LED replacement for 200W sunblaster CFL

Looking for ideas or suggestions. Thinking of replacing an old 200w sunblaster CFL (3500k) with an LED of equivalent power or less.

I've come across warehouse flood lights that are sort of what I'm looking for, but they are not ideal color temp and are flood lights, and I'd like to replace with a spot focus. wondering if there's purpose made grow lights out there somewhere of this design? Maybe there's no market. I've only found smaller ones in the 50-85w power range, nothing larger that draws over 100w and uses the larger E39 socket.
Something like this, but for growing and spot light focus.

Or something like this but in the 100-200w power range.

Thoughts or suggestions? TIA

Just build a light panel with sockets/wire, and houshold screw in LED bulbs with the plastic globes removed. The 100watt equivalent led bulbs are usually around 14-15 actual watts, so if you wanted around 150-200w panel that would be 10-14 bulbs. Spread them apart evenly in a grid pattern.

I get 4 packs for $9 at walmart (see my profile pic). Thats 60 watts worth of LEDs for 9 bucks! Scale as high as you want to go. The daylight versions are a little more, so I just mix softwhite and daylight 50/50 for an even spectrum.

Sockets can be had for free to expensive. Free vanity lights/old lamps off craigslist, etc. or buy cheap ones from ebay, $4 a 10 pack. Or pay $2-4 at the hardware store for heavy duty ones that are made for actual light bulbs that really use 100 watts, which you dont need at all for led bulbs..

An old extension cord and you got all your wires.

For small lights. I get the Amazon bug and like trying and playing with Mars hydro and viperspectra leds. Normally a black and lush lighting user but good lawd, for veg and clones. Cheapo lil $40 led ready to rock for little electrical charge sounds and is an amazing commodity

Although Mars seems like a good idea at the time, I’ve seen a bunch of ppl switch back to HPS after trying them out.

It looks like your Canadian. If you want quality and performance like Timbergrowlights, try www.redeyesystems.ca

Cobbyist said:

Although Mars seems like a good idea at the time, I’ve seen a bunch of ppl switch back to HPS after trying them out.

It looks like your Canadian. If you want quality and performance like Timbergrowlights, try www.redeyesystems.ca

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Oh Lawd I would never ever use them for flower. For flower I use Lush or Black dog. Im going to be sampling some FOHSE lights soon.. the a3i. - I tried to be clear initially mars and cheapo leds for propagation and small veg... will and an addendum of ..and small to medium mother. Gotta do real leds for any medium to large vigorous growth

WintersBones said:

Looking for ideas or suggestions. Thinking of replacing an old 200w sunblaster CFL (3500k) with an LED of equivalent power or less.

I've come across warehouse flood lights that are sort of what I'm looking for, but they are not ideal color temp and are flood lights, and I'd like to replace with a spot focus. wondering if there's purpose made grow lights out there somewhere of this design? Maybe there's no market. I've only found smaller ones in the 50-85w power range, nothing larger that draws over 100w and uses the larger E39 socket.
Something like this, but for growing and spot light focus.

200W LED Corn Bulb E39, 347Volt Led Corn Cob Bulb Retrofit Lamp 5000K 26000LM Warehouse Lighting[1000W Equivalent] High Bay Factory Parking Lot Street Area Light: Amazon.ca: Tools & Home Improvement

200W LED Corn Bulb E39, 347Volt Led Corn Cob Bulb Retrofit Lamp 5000K 26000LM Warehouse Lighting[1000W Equivalent] High Bay Factory Parking Lot Street Area Light: Amazon.ca: Tools & Home Improvement

www.amazon.ca

Or something like this but in the 100-200w power range.

CANAGROW 300W COB LED Grow Light Bulb, Full Spectrum Grow Lights for Indoor Plants, E26 Sunlike Plant Grow Bulb, Aluminum Case & Reflector, Ultra Quiet Cooling Fan, Designed for Special Plants : Amazon.ca: Patio, Lawn & Garden

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Thoughts or suggestions? TIA

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Screw in LED bulbs aren’t commonly used for growing. They don’t have the best light spread and aren’t designed with heat dissipation in mind so they typically don’t consume a lot of power. Get some strips or QB’s. The indoor lighting LED sub forum has tons of helpful threads regarding LED lighting. For some reason this sub forum has tons of terrible light recommendations for some reason.

