Canna.Capt
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thank you
help with lighting my 4x4
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TreeFarmerCharlie
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Under $600 for a ready to go light from a US company just isn't going to happen. I just finished building my own lights for my 4x4 and I spent $500 on the materials alone. You can DIY a killer light for about $1/watt and you can get it down lower than that if you go with cheaper materials for the frame and heatsinks.
Boatguy
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You can get the timber redwood for $830 with the forum discount. Pretty reasonable for a prebuilt 640w light.
Over your budget, but light isnt where you cheap out
The timber 4vs would almost cover your tent, and is under your budget. Would do fine in there if you cant swing the extra dollars.
Over your budget, but light isnt where you cheap out
The timber 4vs would almost cover your tent, and is under your budget. Would do fine in there if you cant swing the extra dollars.
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Canna.Capt
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Thank you Fluffy
the QB 96 elite v2 engine would work for me.
to run 6 of them, which driver would be best ?
Barristan Whitebeard
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For your 4x4 I would go with two HLG-320H-54 (A,B or AB depending on which you prefer) with three QB96 Elite V2 wired in parallel to each driver.
Canna.Capt
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Thans BW
hlg-320h-54b it is
hlg-320h-54b it is
Boatguy
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? 3 boards, two drivers?
Canna.Capt
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I appreciate everyones help. thank you
Canna.Capt
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6 boards
Boatguy
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Gotcha... Not sure why i missed that
Canna.Capt
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Is Home Depot box type store good for frame stock or are there better options ?
Goodlandkush
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I think you could hit up rapid led for something like these. But I would definitely email them explaining you want your rails to be able to fit the QB 96s
They’re awesome people and will help out as much as they can!
Rocket Soul
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If you wanna go cheap and good:
Get 8 boards only, from KB (sometimes they carry 90 cri diodes which i prefer) or meijiu. Should be about 30 per board. Then get 2x alu sheet 1/8" about 3'x1', maybe even 3.5'. Mount the boards to the sherts, 4 per sheet. 2x 240 drivers bought more locally. Presto. If you want redsup or uv add some qb11 clones. Wanna be spendy? Same deal with HLG.
6 qb96 is good deal aswell, id upgrade tto 8 when possible.
4 High light booards with uv from @Grow Lights Australia ; creme de la creme. But theyre almost allways out of stock. This would be a very flower centred light, you may wanna add some blue strips to do full cycle.
Get 8 boards only, from KB (sometimes they carry 90 cri diodes which i prefer) or meijiu. Should be about 30 per board. Then get 2x alu sheet 1/8" about 3'x1', maybe even 3.5'. Mount the boards to the sherts, 4 per sheet. 2x 240 drivers bought more locally. Presto. If you want redsup or uv add some qb11 clones. Wanna be spendy? Same deal with HLG.
6 qb96 is good deal aswell, id upgrade tto 8 when possible.
4 High light booards with uv from @Grow Lights Australia ; creme de la creme. But theyre almost allways out of stock. This would be a very flower centred light, you may wanna add some blue strips to do full cycle.
Grow Lights Australia
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I just want to acknowledge the fact that yes, we have been having trouble keeping up with demand, but we're hoping to remedy that soon with the next run of boards due in a few weeks. There have been some issues with production and freight of parts (as we assemble everything in Australia), but mostly we just underestimated demand.
Rocket Soul
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HLG was out of stock for like always when they started out and they didnt have corona. Victims of your own success is nothing to be ashamed of.I just want to acknowledge the fact that yes, we have been having trouble keeping up with demand, but we're hoping to remedy that soon with the next run of boards due in a few weeks. There have been some issues with production and freight of parts (as we assemble everything in Australia), but mostly we just underestimated demand.
pulpoinspace
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i use 6 qb96s in a 4x4 on a hlg-600h-54b and in hindsight i wouldve put them on an hlg-480h-54b. i never run the thing above 480 watts.
pictures in my sig if u wanna see the light with the qb96s
pictures in my sig if u wanna see the light with the qb96s
Canna.Capt
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Is it okay to run the drivers outside the tent, long power cord, 8' ?
How much will 6 qb96's pull @ the wall ?
How much will 6 qb96's pull @ the wall ?
TreeFarmerCharlie
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Yes, the drivers can be outside of the tent. I’m not sure what the QB96 pulls so someone else will need to answer that.
Rocket Soul
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Its not really the right question as it depends on the drivers and current youre hoing to run them at, 110v/220v etc.
Best advice for all of this is checking the datasheet, and if you wanna nerd out really (why not??) and get the most real numbers:
Google "meanwell 'driver model nr' datasheet"
It should at least bring up a link to meanwwells web. Click and scroll down to find 'report'. The values here are actual measured values from internal testing of the drivers. You see many times meanwells drivers actually give a little (about 9%) more current than whats specified in datasheets. Here is where you find the most "real" values.