Sfrigon 1
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Just looking at a 120 watt for a hundred bucks . Does this sound about right? From Amazon
DIY with Quantum Boards
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hillbill
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$1/watt, hell I have lights that were $3 or more per watt years ago.
Lots of near copies out there both from China and US sellers.
Barristan Whitebeard
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Are you looking at the QB 120's or QB 132's? If so, you just need to decide what correlated color temperature(CCT) you would like and piece together your other components. FYI Amazon usually doesn't have the best prices on Mean Well HLG drivers. Other companies like Digikey, Arrow and TRC Electronics should be more reasonably priced.
Sfrigon 1
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Basically it's like do I get the four panels or the one? If the one is the same power id rather the smaller light seeing I would use it for supplimental
Barristan Whitebeard
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Both use the LM301B diodes. You can build a more powerful better value light with the QB 132. The HLG 100 is good, but more expensive comparatively. It is a prebuilt unit with one 192 diode board.
Sfrigon 1
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Ty which has more overall power thats what's kinda confusing
Barristan Whitebeard
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You can safely drive a four panel QB 132 fixture to 300 watts. I power mine with HLG-320H-C2100AB.
Sfrigon 1
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Thanks man I appreciate it that's what I was looking for and u recommend obviously?
Barristan Whitebeard
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HLG 100 comes non-dimmable I believe at 95 watts.
Barristan Whitebeard
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I do recommend. Absolutely.
Sfrigon 1
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Learned a good amount here
Chronikool
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Day 40 in the 'Kerstunkenflopped' tent
5mm think aluminium
3000k QB elite on left
4000k QB elite on right
(Colour difference)
Budzbuddha
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My V1 304 S5 boards are still as strong as they were when i first powered them up in Dec. 2015 .
Pretty much non stop since then running perpetual grows . Shows the quality i say.
Pretty much non stop since then running perpetual grows . Shows the quality i say.
Sfrigon 1
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Stop that's five yrs! That's great
Budzbuddha
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Yep ... they used to “ pen write “ the Vf of each board ( on the border edge ) to test compatibility to another board when i purchased a set or two. LOL.
Thats how OG mine are.
Thats how OG mine are.
Humple
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It's been a while since I posted any pics, so here are some shots of the latest QB-grown harvest (chopped last night). Strain is HSO Blue Dream.
Straight 3000k, four QB120 V1, run at 250w. The plant was half-dead when I flipped to 12/12 (at my wife's request - I would have waited to nurse it back to health), so I didn't expect much, but I was amazed at how the poor girl turned it around and cranked out some nice, big, heavy, dense colas. I had reconciled myself to very poor production, but now I'm thinking I'll get more than expected. Really, if you saw pics of the plant at its worst, you probably wouldn't believe it could turn out this well!
Straight 3000k, four QB120 V1, run at 250w. The plant was half-dead when I flipped to 12/12 (at my wife's request - I would have waited to nurse it back to health), so I didn't expect much, but I was amazed at how the poor girl turned it around and cranked out some nice, big, heavy, dense colas. I had reconciled myself to very poor production, but now I'm thinking I'll get more than expected. Really, if you saw pics of the plant at its worst, you probably wouldn't believe it could turn out this well!
pop22
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Yep, the Vf on mine was hand wrtten also. Love my 304s! Sad that discontinued them.