DIY with Quantum Boards

Kamau42

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Can I do a straight swap and replace my four old v1 with four new v2 rspec?
You're good. It'll work fine and use slightly less watts. Gotta love HLG.
 

SCJedi

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You're good. It'll work fine and use slightly less watts. Gotta love HLG.
Killer, thanks for the link!
 

Moabfighter

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My hlg600r actually had a few diodes that stayed on during lights off. Emailed HLG. They came through quick. Warranty is legit! In the meantime, I added my 4qb132 to my flower tent

other light arrived. But I may just keep the 132s in there and add the two qb96 in a few weeks. I like this rig pretty good.
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Moflow

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Meanwhile in the 4ft x 4ft late veg, early flower tent.....

HLG 550R
White Widow x Sensi Star original clones
Day 26 12 12.
Soil

Super stretchy
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These will be moved tomorrow to the mid, late flowering hut.......
Under various diy Chinese knock off boards, QB boards, cobs, strips etc lol
Enjoy!
 

Moflow

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The soil plants that were in the 4ft x 4ft have been moved to the hut.

Six more White Widow x Sensi Star original clones for the tent.
Just transplanted to 22l containers about an hour ago.
The soil was outside for 4/5 days and was well wet with rain.
DIY soil mix with added ecothrive charge.
2l of feed each. Tomatorite 1.5 ec. pH ~ 7- ish from memory lol
Once they bite into the new soil they won't need any feed for a while, just water.

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HLG 550R on 24 hours
~ 200 watts on min
27" away ppfd ~ 400
Temp ~ 20°C
Air Extraction, a 75mm 12v pc fan.
Passive intake.
There's a 4" fan and carbon filter that I can use, recirculating the air in the tent.
VPD, what's that? Who cares. I dont believe in it!
When the plants are that small they don't need 4ft x 4ft so I use polystyrene sheets to reduce the area to about 10 square ft.

More transplanting later, either Paradise White Berry or more White Widow x Sensi Star original .......
Decisions decisions lol
Enjoy!
 

Er3

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Looking at parts for my rspec boards is depressing, might as well just buy a light for what they want for heatsink and drivers smh.. I got 3 v2 301b boards wasting away for lack of parts. Anyone know a good supplier?
 

MidnightSun72

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Looking at parts for my rspec boards is depressing, might as well just buy a light for what they want for heatsink and drivers smh.. I got 3 v2 301b boards wasting away for lack of parts. Anyone know a good supplier?
You can order drivers from Digi-Key, Arrow, Mouser, future electronics or similar electronics suppliers. Prices are quite reasonable but shop around. Also octopart.com is cool for searching parts like drivers it will summarize all the prices and links to places that sell that part.
If you need heat sinks you will have to figure out some aluminum sheet which is usually better found local.
 
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