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2 meters x 2 meters is like 42 square feet. 1000w over that area is like 24W per square foot. Recommended for flowering is 30w per square foot for led and that's on the low end. You'll probably be better off with several smaller lights. Better coverage too

As always, thank you for such an insightful and thorough response and thanks for pointing out the "Buddies" (https://growlightsaustralia.com/product/buddies/ if anyone is curious). I think a couple of those with the right placement would be perfect. 15 minutes being a holdover form analog timers...

Thanks, I get what you meant now. I thought you were saying 3500k had more red, which is the opposite of what my understanding was. You're saying the 3500k might be better if I'm supplementing with dedicated reds. @Rocket Soul I think I'm finally near the end of this analysis paralysis. I'm...

I think I'm convinced the supplemental lights on the same board aren't the best way to go. I'm just gonna get mainly whites and some supplemental boards so I can dim and time them separately. It seems like I don't need a ton. HLG's R-Spec boards have 1/18th of the diodes 660nm and the rest...

Thanks for the recommendations. A lot of good information to parse and each item leads to lots more googling and questioning. I don't think these lights will ever get ordered. :lol: The XLG drivers are for sure cheaper and more versatile. What I don't get is what's the catch? Why are light...

Thanks Rocket Soul, I'm responding to you, but don't feel like you're obligated to responded. I'm doing some thinking out loud here and of course input from anyone is greatlyappreciated. I was thinking about having the red, uv, and ir on seperate bars and possibly drivers, but I don't think...

I read though the second half of this thread. Thanks for all the input you've provided to everyone in here. I agree, I think the best thing to do is get a bunch of 2' boards and wire them up to fewer drivers. The drivers I should get domestically (maybe digikey?) and the boards maybe from...

I appreciate the comment. I agree, those are definitely oriented towards flowering. I was more just curious if that was the kind of setup discussed. Like a long quantum board instead of a square one. So what's the benefit? Heat dissapation and getting into the edges of the area better? To me...

240v x 30a = 7200W 4 x 600w = 2400W You should be fine. Edit: I'm actually not sure if you'll be fine. Looks like there's an "inrush current" of up to 70A for a couple of milliseconds. Not enough to burn your house down, but you breaker may or may not trip. If you turn them on one at a time...

When you guys say strips, are you talking about something like these? https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Kingbrite-240w-Samsung-LM301H-with-CREE_1600084916554.html?spm=a2700.icbuShop.41413.29.47756ce3YPXdyz

Thanks! So the qb132 is a 4 pack of bare boards from HLG, but they don't need a heatsink supposedly. So there's some minimal assembly work, but it sounds like that and a driver and some little things and I'd have a nice dimmable veg array at 4000k Thanks! I haven't begun to even look into...

How much can you dim 120W QB Boards with Meanwell Drivers? I'm looking into buying some lights from Kingbrite on Alibaba. QBs are new to me. My current configuration is a 2x4x5 tall on top of 2x4x3 tall. I wanted to veg in the lower area and flower in the higher area. It seems like a 240W...