used can be turned in to 4. 2 parallel strings of 2 in seriesWhere to start if you're talking about HLG quantum boards would be "horticulturelightinggroup.com".
Dri
When I started with QBs, building kits for people etc., I just went with the idea of two (288s) oriented length end to end (like a 260w kit) but spaced apart some, aimed at a canopy width of about 4 to 4.5 feet. That was largely based on cost; cost of an extra board+heatsink per "fixture". But three is what I'd like to do, personally. It's like a blanket of even light for the standard 4 to 5 feet.
This is where being stuck with the driver you have (CC) can suck.
Looks like a good setup, dude.
Where to start if you're talking about HLG quantum boards would be "horticulturelightinggroup.com".
Dri
When I started with QBs, building kits for people etc., I just went with the idea of two (288s) oriented length end to end (like a 260w kit) but spaced apart some, aimed at a canopy width of about 4 to 4.5 feet. That was largely based on cost; cost of an extra board+heatsink per "fixture". But three is what I'd like to do, personally. It's like a blanket of even light for the standard 4 to 5 feet.
This is where being stuck with the driver you have (CC) can suck.
Looks like a good setup, dude.
Yes, but the trade-off is, each 1/2 of the parallel ckt gets 1/2 the current. So only 1050ma through each of the 4 boards, instead of 2100ma through 2 boardsYou can add two 288s to a 240h-c2100 that's already driving two 288s just by wiring the two additional 288s in series with each other, and then wiring those two in parallel with the first/original two?
Is that what you're saying?
(Edit: also, I was saying three boards in a row is great, agreeing with daveybc. you're talking about four, right? just saying ).