LED upgrade recommendations for my tent

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I'm looking to upgrade the cheap Chinese LEDs in my 2x4 tent without breaking the bank does anybody have any suggestions?
 

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Pulpit_ said:
Buy some COB's, lots of info in the LED section. You could use the same fixture and possibly the drivers and just install new COB's.
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Thank you I'm also trying to figure out how many lights I will need for the tent and total watts
 
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Rhcp420 said:
Thank you I'm also trying to figure out how many lights I will need for the tent and total watts
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I also have a 2x4 that I'm putting LED into. I'm going with 3 quantum boards. If I were going with COBs, I would run at least 4.
 
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What's the price difference between building it yourself and buying complete? I was actually looking for one unit to cover that whole area as opposed to having two set ups.
 
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Buying complete easily doubles the price. I was looking at a 4 COB (Citizen CL48 1818s) DIY ~ 250. You cannot find a 4 COB prebuilt system for that price. My quantum DIY build is slightly more than that, but it will have better light spread.
 
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Okay cool maybe I'll start looking at getting all the components and information together thank you so much for your help
 
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Without any experience with that Platinum150 product, I cannot say. Search for it here, in the forums, and see if anyone else has used it. My guess, given the low watts and lack of detailed information (i.e. what specific brand/type of LEDs used in fixture) is that you would be better off spending less money and a little sweat equity into a DIY build. For a 2 x 4 area, you would probably need at least two of those fixtures (if not three).
 
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mauricem00 said:
you may want to consider these as well https://www.digikey.com/products/en/optoelectronics/led-lighting-cobs-engines-modules/111?k=&pkeyword=&pv46=42857&FV=ffecd831,fffc03d0&mnonly=0&newproducts=0&ColumnSort=0&page=1&quantity=0&ptm=0&fid=0&pageSize=25 less expensive than quantum boards and cobs with very uniform coverage.will work without heatsinks at drive currents up to 700ma 159-165 LPW ( 500-700 ma drive current)
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Awesome thank you so much I'm definitely going to take a look at those
 
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Crazaer said:
Without any experience with that Platinum150 product, I cannot say. Search for it here, in the forums, and see if anyone else has used it. My guess, given the low watts and lack of detailed information (i.e. what specific brand/type of LEDs used in fixture) is that you would be better off spending less money and a little sweat equity into a DIY build. For a 2 x 4 area, you would probably need at least two of those fixtures (if not three).
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Okay thank you so much there's so many different options LOL
 
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Rhcp420 said:
Okay thank you so much there's so many different options LOL
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You're welcome. I am relatively new to LED growing, though I am not new to growing in general. It has been a learning curve for me, but I think it is worthwhile and more cost effective to go the DIY route regardless of which option you choose. Just dig into the research. This is a great forum for it.
 
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