Timber growlight question

rickymac21 said:

So I want to start a cabinet grow with some cree cobs. I have no experience with LED growing so hopefully I can get an answer.

The floor space will be 22"x48"
Will be growing true sog

Here are the 2 kits I was looking at, essentially the same only the first one is 100w more. And $100 more.

http://timbergrowlights.com/300-watt-cree-cxb3590-4-cob-kit-meanwell-hlg-power-supply-free-shipping/

http://timbergrowlights.com/200-watt-cree-cxb3590-4-cob-kit-meanwell-hlg-power-supply-free-shipping/


So which of these would be ideal for my floor space? Thank you !!!!

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I am late to the thread here but am a new Timber/Cree COB farmer with a similar tent size to the OP. SO far I am very impressed with my twin Timber 200 setup. See the video in my signature to have a tour.

I bought the kits and just made my own frames and then added the 39w Sunblaster T5 down the middle for ~10% UVB.

ResinLip said:

I bought the kits and just made my own frames and then added the 39w Sunblaster T5 down the middle for ~10% UVB.

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Very nice execution bro. I popped a screen-cap to include in this post so others could see your lighting layout.



I will be most certainly doing this although I've already got 3 COBs running down the middle of my frame so I might do 2 T5s which result in something like the following:

[ X ] ------------- [ X ] ------------- [ X ] < COBs (CXB3590 @ 3500k)
========================== < T5 (@6400k for veg only)
[ X ] ------------- [ X ] ------------- [ X ] < COBs (CLU048 @ 3000k)
========================== < T5 (@6400k for veg only)
[ X ] ------------- [ X ] ------------- [ X ] < COBs (CXB3590 @ 3500k)

@RainDan ,what ever happened to @JimmyIndica?

Hello @OneHitDone

That is a good question - I haven't heard from him in over a year. I am unsure where he is or what he is up to right now.

Take care,
Dan

slow_grow said:

Very nice execution bro. I popped a screen-cap to include in this post so others could see your lighting layout.

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I will be most certainly doing this although I've already got 3 COBs running down the middle of my frame so I might do 2 T5s which result in something like the following:

[ X ] ------------- [ X ] ------------- [ X ] < COBs (CXB3590 @ 3500k)
========================== < T5 (@6400k for veg only)
[ X ] ------------- [ X ] ------------- [ X ] < COBs (CLU048 @ 3000k)
========================== < T5 (@6400k for veg only)
[ X ] ------------- [ X ] ------------- [ X ] < COBs (CXB3590 @ 3500k)

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Cool. Thanks.

My lights on max wattage for the entire system is 505 watts. That includes the COBs at full blast plus the two Panasonic fans going plus the Ehiem air pump and the circulation pump. Add another 4 watts (509w total) if the irrigation kicks off. You see a higher peak wattage ~640w) on the power strip in the video but that is from the Volcano's heater and air pump being on as well on the same circuit.

RainDan said:

Hello @OneHitDone

That is a good question - I haven't heard from him in over a year. I am unsure where he is or what he is up to right now.

Take care,
Dan

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Thanks again, Dan. That's a Timber setup from you in the vid.

ResinLip said:

Thanks again, Dan. That's a Timber setup from you in the vid.

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Hello @ResinLip

Thank you for the post - I appreciate it. I saw your video you posted the other day - I really like your set up. We regularly have customers inquiring about the addition of UVA/UVB to their COB setups - I am happy to point them to your video for reference.

If I can be of any assistance down the road, always feel free to let me know.

Have a good day.

Best Regards,
Dan

RainDan said:

Hello @ResinLip

Thank you for the post - I appreciate it. I saw your video you posted the other day - I really like your set up. We regularly have customers inquiring about the addition of UVA/UVB to their COB setups - I am happy to point them to your video for reference.

If I can be of any assistance down the road, always feel free to let me know.

Have a good day.

Best Regards,
Dan

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Cool. Thanks. That is a 39w (~10% of my LED max) Sunblaster with the latest reflector widget. The bulb is a reptisun 10.0. I picked up a couple of them during the holiday from petco on sale for a killer deal. I think there are better UV bulbs but not sure what they are. I saw a GrowMau5 video where he talked about one that was better than a retile tube but never found his follow up on that.

Anyway, it is just screwed onto a stick that I found in the garage. it is actually "floating" and I just make sure to check and make sure that it is centered. It looks off-center in part of my video but is not. I filmed with a gopro because my other hi def dam is full.

Question ; my room is 52"l x 32"w x 46"h. I already have 150 hps and a bunch of other stupid lights in the box now. I was looking to use the 150hps and buying a mars reflector 144. That will go from end to end in the box. Question is after reading all this about timber would i be better off spending the extra $200 on the 300w kit or go with the 2 lights i was gonna use ? My friend has 3 of them mars lights and his plants are bomb. But i read so much about these cob lights and how good they are. And i have no electrical skills at all to build my own. Any help friends. Thanks