Sun light still better then led?

Ghost of Davy Jones

Ghost of Davy Jones

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Ghost of Davy Jones

Ghost of Davy Jones

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vostok said:
This time of year with spring about to hit

sun wins everytime

only dis.. is you can get swinging temps that can hurt

also you become a target for a rippers

you decide

good luck
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As always, Great info. Thanks for the response. Im not flowering yet, just vegging and trying to please my lady.
 
Rolla J

Rolla J

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Ghost of Davy Jones said:
Yeah its been tested at 700 pars. Is that brighter then the sun?? How many pars are your led lights and is it more then the sun?
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Of course not.
Ghost of Davy Jones said:
I'm not trying to go through the whole grow using the window sil... I just wanted to give it some of this bright ass sun that's blazing in through my patio door right now. I don't see how that can be that bad.
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Not assuming the worst. Let alone I never said it was bad. You wanted to know about window growing, I found a thread posted the same time as yours and linked it.
 
Ghost of Davy Jones

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Rolla J said:
This is the specs on 1 of my lights.View attachment 4104598 The other 2 I have are DIY. Never checked the light output of my DIY lights cuz I don't really care to know really. But no they don't come close as the sun
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Man I bet those babies are nice. I wish I knew more about building lights. I can frame a house and install phones/satellites but i don't know shit when it comes to these new lights. I've seen some pretty awesome dyi setups on youtube and it makes me so jealous with envy.
 
Humple

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Ghost of Davy Jones said:
Man I bet those babies are nice. I wish I knew more about building lights. I can frame a house and install phones/satellites but i don't know shit when it comes to these new lights. I've seen some pretty awesome dyi setups on youtube and it makes me so jealous with envy.
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It isn't that difficult, bro. Especially if you use Quantum Boards - strips may be the new king of the hardcore DIY scene (understandably so), but you can't beat QBs for affordable, easy entry into LED. Worth every penny!
 
Ghost of Davy Jones

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Humple said:
It isn't that difficult, bro. Especially if you use Quantum Boards - strips may be the new king of the hardcore DIY scene (understandably so), but you can't beat QBs for affordable, easy entry into LED. Worth every penny!
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I could probably build the lights.. its the specs and watts and volts and different size drivers I don't know anything about. I wish i did.
 
Rolla J

Rolla J

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Ghost of Davy Jones said:
Man I bet those babies are nice. I wish I knew more about building lights. I can frame a house and install phones/satellites but i don't know shit when it comes to these new lights. I've seen some pretty awesome dyi setups on youtube and it makes me so jealous with envy.
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I built an easy flower light and a veg light for my perpetual grow. Just gotta take it one step at a time. Apply a little bit of math make sure the triangle piece fits the triangle hole and your good to go :)
 
Humple

Humple

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Ghost of Davy Jones said:
You gotta link for a Qb kit?
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Check out www.horticulturallightinggroup.com for the different kits and boards available. If you don't mind a little extra work (it really isn't much more difficult), I can do you one better than a kit and suggest a from-scratch build using QB132s - the 132 is a 75 watt QB that doesn't need a heatsink, so it's super economical (heatsinks can get pricey). I've done two builds with QB120s (the 132's predecessor) - four boards per light for 250w per (see the fixture in my avatar pic). Cost me less than $1/watt. It wouldn't be a big deal to list out the parts you need for any size build, any size space. There are also some great step-by-step tutorials on YouTube, done by @ledgardener, that walk you through the build no sweat.

I expect my next build will probably be Samsung F Series Gen 3 strips, but I'll always recommend QBs to someone who's just getting into DIY. Poke around the forum and you'll see what kind of results growers are getting with QBs - stellar results, man.
 
Ghost of Davy Jones

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Humple said:
Check out www.horticulturallightinggroup.com for the different kits and boards available. If you don't mind a little extra work (it really isn't much more difficult), I can do you one better than a kit and suggest a from-scratch build using QB132s - the 132 is a 75 watt QB that doesn't need a heatsink, so it's super economical (heatsinks can get pricey). I've done two builds with QB120s (the 132's predecessor) - four boards per light for 250w per (see the fixture in my avatar pic). Cost me less than $1/watt. It wouldn't be a big deal to list out the parts you need for any size build, any size space. There are also some great step-by-step tutorials on YouTube, done by @ledgardener, that walk you through the build no sweat.

I expect my next build will probably be Samsung F Series Gen 3 strips, but I'll always recommend QBs to someone who's just getting into DIY. Poke around the forum and you'll see what kind of results growers are getting with QBs - stellar results, man.
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I can imagine. Its crazy how big the industry is getting. can you imagine the lights that will be available 10 years from now.
 
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