Search results

My bed is actually also made from fabric, which would work well here! However I feel like feeding teas through the top to drench the roots with microbes could be more effective than sipping it from the bottom, or am I mistaken?

As my soil ages, perhaps I will once reach that point too!

Thanks for the suggestion! It does sound like a lot of work, as my bed is already full of wet soil and plants, so I'm hoping for another alternative. Though it sounds more and more that I will be stuck with the watering can on my garden :eyesmoke:

But what point do the Blumats have if you still have to hand water?

I have a 200x60x50cm raised bed that I am doing no-till in. I like to water my plants with compost teas and such, which means the water is usually not going to be "clean" when going into the self-watering system. I have been looking at Blumats, and I do really like their system, but I have read...

Thank you!

I am not sure how to understand your sentence, sorry. Are you saying I need to get the driver that will exactly match the wattage of my LEDs or that it is not important? If it's not important, then two HLG-80H-700A(B) should be good, right? Otherwise I need to find one that delivers 70W I'm...

I'll take your word for it man! I don't intend on playing around with deadly electricity. I'm now looking for two drivers to run 4 strips in series each. I found Meanwell's HLG-80H-C700A that I think could run the 4. But I am wondering, is it correct to only be looking at HLG drivers for these...

Oh yes, I definitely agree with you! That must have been some serious voltage too, damn! I'd rather buy two non-deadly drivers for the series wiring, than one which can become deadly, I'm always paranoid when it comes to electricity. Good thing you survived man!

I'm not sure why, but like @Rocket Soul said, led-tech say it should be used with CC. Taken from the website: "ATTENTION! For use with constant CURRENT only!" I'm thinking it might be because the voltage changes are so minimal while the current goes up. Might be easy for a beginner to mess it...

I will have to think about getting 2 drivers for this. Maybe not even HLG, but I am hesitant in looking at others, since everybody always talks about the HLGs. I have updated my plans on the first post in hopes of specific driver recommendations. I've changed my plans around a bit, so now I'll...

I've done some more youtube led driver binging, and I tried to determine a driver for the white/red/blue strips. It must be ran at constant current, so I'd pick a 700mA driver, with each of the 8 strips pulling 17,5W(in total 140W). I think the HLG-185H-C700A is what I need to go for(they don't...

I've got a feeling I might be paying an arm and a leg for those custom strips, so I'm thinking of other options that I have. Those strips that you mentioned, that have whites reds and blues all mixed in might be a good way to go about this. I saw that they have 60 white leds, 4 red(square) and 1...

Oh yeah, my bad for poor wording choice, I meant to get another driver that would run the colored LEDs, but I was not sure if I can put the Square red and SSL blue together on it. The whites are going to be separate of course. I do wish I could get my hands on an AB driver, but there is only...

Oh thank you, I will get the 42A driver then! And thanks for confirming my schematic! I've looked around on the website for some solder-less options and I found a OSRAM Square hyper-red single LED, but not the deep-blue. Link to Square HYPER-RED...

Hello! I've posted this in another users help thread, but I see that it requires more discussion, and because I am trying not to blow things up I am starting my own thread. I hope I can get some useful input from more experienced people here! Anyways, I want to run 16 Samsung LED strips on one...

Hey I saw this thread and I have a very similar problem. I hope you don't mind me posting it here instead of making my own thread! Anyways, I want to run 20 Samsung LED strips on one Meanwell driver, and I need help choosing the right one. The strips pull 28-30W when run at 1400-1500mA(which...

Haha yeah! It would be awesome, if we could share our projects more openly :-D Wow that is a lot of wattage! Makes me think if I should add more stripes! Do you notice any speed up in growth when adding additional lights like the cmh? I am planning on doing the SCROG technique, so most of the...

I'm in the EU aswell actually! Building tomato and salad growing lights of course.. I found a store in Germany called LED-TECH, where I found the strips carrying 98x Samsung LM301B LEDs. They come in at 18€ each, but are really efficient. I've decided on getting 16 of these, and 4 red/blue...

I assume getting the LED strip is better because it spreads the light better. I'm paying an arm and a leg for heatsinks and the Samsung strips, but I'm sure it's all going to be worth it in the end! Do you practice no-till for your plants? It sounds like you had a ton of wattage in that space...