Ben123456733
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone, I'm not new to growing, but I am new to LED, especially DIY.
Ive been interested in LED for quite a while but never took the leap. I have a great new grow room available to me but limiting heat and power consumption will be a factor.
My plan is to do my veg in a 4x4 room. I was planning to just run some t5s until I could afford another 9 cob lights or so.
I'm mainly focusing on the flower room right now. 4x8
I am going to be using 18 of the citizen CLU048-1212C4.
I have my heat sinks picked out, 3.9"x3.9"x2.9" - 1 for each cob. (Should be fine for passive but im going to have a fan above the lights as well so it should be actively cooling it somewhat)
I was planning on using 4 hlg-185h-c1050b to power all 18.
I was going to set them up in bars of 3 lights, so it would be 6 bars with 3 lights a piece spanning the 8' section. (I'm aware the wires might be a mess considering i can only run 5 of the CLU048's on 1 driver. Not really sure what else to do without changing my entire idea.)
My main questions are:
cob directly on the heatsink or go with the holders?
reflectors or no reflectors?
Is it enough light for a 4x8?
Lastly, I was going to go with 3000k for all of them, even when i add more for veg. Would you guys recommend a different temp if they will only be used for flower?
Thanks everyone, any hints/tips are appreciated.
Ive been interested in LED for quite a while but never took the leap. I have a great new grow room available to me but limiting heat and power consumption will be a factor.
My plan is to do my veg in a 4x4 room. I was planning to just run some t5s until I could afford another 9 cob lights or so.
I'm mainly focusing on the flower room right now. 4x8
I am going to be using 18 of the citizen CLU048-1212C4.
I have my heat sinks picked out, 3.9"x3.9"x2.9" - 1 for each cob. (Should be fine for passive but im going to have a fan above the lights as well so it should be actively cooling it somewhat)
I was planning on using 4 hlg-185h-c1050b to power all 18.
I was going to set them up in bars of 3 lights, so it would be 6 bars with 3 lights a piece spanning the 8' section. (I'm aware the wires might be a mess considering i can only run 5 of the CLU048's on 1 driver. Not really sure what else to do without changing my entire idea.)
My main questions are:
cob directly on the heatsink or go with the holders?
reflectors or no reflectors?
Is it enough light for a 4x8?
Lastly, I was going to go with 3000k for all of them, even when i add more for veg. Would you guys recommend a different temp if they will only be used for flower?
Thanks everyone, any hints/tips are appreciated.