It's not oregano
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I made a change to my cabinet yesterday, gained myself another 6 inches (oooer missus). Saw a comment by @diyled that he had a few strips, boards etc with minor damage that anyone local could have for free, as he wanted to clear out his scrap pile before moving premises. 5 minutes drive later and he was wiring me up a HLG qb132 v2 board that had a diode where the phosphor coating had come off, so he couldn't sell it as perfect. I hadn't even thought of a board, so if I hadn't seen that post I would never have gone down this route. I bought the driver off him but it was still dirt cheap.
I put it in the cupboard last night and it fits like a dream and even leaving a 3/4" gap above it for ventilation, I still have miles more head space than using led light bulbs. I set it at 45w to see how the plant reacts, she looked happy enough this morning at 5am, temps were 17C so I might think about putting the driver inside the cabinet to help temps, I will see how it goes during the day.
A massive public thank you to @diyled. I am so lucky to have somebody like that literally on my doorstep.
No real plant pics, more of a before and after with the new board. I rotate the container every day in case the plant looks to be moving position in the container!
Before (taken last week)
After fitting the new board
You can see the diode with the missing coating in the pic - works fine for me without it!
I put it in the cupboard last night and it fits like a dream and even leaving a 3/4" gap above it for ventilation, I still have miles more head space than using led light bulbs. I set it at 45w to see how the plant reacts, she looked happy enough this morning at 5am, temps were 17C so I might think about putting the driver inside the cabinet to help temps, I will see how it goes during the day.
A massive public thank you to @diyled. I am so lucky to have somebody like that literally on my doorstep.
No real plant pics, more of a before and after with the new board. I rotate the container every day in case the plant looks to be moving position in the container!
Before (taken last week)
After fitting the new board
You can see the diode with the missing coating in the pic - works fine for me without it!