2700-5000k Would these vestas strips work for a full cycle grow?

[Mrgoodsusa]

I want to make a 4x4 led light using these strips https://www.digikey.com/products/en?mpart=BXEB-TL-2750G-3000-A-13&v=976
I would prefer to make one light fixture for 1 tent from seeds to flower. Im just not sure if this works if it does could ypu tell me how many strips i need for a 4x4 x8tall and how to run them please. I have 2 more tents in the box i dont use yet. I bought them because i wanted to do a perpetual grow but i have no idea how to even start with 1 tent.

 

[coreywebster]

@Rocket Soul , you know your vestas

 

[Rocket Soul]

Ive not done full cycle but i cannot imagine them not working well, youll get 3 sep spectrums if you group your channels in parallel: 5000/3700/2700k 90cri. Id go for a standard 480w, 24 strips 20w max per strip. Thats almost 4700 diodes.

 

[Rocket Soul]

The 3700k spectrum works fine for flower it was almost indistinguishable from 3000k 80cri. 2700k worked awesome for flower.

The oonly thing id say against vestas is that there is an update on its way, vesta thrive, which look very nice if youre a spectrum nerd; it has an additional peak around 430nm which should be nice for transpiration, terps and potency...
No real info yet and it could take a loot of time before its available to general public.

 

[Mrgoodsusa]

Ive not done full cycle but i cannot imagine them not working well, youll get 3 sep spectrums if you group your channels in parallel: 5000/3700/2700k 90cri. Id go for a standard 480w, 24 strips 20w max per strip. Thats almost 4700 diodes.

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Ive not done full cycle but i cannot imagine them not working well, youll get 3 sep spectrums if you group your channels in parallel: 5000/3700/2700k 90cri. Id go for a standard 480w, 24 strips 20w max per strip. Thats almost 4700 diodes.

Do i need more than 1 driver for this? Would you seed under this light? The way you said 4700 diodes... Is that to much? Thanks

 

[Rocket Soul]

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Do i need more than 1 driver for this? Would you seed under this light? The way you said 4700 diodes... Is that to much? Thanks

There is never a thing such as too many diodes. Vestas arent great for efficiency but carries a lot of diode for around 10$.

Drivers: there are many ways of setting this up i suggest basing it on 240w drivers: flexibility and higher voltage adjustment range. If you want full dimming you need one driver per channel, 4 if based on 240 drivers. If your happy with using only the 3 spectrums above then only one driver per channel, 2 total. If you use 480w drivers half these numbers.

 

[GBAUTO]

I've used the Vesta's on a couple of closet grows.
My old King 300 watt fixture lets me configure the channels on separate drivers-150 watt for the 5000k and 150 for the 2700k.
I veg on the 5000k and then add the 2700 during flower.
It always gives me impressive results.
There are better choices for efficiency so it really comes down to cost-effectiveness.
That 300 watts flowers a 2.5x2.5 canopy really well, so I'd probably suggest running 35-40 watts/sq ft for good light levels.