LED strip gurus around here? Stop by and check out this vertical setup that needs tweaking!!

Sir420

Sir420

Active Member
  1. As my LED family knows, narrowing down yourcomponents for a diy light can seem overwhelming.. it is almost time for me to start up so now I need to be putting in orders.. I've had a couple ideas shared before to me about the "super" light I'm trying to build.. not sure if it's still the latest tech.. so guys I've got the diy vertical tower garden & want to line LEDs vertically around each PVC (I'll tag a picture)


    My lights will be hanging from the ceiling all around it though.. more than 4 light bars per PVC.. my goal is to be more efficient than anything else.. money is not a issue here, I think the Q series strips are still the most efficient strip on the market today??? Not sure.. BUT I will have 2800 flower watts & 4 PVC pipes so that's 700watt per 6' tower.. I don't want to make the mistake of buying the wrong strip. IfIf am trying to maximize efficiency what would you recommend.. thanks in advance.. I'm guessing I'll have to DIY a fixture similar to this


    But circular and have leds going all around PVC.. really not like that... More like a light mover racks that shaped like a star to move lights forward or backwards...

    More like this but I'll also be able to slide them closer or back
 
y2turbine

y2turbine

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I like your idea. If your priority is efficiency, please don't fall in to the lm/w trap. Most name brand strips are within a few % points of each other. I recommend going with a high CRI 90+. They make less lumens but have much more red and IR and have about the same overall radiometric efficiency. If money is not an issue, double up the strips and run them 1/2 as hard and gain about 10% efficiency. I recommend cutter linear strips. Crees are almost 1/3 the price of the Nichias. Can link after one more post and like. For now Google "cutter linear strip boards"
 
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