I agree that pre-built units can be pretty darn expensive. But DIY cuts cost significantly and pays for itself in one run if you grow for profit. Or really even if you don't. I sold my HIDs midway through flowering my first time with leds. I could see what was happening. I'm not trying to convert you, just saying, most who try it wont go back.
Bulb cost over the last 33 years?
HPS, MH, CFL, SMD and CREE COBS all in my collection. LED blows incandescent out of the water. And the top bin lights are expensive. Only marginally better than several knock offs. Being a personal use non profit grower I saved and finally ordered 2 350W V3 quantum boards. I am certain my plants will grow better. And worth the cost in energy savings and no heat issues.
That is awesome! Estimate on how much it has produced?
This exactly. After dropping on a qb120 for veg and a qb260 for flowering, I knew what was up. Now have 700w in a 4x4 and 230w for veg. The growth difference blew my mind haha
About fifteen bucks a year
No telling, now it supporting my bloom room getting a qp a weekThat is awesome! Estimate on how much it has produced?
without a tent 100% of that light was lost. i saw a significant improvement when I got a tent
which strain was it?
Remember having to put foil up around your backlight so you can see the poster not enough light ...
Amnesia Haze
I hear you. I compared my organic Cree grown GG4 against a buddies $75/quarter dispensary GG4. Both agreed mine is better taste and blows the high away.
That looks dense as hell. well done.
Pretty cheap for 1000w bulbs. Have you been running at 2000w that whole time?
I run two 1000W HPS hortilux lamps in my flower room and just added 2 quantum boards to beef things up. 1 board is 660W and the other is 450W. The 660W model I got off of Alibaba for $504 delivered. The other I got off Amazon from spider farmer for $625. The Alibaba unit is significantly more powerful and spreads over a much larger footprint for a lot less. The spider farmer unit is impressive, but lower wattage with less output. I first installed them in my 2 nursery tents. The 660W unit went into a 5'x5'x6.5' tent. The 450W unit went into a 3'x3'x6.5' clone tent. I ran them for about 2 weeks in those tents. I was unable to run the units at full power without burning the plants. These things are the real deal, and their output should not be underestimated. I had to dial them down to 50% to keep the plants happy. After that they took off nicely. The nodes are much tighter than what I'm use to seeing occur under the T5's I normally run in my nurseries. I never planned to keep them as nursery lights, but I couldn't resist the temptation to try them out while I completed my flower room remodel. In my opinion both lights are vastly over powered for a tent of any size. I would say a 300W quantum board is more than sufficient for a 5'x5'x6.5' for veg or flower. Anything more and you're just wasting your money for power you won't be able to use.
This was my experience as well. Everything they had smelled the same, looked the same, and performed the same. Poor
