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Myceliumslut
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Suggeations for side lighting? Flw rm
#830423 - 12/14/17 07:25 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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I have a buddy who has a flwr rm, dimientions go, 5ft width 6 ft length, 9 ft height. Theres a 1 k hps in there, but too my knowledge, a 1k hps will cover a 5x5 area at max, being i have a foot to work with i planned on putting younger veged plants in the flw rm, for personals, so i figured id look into lighting that will cover a 1.5 ft width- 5ft length area, my best guess goes as... 1. Cfl- [tried and proven] but less efficent and bulbs go out and are costly depending what cfl you got [t5-t6]
2. Cob led light. [perhaps ones i can replace, as i hear led dont last long-cheap. Or perhaps a vipra spectra?
My buddys running a perepet grow, so he was just wondering what ways to go, theres so much misinformation/ biast info, just thpught id ask you guys. Thanks for the help.
I was also thinking of gettin a 150 hps or 250 watt hps as the side lighing. Or even a but load of high intensity led strip lights?
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Chwyn
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Re: Suggeations for side lighting? Flw rm [Re: Myceliumslut]
#830426 - 12/14/17 09:21 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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couldnt go wrong with another HPS if you can cool it. 150 or 250 wont put out hardly any heat. Or you could use a LED pannel. theyre good for veg and would probably work well on the side where plants are transitioning from veg to flower.
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yoosername
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Re: Suggeations for side lighting? Flw rm [Re: Chwyn]
#830428 - 12/15/17 12:23 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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LED strip lighting, get the ones that use samsung 561c diodes (same as qb's) and jb-weld them to some aluminum angle. You will also need a driver, it's all pretty straight forward if you can do basic math.
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Myceliumslut
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Re: Suggeations for side lighting? Flw rm [Re: yoosername]
#830511 - 12/19/17 09:30 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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Qb's? What does that stand for, im new to the led
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yoosername
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Re: Suggeations for side lighting? Flw rm [Re: Myceliumslut]
#830569 - 12/20/17 03:22 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quantum Boards, they are pretty popular right now.
You can buy kits, but it's cheaper to DIY, they sell strips on digikey and arrow, or alibaba. Samsung's F-series is a good bar, you can try cheaper options if you want to start off on a budget and upgrade as you go, but I wouldn't skimp on the driver.
Some people have made use of the led strips from television backlights, samsung acuity replacement strips are about $13 for 40w on ebay.
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