bEelzeBosS
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Damn, my 4000 didn't come with that adjusting knob, I have to take the ballast off to adjust and it's a major pain in the ass. Should have waited.
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tyke1973
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The lead that comes with these new ones connects the first to the other boards .Giving you control from that one unit rather than messing with all 3,like a kid at Christmas with this light i will be honest i love em.The growth rate even daily is incredible.I always get fast growth during first 3 week of flower.But I was told they may stretch,I aint seen none of that so far.Im hoping that my faith in these lights continues right through to end of flower.I want nice dense buds,its the only thing that worries me about leds I have used mars for going on 2 year now and they was always had solid buds,but its always been with autos .I have done a couple pf feminised runs under them,but the heat from flower room, with hps lights in effected the end weight.So now temps are far lower ,i think its going to definitely effect the weight.
tyke1973
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What was the end bud like,also was the weight ok Auggie
Auggie1228
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Super dense.. probably 75g dr flowered her way early to keep her small
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tyke1973
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Looks like its gonna be some tasty ass shit,I nearly filled the table in the first 9 day it will be definitely full by week 2 ,then gonna leave it see if they can grow some nice big colas
HydroKid239
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Just noticed the RJ11 cables connecting them together. Another grower pointed out that if you were to test the PAR.. the center light would be more intense than the others. Try plugging each one separate. You can also give them a few inches of space between to spread out your coverage. 2-3 inches between each light. Plenty of light gets put off to the side to fill in.
Boatguy
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It doesnt work that way. Yes you will get higher par readings in the middle of the canopy because of light overlap. Plugging each in individually would make no difference.
HydroKid239
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may wanna ask @vitalsine. He pointed it out.
vitalsine
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So, for example, if you have three lights and run the center light at 80%, and the left and right lights at 100%, it would give you more uniformity across the canopy. I am only using a lux meter on my phone, but my 5x5 canopy reads 60-65k on the outside edges and 65-70k towards the center. If I run all 3 at 100% then I am hitting over 90k in the center with a large drop off towards the edges, 65-70k. I'm no expert, by any means, but after some experimenting, I removed the RJ11 cables and adjusted each light until I got the readings I wanted. Take it how you want! I am going to be adding a 4th SF2000 after this run... I might sooner than later just to get a little more yield on this run, but with the scrog it's hard to get in there and work.
Boatguy
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That makes sense. What Hydrokid incorrectly parroted does not. If you read my post it says exactly what you are saying.
tyke1973
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I be honest with ya dudes those dimmer switches really come in useful,just not in my grow .I want them all on full for the 12 hours there on.I done a lot of research and reading on how to set the lights .I only really want bud from the two that are under the table,the others in there are just been sexed.I will be getting a 4th light for the extra plant that I have in there every so often.Like the exodus this grow.I really like the idea of that dimmer during veg stage.but other than that,I doubt I will use them.like I said in this room any how,the nodes are stacking now.Very tight together,that was one thing I was worried about .I'm chuffed with these i be honest ,i worked with another led company for a few year .I could not find much fault with those either ,just wanted to change things up.But instead of doing a tent ,I wanted to commit the flower room to at least one led grow .Then after that depending on the end weight either continue or go back to hps,or the 3 rd option is add more leds.the way they are set out gives me the best coverage of the table,I aint to bothered about light overlapping,lets face it the sf4000 and even sf2000 are set out in pretty much the same way.I did not get them,because i don't always scrog,but aint often i do more than 3 plants normally in cages if not scrog.so gives me option of putting a light over the top of each light no matter where they are in room.So would you advice not having the dimmer connected to each other if I aint gonna use them.I will take that lead of if it will effect the light each boards putting out.
Boatguy
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Not sure what drivers they use, but meanwells put out 100% power if the dimmer leads aren't connected to anything.
tyke1973
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10 days of flower ,explosive growth i would say table is 80 " full already.Put a seedling in this morning germinatedafter 24 hour barneys farm ;Gorilla x zstittlez auto .I was worried about that disco biscuit ,but shit its got big beautiful structure. Cant wait to sample that ,love it .Its took me a while to get with them going out of biz .Well I at least think so,aint seen nothing for sale on there page for a while .On the sugar factory front looks like I have at least one male so far .
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tyke1973
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That exodus cheese made me sad looking at it ,knowing that the structure of her was on point to really produce.So I have ordered the final sf1000,I have said before why I have ordered them separately i want to be able to pull them away from each other if i need to.I will be putting one of these sf1000 in the tent,the next run i wanna see what they will do.But saying that there is not much light over the exodus but it has stayed real nice smell is of old school exo,so that could really do has one light per plant,two big ass plants now .The disco biscuit and slhaze ,the growth is incredible. They look so healthy the table is near enough full now,so not much more i will be able to do in afew days .Just going to leave them be,see what the lights do with big colas.If there is a problem weight wise at the end ,it definitely won't be the genetics there looking stunning.Vegging the mother up of the disco,and also vegging 3 more and one slhaze for next set.Post tomorrow start of week two.Fastest I have ever filled a table,so far so good with these lights.
tyke1973
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I did do away with the dimmers ,kinda got me thinking.So I ditched them for time been,the growth from this last up date is incredible.No un even canopy,looks great.Super healthy,the lemon haze has now filled in its half of table same with disco biscuit.So no it's just a case of putting that extra light u have coming over exodus,see what happens .Growing lovely ,with nice old school smell .Looking forward to this one ,going to have to jar a fair bit up for Christmas.Not sure I will get another one before,but it will do me love both strains.Also when I say ditched ,I mean I run this room on flower.So I want it running full from the off ,I dont want no stretch.I have a little training to do tomorrow then day after .Then I'm thinking the colas are going to be left alone.There gonna more than likely get nice size tops .
tyke1973
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Start week 2,got the 4th light today .I have put that over the exodus cheese,it should really start to do well now.Its done great with the small amount of light its had .Plants are on canna a/b ,big bud they will continue on big bud for another week .Also got some new mothers coming jaffalatto,lemon kush along with sugar factory and disco biscuit I think I'm sorted now.The 4th light come in fast time has normal service has been great .I'm really hoping that the end weight is good,if not its all coming out and cool hoods are going back in .But I'm pretty sue they will do good .The nodes are nice and tight ,loads of tops ,so this should be a real test of these lights in flower .Because these plants under hps would do a lb per plant easy .Now I'm not gonna get that ,but when adding the running cost along with any color I can get into thee plants.Im pretty sure i can still do ok ,with the temps been low,im hoping for some nice color to the end bud . 
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tyke1973
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Waiting on the older plants showing sex,but i have nice rooted clones .Just need to raise the ones i have in main flower room soon ,really not for quantity more for bud quality .Then I will do a proper grow with them to pick out the best producers ,all though more often than not ya can tell from the ones your sexing