Nevergood's high power garden

nevergoodenuf · Mar 1, 2017

I netted the soil grow. It has adjusted quicker to the repotting. The first net is 3.5'x4' and might flower with about 500 watts.

nevergoodenuf · Mar 4, 2017

The 4 Sherbet that are in 420 soil took in the clones the fastest. They are going to be eating Mission organic soil again, but I expect better result. The last plant were 5' tall and I was still under 25 watts per square feet. The sample bag of Coco Loco was the big surprise. I usually use ready-gro moisturemax, but that are looking no where near as good as the Cherry Pies in the Coco Loco.
It has been a few grows since I have ran plants this short in flower, so I am interested how the quicker flip will be at 20-25 watts per square foot. The larger half of the Coco run will be drain to waste and the 4'x2' tray will be flood and drain for the same res. using House and Gardens Coco A & B. Since I top dressed the Coco pots and stripped off all the lowers, I will veg another couple day.

nevergoodenuf · Mar 7, 2017

Got new toys in transit. my gen 6's (3000K 90cri) and HLG480's I will get before the weekend. Tomorrow will be the first day of Flower.
Talk about ultimate efficiency, 600w COBs running @ 75w each (10) for 21 watts per square. This will be the last run with the Luna 300's, unless they surprise me this time. These are all the Cherry Pies in Coco. I now have the res set up so the 2'x4' tray is flood & drain and the 2'x8' tray is top feed.

nevergoodenuf · Mar 8, 2017

I just checked my Luna 300's temp on the Coolbay HS and after an hour on, Tc is 85*F (not C).

nevergoodenuf · Mar 10, 2017

Boxes have arrived!!!!!

nevergoodenuf · Mar 11, 2017

The 4 Sherbert's weren't stretching much under the 4000K 70cri CLU058, so I switch it to the 3500K 80 cri and might soon get the gen 6 3000k 90 cri over them.

nevergoodenuf · Mar 12, 2017

1000 WATT, fan cooled, 4 COB Monster, and I say monster because it weighs 40 pounds. I added the fans to see how much cooler I can get it. The drivers are helping channel the heat from the HS and driver. I will have the reflectors done today and get it lit up.

nevergoodenuf · Mar 12, 2017

And for my room. Everything is taking off nicely. The 4 Sherberts are filling the net in nicely and the Cherry Pies are also looking good. I will also be making new shorter reflectors for the Coolbay HS.

nevergoodenuf · Mar 12, 2017

Fans are wired up and the covers are on. I am directing the hot are into the canopy to compensate for no IR. I would like to get a higher leaf temp, without raising the room temp.
Now I just need to connect the COBs to the drivers and make some reflectors and done.

nevergoodenuf · Mar 12, 2017

I had a feeling I couldn't get 1000w. I think the newer CLU058's are drawing less voltage, so less power. Either way I am pull 950w at the wall and a couple watts more when the fans are plugged in. I still haven't figured out how to upload the FLIR pics (not even to my computer), but I didn't see over 90* @ 237w.
At 30", I have a 140,000+ lux over a 40"x 12"+ area without any reflectors yet.
At 20", I have 200,000 lux over a similar area.

nevergoodenuf · Mar 12, 2017

This was the hottest reading I could get.

nevergoodenuf · Mar 13, 2017

Ok. Done. The reflectors made a big difference. The center 200,000 lux mark dropped 6", to 26" and @ 30" I have over 100,000 lux over 40"x60" with the center at 170,000 lux.

nevergoodenuf · Mar 13, 2017

After sitting in a 5'x5' gorilla for a couple hours with only a wall mount fan running and no intake or exhaust.

nevergoodenuf · Mar 14, 2017

Back to my room. The 4 Sherbert are completely filling out the 3.5'x4.5' (wall to wall is 4'x5') and might make it wall to wall. Since I already have a low (20w per square foot) area. I decided to have the other half at double the watts per square foot. Now over the 4 Sherbert is-
4 600w HS with 2 warped CLU058 3618's per heat sink ( the COB's I ran with the graphite pads)
2 HLG320H-C2800B And YES I am running 4 COBs in parallel on a CC driver.
Full warmed up, with my thermal camera, the hottest spot was under 45*c. The watt meter has me pulling a total of 620 watts over the 2 fixtures. If anyone has excel that can type in the #'s for lumen per watt and efficacy %, then key in CLU058 3618 3500k 80cri gen5 with a Tc of 45*c, driver 95%, target wattage of 78w.

randydj · Mar 14, 2017

This is what the Citi Calculator says:

Godfather420 · Mar 15, 2017

nevergoodenuf said:
Fans are wired up and the covers are on. I am directing the hot are into the canopy to compensate for no IR. I would like to get a higher leaf temp, without raising the room temp.

Curious on your theory here. Why direct heat down, using more power, ran than slowing down an exhaust fan and save power? Not judging, just asking? ; )

Godfather420 · Mar 15, 2017

And I love the new light! what a beast!

Godfather420 · Mar 15, 2017

Also, a suggestion... Instead of tucking those fans up into that box tube, surface mount them and put in a divider. The fans won't compete against each other and the fans will get much better flow... But I'm sure you have some rhyme or reason :grin:

nevergoodenuf · Mar 15, 2017

These don't even have fans. The one I sent up north had the fans but I don't really even need them, so they never got plugged in.

nevergoodenuf · Mar 16, 2017

Again I have been told that "you should try are TIM." Well again I am sticking with the one and only Arctic Silver 5. The graphite peel and stick pads, total failure with the B&W holders. And now a new sample I just got. It was close, but just not as good.

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