How Much For Craft Grows in Illinois

Chip Green said:

Apologies are in order. I'm an LED spazoid geek. I can't see past the lighting.

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No worries. Then you'll like this. Never heard of some of these lights before. Would never pay that much, but they look awesome! These are the approved grow lights

Cannabis Industry Lawyer said:

1 lb per 5000 sq ft? What does that mean? I'm seeing quantities in pounds per light, or pounds per sq ft. Just trying to sort out proforma numbers from garbage.

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More like 2 pounds for all that territory, cuz

Chip Green said:

Apologies are in order. I'm an LED spazoid geek. I can't see past the lighting.

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So you really think the lights alone are going to set them back $300,000? Wow.

That's one example. On that list, was the Fluence Vypr. That's a 650W fixture. That would cover about 20 SQ feet(ish).
They are like $1400 retail.

Chip Green said:

That's one example. On that list, was the Fluence Vypr. That's a 650W fixture. That would cover about 20 SQ feet(ish).
They are like $1400 retail.

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I know a few folks who have bought dozens of them, Fluence offers steep commercial discounts. Expect in a craft grow to pay about half of retail would be my guess.

I use V1 boards from HLG, which are dirt cheap now. $29 retail, maybe $18 discounted? 5000 sqft / 3 sqft ea. = 1666 boards x 18 boards each is $30k in boards. Add power supplies and custom heatsinks you should be able to bomb that place with light for maybe $75k or less. And i would guess the qb96s could cover that space for half that! Maybe $40k broad estimate.

Not possible in this application. There is a list of approved fixtures for IL Licenced grow operations. Unfortunately, HLG is not on that list.

Chip Green said:

Not possible in this application. There is a list of approved fixtures for IL Licenced grow operations. Unfortunately, HLG is not on that list.

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Sorry i forgot the govt was involved so plan for 500% increase in setup costs.

Knowing gov reg's, they will likely hold the buyers to a fixed price schedule they won't be able to get discounts against. A vendor usually isn't able to offer one buyer a steeper discount than what is shown in the approved price list.

Because reasons.