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thanks now i have a better understanding of what to look for i can make sure i dont waste my money on one of these or a cheaper option.

sounds like not worth the risk then, will just spend the money if i have to on bulkheads. thanks for the info i'll have a look around. however if its anything like my experience looking at pond/aquarium shops around aus it will be closer to this...

Yeah i figured I'd go with 3500k all round seems a good spectrum, will only be growing autos anyway. And yeah side lights might be a good idea, since if I get 10 of these strips I get the unit pricing discount works out cheaper then getting 8 lol. 3 per light, 2 for each side lights sounds like...

These the 100w ones correct? https://www.digikey.com.au/product-detail/en/SI-B8UZ91B20WW/1510-2230-ND/6676694?curr=usd&WT.z_cid=ref_octopart_dkc_buynow&site=us

Nice will have a look into those. Edit: any chance you got a link to arrow or digikey? Having a hard time finding them lol

Yeah I can find bulkheads but at near $20 AUD a pop it's a bit rich. Would unseals work in round buckets you think?

Any idea what to use instead of bulkheads? Would cost me near $300 just for 17 if them over here in aus lol.

Just get a backup diesel or petrol generator then, include it in the price of your build for peace of mind. I mean even in a big power outage maybe a week tops you would be without power?

Thanks thats the info I was after so can you explain a bit more what makes the difference between the cheaper units like the hydryofarm? I want something accurate that I'm gonna be able to keep using years down the track and still have it be accurate across upcoming new led tech etc

So bump! Thinking cap times guys thinking big here maybe theoretical maybe not, filling a 10x10 space with these strips? Or more realistic maybe 8x8 so there's still room to move around. Ideally how would you go about this? Make multiple boards? Better options or mix it up with other lights...

awesome thanks! can get one of these that ship to AUS from amazon for $179 so even better then the one i was looking at.

yeah for $300 AUD i think its a good deal im not trying to do anything commercially just want it for my own space going forward but dont want something thats gonna be way off. they seem like a decent company just couldn't find many reviews on this one specifically and i know some of the cheaper...

http://www.specmeters.com/lightmeters/quantum-meters/ anyone know if these are any decent at measuring par with LEDS? (specifically bridgelux strips) i can pick one up pretty cheap 2nd hand wan'ted to see if anyone has used one

cheers will do that and report back!

mine took about that long also , you ordered from arrow? nice looking setup really clean

Wait let me comprehend what I'm seeing here, your growing up a trellis, vertically? Wow I didn't know you could do that i love it when I find something new to look into lol.

Haha yeah was just a jk mate but that's a killer setup thanks for the cost run-down actually alot less then I imagined for what your setting up here! Thread is an inspiration

Damn 20 bitcoins pay for all that?

i mean i have like 4 big pcs in my house, 2 of them have 1200W PSUS in them and are on 24/7 lol, i think all those combined would pull more then anything i could run in a grow room.

Well I got an infrared thermometer and checked the temps all around the place, the hottest part of the driver is actually only getting up to 42c, the aluminium all along where I've mounted strips is sitting at between 30-33c and the strips themselves are 29 - 30c. Pretty happy with that i think...