DIY LM561c s6 320watt light build

Budies 101

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kony brado said:
very nice @Budies 101
i like the alu side profile,does it hold the pcb and alu sheet together ?
can you pleas show a close up on the side profile?
thank's and good luck with the grow and new light.
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The siding is a plastic actually, never gets hot. It does hold the pcb and the heatsink together and seems to work very well. The first 4 I made kinda bow, not bad, but that's because the heatsink was 1/8th. At 3/16 the heatsink keeps it from bowing.
 
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I don't care much for looking at early flower plant pictures but I know some people are following the grow so here is an update.

I have 1 HPS, 5 lm561c custom boards and 2 CXA 3070 cob builds going. I simply don't want to drill in the ceiling to add more leds atm or it would be a full led grow haha.

There is a section with no plants popping through the scrog but thats because there are like 8ish plants being sexed and grown to see what they do... They are smaller plants.

Most the PCB lights were at like 200watts then 250 and 280watts... My plants couldnt handel the amount of light so I lifted the lights about 4 inches more and then turned them down to about 130watts. Slowly I have raised most of them to 180-220watts as the plants can take the light.

I also have a Root aphid issue (very not normal for me) but I used h2o2 and it kills about 90-95% of them so the plants don't seem to stunt much at all.

I hope next grow I have better strains that I want to be growing but these will do for now. Gorilla glue #12 and Zod from moxie are the 2 main strains.

I have Kings banner, Chem Berry D (both Dark horse Genetics - The Bruce Banner #3 breeder) Viper Cookies (from moxie) as well as a Strawberry OG and a Goji to breed (male goji).

That's my update!
 
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Budies 101 said:
I don't care much for looking at early flower plant pictures but I know some people are following the grow so here is an update.

I have 1 HPS, 5 lm561c custom boards and 2 CXA 3070 cob builds going. I simply don't want to drill in the ceiling to add more leds atm or it would be a full led grow haha.

There is a section with no plants popping through the scrog but thats because there are like 8ish plants being sexed and grown to see what they do... They are smaller plants.

Most the PCB lights were at like 200watts then 250 and 280watts... My plants couldnt handel the amount of light so I lifted the lights about 4 inches more and then turned them down to about 130watts. Slowly I have raised most of them to 180-220watts as the plants can take the light.

I also have a Root aphid issue (very not normal for me) but I used h2o2 and it kills about 90-95% of them so the plants don't seem to stunt much at all.

I hope next grow I have better strains that I want to be growing but these will do for now. Gorilla glue #12 and Zod from moxie are the 2 main strains.

I have Kings banner, Chem Berry D (both Dark horse Genetics - The Bruce Banner #3 breeder) Viper Cookies (from moxie) as well as a Strawberry OG and a Goji to breed (male goji).

That's my update!
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Looks fantastic great job, I hate drilling into ceilings for hanging so I prefer to build a frame out of 2x4's or pvc to hang from, costs very little and can be setup and dismantled in a breeze.
 
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nc208 said:
Looks fantastic great job, I hate drilling into ceilings for hanging so I prefer to build a frame out of 2x4's or pvc to hang from, costs very little and can be setup and dismantled in a breeze.
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Yeah, ill be moving into a rec grow soon I hope so that's why i don't bother with the work.
 
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I guess I'm about 5-6 weeks into flower here, ways to go. =)

GG#12 getting good purple so far.IMG_0276.JPG

Close up of GG#12IMG_0277.JPG
Viper cookies -IMG_0282.JPG

Viper cookies close up ~IMG_0278.JPG

Full grow shot: GG#12 - Viper cookies - other sexing plants below scrog you can see and Zod all way in back under the other scrog. IMG_0283.JPG
 
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Just pointing out that I built my lights to do a 4x8 grow area and my scrog in these pics is a 5x10 and the lights cover it very very well IMO. Plants would look fuller in a 4x8 as well but my goal is quality over weight.
 
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P.S. I'm building a rig with Samsung strips which use the lm561c's. If I ever get a plant that is even close to that frostiness I'll be very very happy!
:)
 
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Stone_Free said:
That is crazy frost man! Absolutely fucking crazy!! Please tell me where that plant is at, I'm coming to steal her :D
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Well thank you, Oregon. To be honest I have far better genetics, kinda sad that I did this grow log/light build (my first grow log). This is "King Louis xiii," this and my gelato (phantom cookies as well) to me are just overall noticeable better. I hope next grow I have KingL goin. The Viper Cookies is me pheno hunter on a small scale. I did 3 of them, one had a single hermie and I don't want to deal with that, the other is near the same structure as the VC in these pics but about half the frost... I dono how well this one will do but it would be nice if it was as good as some of my others. I'm gonna try and make some seeds and who knows if I can send you some if they are good =D
This was finished for about 2 weeks under my PCB build.
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Stone_Free said:
P.S. I'm building a rig with Samsung strips which use the lm561c's. If I ever get a plant that is even close to that frostiness I'll be very very happy!
:)
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I look forward to seeing it, I believe Quantum board (pcb) builds are the future for us atm. I'm running right around 1k watts over a 5x10 atm, doubt i'll hit max (1200watts). lights are super cool with fnas glossing over them and I sold a few of my pcb lights to some local people that wanted full builds haha. I need to get more at some point.
 
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I'm sorry if you live close by but I have killed off my GG12, this was my last grow with it and i tossed the mother due to simply having better genetics. I personally don't dislike gorilla glue but I only grew 12 because it was not 4. So many people grow GG4 that it feels pointless to grow to me, much like blue dream. People are looking for GG4 because of the name so gg12 is odd haha.
 
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Oregon is only 5000 miles from me.....be over in an hour or so :D
I'm gonna be using the 4ft FB24B strips in a 4x2 so nothing like yours but the diodes are the same. 200-220W max for me.
GG is talked about a fair bit over here in the UK but that doesn't mean too much, just that it is popular. It takes a while for US genetics to arrive over here. Is the LouisXIII Cali connection or?
Haven't heard Moxie seeds mentioned for quite a while. Gonna have to add them to my list!
That frost makes it look like you've left the plants out overnight....amazing!!
 
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Stone_Free said:
Oregon is only 5000 miles from me.....be over in an hour or so :D
I'm gonna be using the 4ft FB24B strips in a 4x2 so nothing like yours but the diodes are the same. 200-220W max for me.
GG is talked about a fair bit over here in the UK but that doesn't mean too much, just that it is popular. It takes a while for US genetics to arrive over here. Is the LouisXIII Cali connection or?
Haven't heard Moxie seeds mentioned for quite a while. Gonna have to add them to my list!
That frost makes it look like you've left the plants out overnight....amazing!!
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There are these little containers that look like a cup with another cup on top of it. They have led lights in there, you can ship clones and go to jail if caught im sure lol.

http://www.horticulturesource.com/product_info.php?products_id=23061&gclid=Cj0KCQjwyvXPBRD-ARIsAIeQeoFtlpHlI-8AdW1-xkdKv3XDS8sKkPJBYHPkxPpOJ8QrUsJrlWjJbHEaAmrWEALw_wcB

At some point I think ill take an order if people want PCB's and try and buy in bulk, just re send people however many they want... If they want my PCB light.

The Gelato and King L are clone only, no seeds. I was thinking is like my Viper cookies or Kings banner is really nice I can take males from them seeds and mix with gelato and King L and see what i get. basically I want to keep the genetics alive but not dilute them till they suck.
 
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You asked about Cali connection, this is Strawberry OG by Cali Connection. These were grown under the same bar CoB LED's you see in my pics here.
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