More info, perhaps a link on these boards??
this is the light i think?
Wise words. I figured there was a catch lol. You’re right though, even though Ali has trade assurance how are we really to know what we’re getting.
when thats all done and finished how do you even trim all the flower from that room, took me for ever to trim this 3oz autoflower.Been busy but here is lil update wish I had more time to be active on here and take care of my room. New house, baby, hyper dog, work and more growing...I’m about tapped out lol
The thing is its really quite simple to make a diode look like another, the diode it self is made by components so its very easy for a thing to look the same as the real deal. First it was between lm561c and 561b+, then we had the little zenner diode dot now i dont know where they are fleacing us anymore. But so extremely low prices, i cannot but distrust. My first buys werent even based on real or not, i had parmaps that i liked so i went for fotops.
With that said would I be better off diying with bridgelux strips or buying kingbrite 240 watt kits with cree 660 730 and UV ?
I really have no way of saying, i havent seen tests of either. Also depends on your criteria and pricepoints: is it bang for buck your after or best efficiency etc?
Hey thank you very much for the reply. As of right now I'm using the back wall of my 5x5 with a hlg 240w kit. I was planning on buying 2 more quantum boards but from kingbrite cause money is a bit tight for me. I would like to hit 30-35w/ft² without spending an arm and a leg yet still get decent efficiency... I've read or_gro posts many times ! Wish I could get set up like him lol. Wish he was still around... thank you very much rocket
Remember how much efficiency is in a correctly designed light, if you can keep 8" hanging height instead of 24" thats some savings right there. If you have access to all atleast 2 sides of your 5x5 i sincerely rec the vestas, or you can even do half of the tent. They come out at a chip cost around 50c per watt if you run them soft and they run on 48A type drivers which are very common in other fixtures.
Alrighty so I took a look at the vesta 90 cri strips the ones with double row 2700k and 5000k ? Those are the ones you're talking about right ? Ik lumens dont mean shit. And from what I've read on ledgardener there only about 14% less efficient then 301b ? But 50% cheaper... If I'm understanding correctly...
The original link is gone, can’t find a comparable link just this.
You're right that it's not linear, but it's most efficient dimmed all the way down and least efficient at 100%. At 50% brightness you're way below 50% of the energy used. Fully dimmed you're looking at about 15% more PPFD per watt AND fewer watts used.
I dry trim and trim as I have free time
maybe im trimming wrong or im just slow af
You missunderstood. Im talking about driver ac to dc efficiency. Not the led chip. The closer you are to fulll driver load the less the driver waste on turning ac to dc.
Aren't all of the meanwell hitting max efficiency anywhere above like 80%? The 600h hits max efficiency and stays there from 50% for anything other than 110v.