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Thanks! I think I might have to consider a smaller tent if that’s the case. Don’t think my wife would be thrilled with me dropping 1500 on lighting. I have heard the 30w per square foot thing before, but I was assuming that was related to the square foot of the plants not of the tent. Is there a reason why the tent is the right way to measure watts per square foot rather than using the area covered by the plants?30 watts/sqft is a good rule of thumb. used to be 30-50 but now that these cheaper lights are getting 2.0umols/w 30 is plenty. so for a 5x5 i'd look for around 750 watts.
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spider farmer doesn't really make a light for 5x5. the SF-4000 would be insufficient and hanging 2 of them in a 5x5 doesnt work well. best bet would probably be 4x SF2000. id rather have the mammoth or build a strip light myself.
Was hoping to spend $500. From the comments below I may be delusional.
Thanks. Feeling like a DIY might be geeking out more than I’m ready for.30 watts/sqft is a good rule of thumb. used to be 30-50 but now that these cheaper lights are getting 2.0umols/w 30 is plenty. so for a 5x5 i'd look for around 750 watts.
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10 Bar Led Grow Lights - DISCONTINUED - New 8 Bar fold Replaces
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Growcraft Light Spectrum Options Passive Cooling Linear Bar Design Thin Profile – Only 1.375in Tall Rugged T Slot Bar Design Oversized surface area for maximum heat dissipation Remote Power Driver Location Lower your heat load by removing power driver outside grow area...
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This high output nine (9) COB LED grow light fixture features Bridgelux Vero29 COBs and three (3) Meanwell drivers for maximum uptime. Remote driver placement helps with managing heat and custom color temperatures are available. Innovative design engineered to cover a 5 x 5 coverage area with...
spider farmer doesn't really make a light for 5x5. the SF-4000 would be insufficient and hanging 2 of them in a 5x5 doesnt work well. best bet would probably be 4x SF2000. id rather have the mammoth or build a strip light myself.
most people use their whole tent for plant canopy, it works best with the reflective walls, youll achieve the best and most even levels of light by lighting the full space. I was gonna say depending on where you are you shouldn't need a humidifier/dehumidifier. As long as you can exhaust to outside and you live in a reasonable climate. If your budget is around 500 you could get the SF-4000 and light a 4x4 with it. If you're just growing for personal consumption a 4x4 or even 3x3 is plenty.
I think you'll need to spend $600 if you want something semi-decent prebuilt.
There are some fairly easy diy builds out there these days, that you could do for under the $500 cost.
$139 ATM.
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Maybe that would be the way to go. The dehumidifier seems to be more important. I don’t think I can keep my humidity below 50% in a Missouri summer during flower. Also moving this to the basement where I expect humidity to be higher. Thanks for the thoughts.
So wasn’t planning to do the diy thing, but watched some videos and the idea is interesting. Could I run 6 on one driver? At 240 volts I assumed one of those drivers might cover it. I’m still not sure I’m ready to diy, but it’s a really interesting idea. Thanks for all the specific detail. For the money it would be a killer set up.
More economy I think. Enjoying this, but I have never been into hard core expenditures on hobbies. Thanks for the thoughts on the two. My only perception of Mars was lower quality, but the warranty is nice.
240 driver: 240w, no need for 240V you can run onn normal 120V if youre US. Id rec the following: 3x qb96 in parallel connection over 4way Wago easy connector on a meanwell xlg240h-AB driver for about 80w each. And then duplicate this. This should give you a 4x4 and if you get anotther driver at a later point, and run 2 qb96 per driver, each qb at 120w you will have your full 5x5.
Thanks. Can you explain the difference between running on 1 driver versus 2? The only thing I gathered was that more amperage means more heat and less efficiency.
yes higher umol/j is better, I never purchased any of the older Mars products for the same reason as you, the old epistar lights weren't very good, but these QB's are nice. which two models are you comparing to? i never saw a variance that high between the two, because i would have purchased the SF for sure. Im not saying your wrong, i'm just curious if we were looking at different numbers. every number i looked at was very equal (when comparing similar or equivalent models/wattage), and not nearly 3x higher.
