Best light coverage for 10x5x6 tent

HardLuck71 said:
I was actually looking at the DIY setups from hgl but it doesnt really save too much money from what I seen and they’re a bit pricier
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Oh we could get you going in the diy game and you can build exactly what you want to crush that space and the price will be comparible.

Let me know if you wanna go down that rabbit hole, im around all day, i can help you out where needed.
 
Gond00s said:
Just saying I atleast dropped 2gs easily just on this tents lights best decision I made
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Maybe down the road i can do something like that, these light are just a little more budget friendly for now and they’re a little less than $1 per watt, just not the Samsung diodes or Meanwell driver but should do just fine till i can afford to throw more money into lighting
 
diggs99 said:
cool, im a strips lover.

I was considering buying some of @Prawn Connery s Highlights qbs but in the end, i just decided on more strips lol
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I was really looking at them to I said I’d rather do a strip build which I am I ordered a machining drill everything for me to diy frames you’ll be seeing some nice strip builds from me going to be doing two 24 1 ft strips each fixture total of two gonna be nice
 
diggs99 said:
Oh we could get you going in the diy game and you can build exactly what you want to crush that space and the price will be comparible.

Let me know if you wanna go down that rabbit hole, im around all day, i can help you out where needed.
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Well that’s much appreciated and if this price is comparable I’m up for it as I’m on vacation for the next 8 weeks so I have the time to invest also
 
2 x 480w meanwell = $260


you an easily get strips to cover that space perfectly, all you would need then is something for a frame and some wire and wagos
 
Gond00s said:
What’s strips would u recommend for one foot strips or two footers
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it depends on what you want to spend and what the lights will be used for full cycle? veg? just flower?

If you want to do it economically, i would suggest the bxebs or vestas
if you want to go all out id look into the Nichias/sol strips or h influx

if just a veg light, def the bxebs
 
Gond00s said:
God you can do a diy from cutter and they would blow the Mars out of the sky
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Never even heard of cutter lol. I am a newb but prefer to do things the right way to start with and I like diy projects as well. I’m just not familiar with wiring up drivers etc
 
diggs99 said:
it depends on what you want to spend and what the lights will be used for full cycle? veg? just flower?

If you want to do it economically, i would suggest the bxebs or vestas
if you want to go all out id look into the Nichias/sol strips or h influx

if just a veg light, def the bxebs
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gonna look into the bxes the bc gonna be full veg got everything i need for flower im good on that im using t5 leds for them and i would love to use a better setup for them
 
2 of these 480w drivers

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28-36 strips from cutter( same strips i built my lights with)

www.cutter.com.au

SSK-1560ZGE-3090CR Midpower Led Strip - Cutter Electronics

The SSK-1560ZGE-3090CR Board has 112 leds spaced on 0.5mm pitch for beautiful blending and maximum utilisation of the PCB. Solderless terminations
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at 14 strips per 480w driver , you will be running them at 34w per strip, thats a good efficient number while keeping the cost somewhat in check...The more strips you add, the softer they can run but it ups the cost ofcourse. I use 18 per 480w driver to give you an idea
 
@diggs99, what’s the best time to get in touch with you to help me with this? Unfortunately it’s just about 4:30 here and I have court at 9 for custody of my kids and need some sort of sleep lol
 
Gond00s said:
gonna look into the bxes the bc gonna be full veg got everything i need for flower im good on that im using t5 leds for them and i would love to use a better setup for them
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ya man, id get a pile of the bridgelux gen 2s now before they are discontinued, they are perfect veg strips at 4000/5000k and they are nicely priced, especially since they released the new gen 3s, but for veg, the gen 2s are ideal.
 
HardLuck71 said:
@diggs99, what’s the best time to get in touch with you to help me with this? Unfortunately it’s just about 4:30 here and I have court at 9 for custody of my kids and need some sort of sleep lol
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Just send me a pm on here or post in this thread, ill get a notification and pop in when im online.

Its 6am here, so my day is just starting an hour ago
 
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