Looking at Lm/W specs it seems the Vero is more efficient, but I assume that isnt the way to tell actual efficiency?
Which bin you looking at?
Specs on Digikey are only at 1.95A, so I dont know L/W at 1.4A
I run 8 in an area ~11 sp ft at 100 w each. Amazing growth. I hope to switch to the more efficient b3590's but these darn veros won't die...
It seems if you drive them that hard when you get the CXB3590s there wont be any advantage, unless you plan to under drive them you might be better off with the VERO
I guess it is over 3 months now, really killing it so far with 9 lights in a 4x8 tent, I was able to yield 1 gram/watt and I am a pretty inexperienced grower. I am also going to be turning the lights up a bit higher, I think, it is coming on winter and the ambient temperature is so much lower that I expect I can run them closer to 39Vf without any over heating issues. Also running 3500k Vero 29s, super dense buds, much more so then same strain, different seed, outdoors, I expect with refinement I should be able to get 20-50% higher yield. Also tested at over 20% combined cannabinoids.
Glad to hear its working out so well for you!
If you are running 9 V29, on that supply, it works out they are running at 0.98A and draw 35.5W each, is this about right?
He is trying to replace a thousand watts, sorry but 500watts will not come even close... My opinion is that the OP needs at least 900watts and the added benefits of going LED would be less heat and lifespan of lamps. I have never seen 30w/sq/ft growing dense large frosty nugs.
The power supply has three outputs, they all output the same and adjust from like 36v-39v, 2.8amps each our something. So you can run 3 Vero 29 at about 100 watts each per power supply, 3 power supplies in the tent, 9 LEDs, 900 watts.
100 [w] / 2.8 [A] = 35.714 [volts]
75-80 Watts is what I would consider the high end, at least as high as I would driver them.