Kdotwash said:

Oh Lawd I would never ever use them for flower. For flower I use Lush or Black dog. Im going to be sampling some FOHSE lights soon.. the a3i. - I tried to be clear initially mars and cheapo leds for propagation and small veg... will and an addendum of ..and small to medium mother. Gotta do real leds for any medium to large vigorous growth

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Timber makes great lights. Lush and black dog are way overpriced old tech.

NukaKola said:

Screw in LED bulbs aren’t commonly used for growing. They don’t have the best light spread and aren’t designed with heat dissipation in mind so they typically don’t consume a lot of power. Get some strips or QB’s. The indoor lighting LED sub forum has tons of helpful threads regarding LED lighting. For some reason this sub forum has tons of terrible light recommendations for some reason.

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Ya it seems this was a dead end, it was just an idea. I'm just going to retire the CFL fixture and get a QB or COB setup I think.

Cobbyist said:

Although Mars seems like a good idea at the time, I’ve seen a bunch of ppl switch back to HPS after trying them out.

It looks like your Canadian. If you want quality and performance like Timbergrowlights, try www.redeyesystems.ca

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NukaKola said:

Timber makes great lights. Lush and black dog are way overpriced old tech.

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Ya I've been looking at Timber. Their Daisy line would be perfect to fill in my space, little pricey though. Might save up for that. I'll check out this RedEyesystems though. Thanks.

WintersBones said:

Ya it seems this was a dead end, it was just an idea. I'm just going to retire the CFL fixture and get a QB or COB setup I think.


Ya I've been looking at Timber. Their Daisy line would be perfect to fill in my space, little pricey though. Might save up for that. I'll check out this RedEyesystems though. Thanks.

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The DIY HLG QB 96 would be a good option if you like the style of the timber daisies. It has 96 high powered diodes with 630/660 reds. The board is only 4”x4” and performs similar to a COB. It comes with a pin style heatsink as well and each one can be ran up to 220w, I prefer running them closer to 120w-160wmax though.

QB 96 ($63 w/ Code: RIU10)

You could run one on a Delta LNE-54v150WAAA driver which is ~$30.

It’s super simple to wire, all you need is an AC power cord which is less than $10 and a few feet of 18AWG solid wire. All in it would be around $100 for up to 150w with the QB 96 instead of $170 for 100w with the daisy.

This is a path I've been thinking about and some others have recommended it as well. guess I'm a little hesitant about the DIY thing, but I'm sure I can figure it out. Even with the shipping this is probably going to be the cheapest route with the best output. I should probably just dive in and do it, shouldn't I? Thanks

WintersBones said:

This is a path I've been thinking about and some others have recommended it as well. guess I'm a little hesitant about the DIY thing, but I'm sure I can figure it out. Even with the shipping this is probably going to be the cheapest route with the best output. I should probably just dive in and do it, shouldn't I? Thanks

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Absolutely! This is the cheapest way to get a great quality light. It’s definitely the easiest DIY as well. Literally connect the positive/negative/neutral to a power cord on the AC input side of the driver and connect the positive/negative to the QB 96 on the DC output side of the driver and you are done.

NukaKola said:

Timber makes great lights. Lush and black dog are way overpriced old tech.

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Yea got those years back. Ditched the black dog and still have a couple lushes that get thrown in... def outdated... will look into timber. Thanks for the recommendation good sir!

NukaKola said:

The DIY HLG QB 96 would be a good option if you like the style of the timber daisies. It has 96 high powered diodes with 630/660 reds. The board is only 4”x4” and performs similar to a COB. It comes with a pin style heatsink as well and each one can be ran up to 220w, I prefer running them closer to 120w-160wmax though.

QB 96 ($63 w/ Code: RIU10)

QB96 Elite V2 Engine

QB96 Elite V2 is a white LED Board with boosted red spectrum. Each Board is powered by 64 high power white LED, 16 630nm Red LED and 16 660nm Deep Red LED.

horticulturelightinggroup.com

You could run one on a Delta LNE-54v150WAAA driver which is ~$30.

https://www.arrow.com/en/products/lne-54v150waaa/delta-electronics

It’s super simple to wire, all you need is an AC power cord which is less than $10 and a few feet of 18AWG solid wire. All in it would be around $100 for up to 150w with the QB 96 instead of $170 for 100w with the daisy.

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Yes please. Great recommendation