Ethos Banana Hammock comparative(exodus thread)

Moabfighter

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I say go for it then - they're still gen1 samsungs, plenty of power
Could I use them on my Meanwell Lrs350 running 4 qb 132 or will I need to buy another driver.

Not against it. Just need to know what driver to buy.

Would like to get two QB96 for the middle of my top lighting.
 

schmebulock

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Could I use them on my Meanwell Lrs350 running 4 qb 132 or will I need to buy another driver.

Not against it. Just need to know what driver to buy.

Would like to get two QB96 for the middle of my top lighting.
that part gets into the V=IR and you lose me there man, sorry
 

schmebulock

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I had to have Clyde fire mine up for me so I know what you mean lol
well do me a favor and i'll try to calculate

total output of your current LRS350

total output requirement of 2 of those sunboards

total output requirement of your current 4 QB132's

That may answer our question lol
 

schmebulock

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Dwc, automation is the road to disaster for me...works great for lots of others tho....like @Steakbomb ....
so what does your upkeep look like? when do you actually have to lift her out of the bucket and change stuff up?

automation is the only way to keep my sanity - i've already got everything but the inline cooler. ph control is cake with that bluelabs controller.
 

StickyBudHound

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Could I use them on my Meanwell Lrs350 running 4 qb 132 or will I need to buy another driver.

Not against it. Just need to know what driver to buy.

Would like to get two QB96 for the middle of my top lighting.
Is your LRS350 the LRS-350-36? If so, yes you can run 4 of the 132 boards at 300 watts with it. That's the setup I'm using right now.
 

schmebulock

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Is your LRS350 the LRS-350-36? If so, yes you can run 4 of the 132 boards at 300 watts with it. That's the setup I'm using right now.
do you understand the milliamp part of all this? I see those new boards he wants are rated 24v - which translated to milliamps is 24000 milliamps... but the controller can only control 4? if they're 1500ma each, that's only 6000ma, and the controller supposedly can handle 24000? so fucking confused..
 

ClydeWalters

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alright you guys are killing me with these DWC before and after photos (looking at you clyde)

Are you still going to be swapping out your buckets every day to keep the water under control clyde?

If so, wouldn't it seem like RDWC would be the right path?

@Or_Gro are you doing DWC or RDWC?
I’m DYING to upgrade!!!

It’s SUCH a pain in the ass!!! My white Widow XXL can drink 5 gallons of water in 48hours..

I’ve been lazy before and she got SO dry around 72 hours that she started to pop AIR ROOTS (super fuzzy looking ones) in her res... she was pissed as fuck at me

AND to make matters even worse... when she drinks up all the water... it CONCENTRATES the remaining nutrients which WILL burn your plant

You HAVE to get in the bucket daily in these 3-6 gallon buckets... when the plants are in flower anyways... they get HUUUUUUGE and drink WAY WAY WAAAAAAY fucking more than they EVER would in soil... which is how you know the method is superior in terms of performance

It SUPER FEEDS your plants. And I want that ;)
 

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StickyBudHound

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do you understand the milliamp part of all this? I see those new boards he wants are rated 24v - which translated to milliamps is 24000 milliamps... but the controller can only control 4? if they're 1500ma each, that's only 6000ma, and the controller supposedly can handle 24000? so fucking confused..
I can only tell you what Tbone Shuffle on GC told me to buy for running 4 QB132 boards at 300 watts while connected to the driver in parallel... Sorry man, I'm just as lost about that stuff myself.
 

ClydeWalters

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I think automation is key as well if you’re running more than 2 to 3 plants…

You definitely definitely at least want to have those blue tubes that stick out of the sides of your buckets from the bottom to show you how much water is in the bucket it’s like a water level gauge those are super important I’m getting ready to install some on all of my buckets

As I’m leaving town for six days and I’m going to have someone checking on stuff for me and I don’t want her to have to lift anything out of the bucket some snap my plants to pieces because they are so fucking heavy it’s I can barely even lift them so I can’t imagine that she would have an easy time with this

I think I’m just going to have her every 48 hours drop a gallon of low ppm nute water i’ll have pre-mixed and pre-Ph’ed and all that.

I JUST need them to survive until I get home! 6 days.... it can be done right?

I have

1x 6gallon
3x 5gallon
2x 3gallon

DWC buckets in my 4x4
image.jpg
 

schmebulock

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I think automation is key as well if you’re running more than 2 to 3 plants…

You definitely definitely at least want to have those blue tubes that stick out of the sides of your buckets from the bottom to show you how much water is in the bucket it’s like a water level gauge those are super important I’m getting ready to install some on all of my buckets

As I’m leaving town for six days and I’m going to have someone checking on stuff for me and I don’t want her to have to lift anything out of the bucket some snap my plants to pieces because they are so fucking heavy it’s I can barely even lift them so I can’t imagine that she would have an easy time with this

I think I’m just going to have her every 48 hours drop a gallon of low ppm nute water i’ll have pre-mixed and pre-Ph’ed and all that.

I JUST need them to survive until I get home! 6 days.... it can be done right?

I have

1x 6gallon
3x 5gallon
2x 3gallon

DWC buckets in my 4x4
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Yeah run lower nute counts for now as they stack, keeps the girls moving while you're away.

I love the size of these DWC plants, but I could walk away from my setup for 2 weeks today and be fine. Both my humidifier and my reservoir are 40 gallon trash cans lol.
 

Or_Gro

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so what does your upkeep look like? when do you actually have to lift her out of the bucket and change stuff up?

automation is the only way to keep my sanity - i've already got everything but the inline cooler. ph control is cake with that bluelabs controller.
Two smackdown tents: normal daily maintenance (topping, pH adj, spin buckets) 1 hr.

They never come out of buckets, pump out, funnel or pump in...
 
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