Im having trouble finding any qb's with blues (with the whites) other than the hlg bspec. Do you know specifically of any other boards with blues? Or strips with white and blues?
we have a boost board with 5000k and 4 pcs of XPG-3 450nm if that helps
I knew you had one, I just couldn't find it on my phone! Thanks for chiming in!we have a boost board with 5000k and 4 pcs of XPG-3 450nm if that helps
https://www.cutter.com.au/product/ssk-1560zge-xx-2835cr/
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That would help!!! So Im looking tk build a board now. Do you guys sell all kind if different boards and accessories? Im also looking for some reccomendations. What are the pros and cons and which is best for veg and flower between dif color temps? Ex. My sf uses 3000 and 5000k and the hlg uses 3500k. Would it be benneficial to have so e of each? Is Ir light negative when vegging? Read it promotes stretching. Do you customize boards or jniw of a company that does? I think In wanting to try a light with all dif spectrums. Wanting to use samsung lm301h diodes. I think they make a 351h for 660 nms. The light I build will be for a 2x4 veg area. Wanting to include 3000k, 3500k, 4000k, 4500k, and 5000k. Uva and uvb (if amounts can be regulated properly). 660 nm and ir 760 nm (if it is beneficial during veg). The blue nm included in hlg bspec boards....believe its 460nm. Do you have any thoughts, suggestions, or feedback for such a venture?
This reply may have went on the wrong post....sites a lil confusing to me
That does help. You may have answered this question in a way but...personally for veg would you prefer a mix of 3000 and 5000k or all 3500k? I guess the mix would be closer to the 4000 you mentioned. Looking at some boards already made. I will add blue nm. So is the main purpose of ir to give some stretch? I thought that was to be avoided? Sry if these are all noob questions. I will def investigate the cree reds. Just kinda assumed samsung was at the top. I dont know if this would be worth your time but if you want to shoot me the links to what I would need to purchase to build a bad ass veg light I would most likely order today. Thanks for all the info regardless!!!So my take on this could get wordy. Two points
My point is I dont know why people add multi coloured whites onto a board and try to sell it as a full(er) spectrum, its just isnt, the CCT becomes the average of the all the white leds and their specific spectrum, so the question then is, if I end up a with specific white phosphor based spectrum, using multiple white colours, why didnt the board just get made with leds in that spectrum
- Phosphor coated leds do blend as a colour. If I build a board in equal parts 3000k and 4000k I get CCT of 3500k
- Monochromatic no so much, If I have 730 and 660nm on a board, spectrally I will have two SPD peaks of 730 and 660. Red and blue will look burple but its photonic performance will be based on the performance(SPD) of each red/blue chip
The other arguement might be well if I use higher efficient cooler colours wont my fixture be more efficient, that would be true but of course most of these boards also have lower eff warmer colours, so you also end up with an avg eff based on leds used
there is no free lunch
to answer your basic question yes we can make strips, boards in any spectrum you want but you need to be realistic about what that means. For Veg I would use a base 4000k led with an option for 730nm to give you some stretch/shade avoidance capacity, but will be strain dependent
Samsung LM351 Deep Red does not have the performance of Cree XPG-3 Deep Red. Uva in Veg is useful but would only use UVB in flower
Hope that helps
cheers
What kelvin do these use? I was looking at the hlg diablo rspec boards. 3500k with 660 nm added to it. I would also ad some blue nm diodes.
For Veg, I dont see any issue with using 4000k, this is used by many on this forum and is well balance red to blue to avoid stretch which can occur if you move into 5000k and up. If you want stretch via control then 730nm give the shade avoidance effect so can be used to induce stretch and you could counter balance that with blue but likely you will want both those on separate control so you can adjust, does that make sense?
To be honest I have used 3000k cree cobs to veg, 4000k & 5000k 98CRI Thrive strips to veg and I can barely tell the difference.
I like and use the HLG Rspec and it does great in veg or flower. I would go that way so at least the light would be more versatile.
5000k and up meaning 5700k or 6500k, did I misread I thought it was veg not seedlings/clones
