Thanks for sharing. An ace clinic in media-less SOG growing.
*Like your clone size too. In the voice of Crocodile Dundee, "That's not a clone! Now THIS is a clone!"
So if you can believe the specs.: 38,500 lumens and 350 watts at the wall for 110 lumens per watt.
NOT an efficient light.
My 2 cents worth, there are better options if you want to spend that kind of money.
What size of area are you trying to light?
Found those on Amazon. They are 8000 lumens for 100 watts. Not very efficient. I like that the case is the heatsink. It probably would work as a veg light for 8000 lumens in a 2x2 foot space. If you did like to build/retrofit you could probably change out the existing cobs for some much...
News to me. I know Welight is going to the 3030 diodes for his boards as there are more offerings from vendors at that size. So where did you read about the move to 5050 diodes for gen 2 strips? I like to keep up.:mrgreen:
As an aside, I use the gen 1 strips and I'm very happy with them.
You don't have to worry about being argumentative, someone will get their panties in a wad and argue with you just because you posted! Just ignore them.
My opinion...even at the very least a lux meter is good for adjusting cob bar spacing or light heights to get the most even readings at the...
I shoot for about 50000 LUX in flower at the top of the canopy. I bult my fixture using EB strips about 3.5" apart and run the fixture about 4" from the canopy. So 7 strips wide for a 2x4 foot tent. Very even coverage.
Note: I do have flat-canopy OCD...your results may vary!
I second that. I too run the EB strips and have found 50K lux to the canopy very doable and very productive. From various conversions, that is about 750ish umols for "warm" cobs/mid-power leds. Despite all you read, that is very productive.:mrgreen:
True, but the "full spectrum" version is still about $350ish. Check out this page:
https://www.apogeeinstruments.com/full-spectrum-quantum-sensor/
Just don't want to leave all those photons uncounted! :mrgreen: