H inFlux strips

TheTinkerer

TheTinkerer

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Im wanting to build my first led grow light. Been reading all week. Thinking about using strips instead of qb’s. I think I finally found the strips

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How many watts will I get out of each strip?

I want to build a multipurpose light for a 2x4 tent.
Once I figure out how many strips, I’ll ask about drivers.
 
Chip Green

Chip Green

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Volts x Amps= Watts
The strip has a voltage requirement. The driver provides an amperage, at that voltage....In order to figure out how many strips you'll need, you need to know how many watts they will be run at, by deciding what driver is running them....
Get on youtube, watch the growmau5 DIY LED series, starting with the DIY for Noobs.
Strips, CObs, QBs, are all emitters with a voltage requirement.

EDIT: Good choice on the strips, by the way.
 
ANC

ANC

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The yare gonna come with a l ot of math at you.
for a 2x4 a 320W driver will push top grade LED strips i.e. F series or influx within a hair of each other and around 45000 lumens.

You can decide what strips you want to use, but all the answers are going to sum out to roughly what I gave you above. Some people like driving drivers over their rating despite warnings in application notes. I like to just barely use all of a driver or get close to it, for efficiency and reliability reasons. It gets super warm over here. I can't have my shit fry themselves if the AC takes a shit on a 115-degree day.
 
TheTinkerer

TheTinkerer

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Chip Green said:
Volts x Amps= Watts
The strip has a voltage requirement. The driver provides an amperage, at that voltage....In order to figure out how many strips you'll need, you need to know how many watts they will be run at, by deciding what driver is running them....
Get on youtube, watch the growmau5 DIY LED series, starting with the DIY for Noobs.
Strips, CObs, QBs, are all emitters with a voltage requirement.

EDIT: Good choice on the strips, by the way.
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I can’t watch vids, slow internet. :(
It seems like there should be a chart somewhere that says , if running “this many” of “these” then use “this” driver.

So, if I check the specs on a likely driver and see what amperage it provides at the voltage of the strips, then I can determine the wattage per strip?
 
TheTinkerer

TheTinkerer

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ANC said:
The yare gonna come with a l ot of math at you.
for a 2x4 a 320W driver will push top grade LED strips i.e. F series or influx within a hair of each other and around 45000 lumens.

You can decide what strips you want to use, but all the answers are going to sum out to roughly what I gave you above. Some people like driving drivers over their rating despite warnings in application notes. I like to just barely use all of a driver or get close to it, for efficiency and reliability reasons. It gets super warm over here. I can't have my shit fry themselves if the AC takes a shit on a 115-degree day.
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Okay, so with a 320w driver, how many strips would I use for a 2x4?
Something like 6 or 8?
 
ANC

ANC

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The double row f series, are designed to run at about 100W per strip. The influx is about half of those strips, so you will need two for every one of the other.
On a 320W driver, 3 of those F series or 6 of the H influxes come pretty close to maxing the drivers (unofficially they can go a bit higher). You can add more for more efficiency, but larger upfront cost. Gains are also diminishing. I.e. it's not worth adding 20 strips to a driver that will be good with 6. adding a few extra rows can improve the light sources being in the line of sight.

There are a few different ways of going about things, I just wanted to give you a rough estimate, and you can pretty much scale that up or down and it will still be in the ballpark.
If you can pony up between 600 and 700 bucks, I'd look at building a 4x4 system with an HLG600, which is their most efficient and advanced driver.

You will see some of the guys go about it completely differently.
 
Chip Green

Chip Green

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Not exactly familiar with the specs on those strips off the top of my head, but a 320w driver will get you into the right range for good flowering, in that space...
The number of strips is debatable, for many factors...
Look at the DIY guides on ledgardener.com
 
mathewscott

mathewscott

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TheTinkerer said:
I can’t watch vids, slow internet. :(
It seems like there should be a chart somewhere that says , if running “this many” of “these” then use “this” driver.

So, if I check the specs on a likely driver and see what amperage it provides at the voltage of the strips, then I can determine the wattage per strip?
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LED Gardener has spec charts on his site
 
whytewidow

whytewidow

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I run 13 H inFlux_L06 strips.

But I'm using two drivers bc it's what i had already. 7 on an hlg240-24a and 6 on an hlg150-24a

The 7 are wired in parallel 10 split between 7 strips. Just about 1430mA at 24.2v typ current. Each strip is pushing 34.6w and then the 6 strips are being pushed at 1050mA on the HLG150h-24a 24.2v each strip is pushing 25.4w

Total watts 390 at the wall. Flowers the shit outta plants.

I have another one that's 12 f series gen 3s on a hlg320 and 6 double row 96 diode lm561c s6 sunboards on a hlg240h-24a both in parallel. Pushing 560w total. Both f series and H inFlux_ strips are phenomenal. Either is a good choice. The H inFlux_ are jus a little bit more efficient. But both are great.

390w H inFlux_L06
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560w of F SERIES gen 3s
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TheTinkerer

TheTinkerer

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whytewidow said:
I run 13 H inFlux_L06 strips.

But I'm using two drivers bc it's what i had already. 7 on an hlg240-24a and 6 on an hlg150-24a

The 7 are wired in parallel 10 split between 7 strips. Just about 1430mA at 24.2v typ current. Each strip is pushing 34.6w and then the 6 strips are being pushed at 1050mA on the HLG150h-24a 24.2v each strip is pushing 25.4w

Total watts 390 at the wall. Flowers the shit outta plants.

I have another one that's 12 f series gen 3s on a hlg320 and 6 double row 96 diode lm561c s6 sunboards on a hlg240h-24a both in parallel. Pushing 560w total. Both f series and H inFlux_ strips are phenomenal. Either is a good choice. The H inFlux_ are jus a little bit more efficient. But both are great.

390w H inFlux_L06
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560w of F SERIES gen 3s
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Do you have part number for the f series strips you’re using?
 
Airwalker16

Airwalker16

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Strips ,cobs, and QBs all can be ran anywhere between 1watt and their Max wattage. It's not a question of how many strips to use, more than it is how much wattage do you want to use and among how many strips do you want to split it?
 
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