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Hi all, please bare with me in case of any mistakes with my English as I'm not a native speaker.

I'm a medical patient in the Netherlands and I'm building a growing space. When my space is ready I will start a journal and hope that you guys can guide me through the process. (Already read myself in but will probably need help down the road)

Back on the LED topic. I have read so many different opinions that it was hard to choose.

In the end I ordered some Ali baba quantum boards, first order over there, so curious when they will arrive.

I don't have meters to test the lights when they come in, however, I will start a journal so that we can all see if they are any good. ( I truly hope so, as I still found them expensive)

Will keep you guys posted once they come in.

Please don't tell me these lights are shit if you haven't tried them.
 

sandman83

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looks like I'll be joining the LED craze.... have a spare room set aside for 2x sp 250 and 2x spiderfarm 2k .... interested to see how they compare.
 

Stickylungs

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Hi all, please bare with me in case of any mistakes with my English as I'm not a native speaker.

I'm a medical patient in the Netherlands and I'm building a growing space. When my space is ready I will start a journal and hope that you guys can guide me through the process. (Already read myself in but will probably need help down the road)

Back on the LED topic. I have read so many different opinions that it was hard to choose.

In the end I ordered some Ali baba quantum boards, first order over there, so curious when they will arrive.

I don't have meters to test the lights when they come in, however, I will start a journal so that we can all see if they are any good. ( I truly hope so, as I still found them expensive)

Will keep you guys posted once they come in.

Please don't tell me these lights are shit if you haven't tried them.
I don't have meters to read par and all that jazz. I find that most company readings are pretty accurate
 
looks like I'll be joining the LED craze.... have a spare room set aside for 2x sp 250 and 2x spiderfarm 2k .... interested to see how they compare.
In case you are planning to create a thread I will surely follow. I also almost ordered the Spiderfarmer, went for the fotops purely because of my grow space 1m x 1,5m
 

sandman83

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In case you are planning to create a thread I will surely follow. I also almost ordered the Spiderfarmer, went for the fotops purely because of my grow space 1m x 1,5m
not much of a poster and too scared to document anything for fear of metadata in the photos ;). I went with the smaller designs as I want to be able to keep the lights optimal over the canopy. Currently I either raise them for the tallest plants or leave them short and worry about bleaching.
 
Most definitely. What brand is it? I just want to see that this 600w is really what it meant to be
It is a Chinese brand called Meijiu and the name is 800 fotops v2. A quantum board with top Samsung lm301b and 660 epistar LEDs comes with a mean well driver HLG-600H-AB/B
 

1212ham

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It is a Chinese brand called Meijiu and the name is 800 fotops v2. A quantum board with top Samsung lm301b and 660 epistar LEDs comes with a mean well driver HLG-600H-AB/B
I believe @Rocket Soul says those are good boards. We like AB drivers! Found a couple threads....
 

sandman83

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well my sf2000 arrived packaged nice and discretely. Got one hung ~18" from the tops of my vegging plants. Not really a fair comparison as the plants under it were already stronger than the 2 under the MH now but will see how they respond.
 

Rocket Soul

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I believe @Rocket Soul says those are good boards. We like AB drivers! Found a couple threads....
I very much like the fotop format for openspace grows. Run them low at 150w and 8 inches and cover the entire crop.

I run lm561c v1 boards, great for the price. Epi reds i generally avoid them as they arent as efficient as the white diodes.
 
I believe @Rocket Soul says those are good boards. We like AB drivers! Found a couple threads....
Thanks 1212Ham!
 
well my sf2000 arrived packaged nice and discretely. Got one hung ~18" from the tops of my vegging plants. Not really a fair comparison as the plants under it were already stronger than the 2 under the MH now but will see how they respond.
That's nice! enjoy your next grow, hope it will give you some delicious buds
 
As an update, received the lights in good order. Took 7 days from ordering to the door. Total cost €497.-

Question:
Is it best to place to meanwell driver ontop of the heatsink or put it somewhere separate?

Already thanks for the knowledge.
 
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