Have you checked out Growmau5 ? He does a whole walkthrough of DIY LED. You might check them out if interested at all on DIY. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFeGgzTAA8vkzWTM7SWiQPlYAhNe3GMGi I'm an old electrician, and still learn a lot from him and greengene... both should be engineers or teachers.[/QUOTE
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Thank you.I was just suggesting for the future you check out what those guys are doing. Nothing wrong with what you have on order, IMO you are getting your moneys worth for the speed and convenience. But if you can get a better value, do that.
spydrs were great but bml is no longer a company. sounds like your buddy is a little out of the loopWhat is a comparable fixture by a real grower? Can cancel or return. A buddy said I should of just got a 1200 watt spyder. Are those the best? If there's a better option I am all for it. I just don't think I have the experience to build my own custom led.
Yes I can try my knowledge is still limited even tho I am learning every day. The cob led advantages are it pulls from the wall half of what the watt equivalent (to hps) they put on the plants which keep electricity costs as low as possible without cutting back light power. They produce little to no heat which is ideal for growing conditions as well as not having that AC unit with a hps light which then again goes towards every harvest costs.can you tell us whats better about it? or maybe i should say better than ?
I set aside 5k for everything. Canceled gogreen order, researching this lumini brand another friend is talking about. He uses and his results are great. I just want to make sure I get a quality light that will last.Should prob ask, what is your budget in lighting?
Thanks for all of that info, have a few days off, going to do some heavy research and pull the trigger and never look back. Want to get things set up on my next chunk of days off.For a 8x5? You pretty sure you need more then 2 and more then 4 go green.i seen some one growing in a 4x4 with 4x go green. Good lights from what they say. You can also check out Plc led, they use a bit differnt. Tasty led really knows their stuff good one. Also people on here like the Johnson LED's as well.
I can be wrong here but for a 8x5 I think you you are going to need 8. No light expert but for full even coverage. You can always message them on the forums too, they will give you their thoughts and what they recommend.
If in 4x4 I donno think I still would want 4x of those lights for coverage.
But for the price and warranty and the 180 money back and over all good deal I think go green has a nice offer. But I do encourage to speak with the others. I know tasty uses reflectors instead of lens for example. He also uses the Cree 3090 they are bigger lights and he has really good par per watt as well, 3 year warrenty.
His name is rhaz on the forums.
http://www.tastyled.com/productslist.asp
http://www.pacificlightconcepts.com/about-plc/
Lots and lots of options. I see a lot talk a lot about the Apache at600 that would eat your budget coming in at 2500$ each dos a 4x4 per light. But if you talk with sales rep I seen them throw a -500$ code at people so maybe 2k a light if they did that for you.
Also worth pointing out the gogreen are smaller in size compared to the Plc lights. If you message them they may also give you a coupon I seen -50$ ones from there.
I am only showing you options. Up to you to research them and find your perfect fit.