PJ Diaz
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Pretty sure they aren't selling the 648's for DIY projects anymore due to the reverse polarity issues on those.
DIY with Quantum Boards
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I am a simpleton. What was happening? People were wiring them as they thought they should and they were blowing? Samsung not producing them correctly?! Holy cow.
pop22
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Treated the plants with ISO diluted to about 15%. After the grow, I sprayed the tents inside and out with 35% ISO. And the entire room. Then washed the tents inside and out with bleach solution. Wiped every pole in the tents down completely. Then shut down the 2 4x4 tents for two months, Then b,eached them again. Bought nasty potent miticide and sprayed my house plants. So far so good. You see them most often at the beginning of flower. Not a spot on my plants so far! Here's hoping! And my sympathy for anyone dealing with this!
Budzbuddha
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PJ Diaz
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Maybe they will still sell the boards, just not the kits? I'm not sure, but here's the IG post from a week or so ago..
Barristan Whitebeard
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If you do end up keeping the drivers, you could always use them to power 2 QB288 R-Spec boards or 2 QB96 in series.
Or if you can afford to, you can wait for HLG to come out with their new boards.
I think waiting is the best option. I went through the 648 thread a while ago and Steve said they will be releasing a board along the 288 lines for "Spectrum Snobs". I have a 2.5x5.5 area, so I am not sure if the 650r is optimal for this for a few reasons, particularly with my remote mount setup. My plan was 4-5 648s across running at pretty low wattage for even coverage and keeping the temps optimal.
Budzbuddha
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We gonna riot 
Budzbuddha
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HLG lurks here often , they know me from when they began selling the first boards and I kid with them a lot.
Matter of fact if you lurk there IG posts , I made a pic of “ box of bananas “ to ease those buyers thinking popo would know what’s in box....l and they asked me if they could post it.
Matter of fact if you lurk there IG posts , I made a pic of “ box of bananas “ to ease those buyers thinking popo would know what’s in box....l and they asked me if they could post it.
Barristan Whitebeard
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Hey @Stephenj37826 , do you have an ETA on Slate 2 single and triple heatsinks?
Thanks Man! Can anyone help me understand how this is any different than wiring two R specs to a slate 2 in series from a 320h-c2800AB? I would think as long as the power goes into the first set of -+, then wires the other board positive to positive, it would be fine? The reverse polarity stuff has me questioning things, and like I said, I am not a smart person.
pop22
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I wanted 4 but could only afford 2. So maybe later I can talk HLG into selling me 2 more! Thanks for the tip!
TWest65
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There is no difference. in the wiring. Although most would be able to wire correctly, there are still a fair amount of people that would wouldn't. The people that hooked theirs up wrong, just fried their boards. What is HLG going to do when people call in saying the boards were hooked up correctly, but didn't work? Call them liars... give them a refund... replace the boards? None of those are good options if you want to stay in business. Answer: don't sell them as kits.
Maybe if we sign a liability waiver, they would sell the kits. Lol
Stephenj37826
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We are training additional staff as we speak to offer all kits pre assembled including Diablo. The difference will be the Diablo will only available pre assembled. It will be a nominal charge. We are working on a solution so we can offer the Diablo in DIY once again.
Well, I just ordered them for my boyfriend from Cobkits, so hopefully we're not the kind of chunkheads to mess up the wiring. I'll double check with HLG and here to make sure they are connected properly before powering them on. I don't want to cause them any financial issues, much less myself, and like to see good businesses succeed. Is there anything I need to know about in particular before wiring a duo of 648s from a 320H-C2800AB driver in series? Board orientation differences from my BSpecs? Like one way in one way out only. board A input right side up, Board B upside down for connection?
Maybe one solution could be to offer them wired for either top mounted drivers and remote mounts with a bit of extra wire to it? Maybe a sheet for parallel and series wiring of 2 or more boards included with notice that warranty will be voided if wired the wrong way for your particular driver? I guess it shouldn't matter but it's appalling that it's become this much of an issue with people not doing their pre-flight checks over and over and making sure. I guess there is some mentality of "Ahhh the hell with it, there's a warranty" going on without the idea of doing all you can to never need the warranty. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, sell people any item and some of them will surely mess things up.