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kuturlat

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Hello, in first place excuse my english,
I usually grow outside, as a hobby I´m making a micro indoor and are going to go DIY, I´m using a 60w cc driver and would like to know if it´s better to use that new full spectrum phosfor leds or maybe making the classic red, blue, IR and Uv set up.
I suppose it would be easy using full spectrum leds but I don´t know if they are doing good.
Thanks in advance, Nice forum¡
 
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sipsac

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Hi everyone am looking to set up my first indoor grow and need a little advice, the grow tent is 32x32x63 inches was looking to use a 800w led light says there 10 w leds and with a 6 inch 240 cfm inline fan will this be enough to grow 2-3 plants wondering if it is to much light don't want to burn my plants and if i could go down to 190 cfm on the fan since i heard leds don't push to much heat just want a Little grow setup that doesn't make much noise thanks
 
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Defumador

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Hello guys,
i m budgets problems i want to start using leds.
My grow is is 2x3 and 4 height for 2 plants.

What is better? 2 CXA3070 or 1 cxa3590 to start??

I plan making upgrades in the future.

Thanks
 
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Airwalker16

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Defumador said:
Hello guys,
i m budgets problems i want to start using leds.
My grow is is 2x3 and 4 height for 2 plants.

What is better? 2 CXA3070 or 1 cxa3590 to start??

I plan making upgrades in the future.

Thanks
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Spend the extra money for CXB models. Either works great, but the 3590's have more lumens and better PAR and ppfd.
 
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PoisonAlchemist

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robincnn said:
This single 46inch Strip gives 4500 lumens L235-4080AULM5JAI0
Just remove the adhesive tape on back and apply to a heatsink or Aluminum C channel.
Plenty of strip options on digikey

3,000-4,600 lm for 18"x48"= 6sqft doesn't sound like much.
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It's not much, as I said I'm not growing weed. So I'm looking at a strip of L235-4080AULM5JAI0 on 2" x 46" heat sink and powered by APC-35-700, which would give effectively 3600 lm of output for $82 including S&H? Have I mathed this properly?
 
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robincnn

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PoisonAlchemist said:
It's not much, as I said I'm not growing weed. So I'm looking at a strip of L235-4080AULM5JAI0 on 2" x 46" heat sink and powered by APC-35-700, which would give effectively 3600 lm of output for $82 including S&H? Have I mathed this properly?
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Looks good. You can checkout prices here
Application notes
http://www.lumileds.com/uploads/538/AB142-pdf

Edit: if you are under driving at 700ma instead of Max 900 then I think u can get away with 1" instead of 2" wide HS
 
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ViceCityGrower

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Hello all this is not a "what to buy" as it is a placement issue. I'm building a 2 light led lamp and wanted know how far to place the lights apart to cover a 2x3 foot area. Thanks for the help
 
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Mr black thumb

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Hey guys will this light work for veg? I know absolutely nothing about LEDs lol.
I have a veg tent that I'm wanting to fill for spring and have my other lights wrapped up. Thanks for your helpScreenshot_2016-04-09-19-59-44.png
 
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Airwalker16

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PoisonAlchemist said:
It's not much, as I said I'm not growing weed. So I'm looking at a strip of L235-4080AULM5JAI0 on 2" x 46" heat sink and powered by APC-35-700, which would give effectively 3600 lm of output for $82 including S&H? Have I mathed this properly?
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God dude, GE bright stiks put out 1700 lumens and they're $4-6 a piece.
 
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Mr black thumb

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What about this one if not I found a 1000 dimmable ballast but looking for something more energy efficient. And thanks alot im a hps guy.Screenshot_2016-04-09-20-16-10.png
 
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sipsac

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sipsac said:
Hi everyone am looking to set up my first indoor grow and need a little advice, the grow tent is 32x32x63 inches was looking to use a 800w led light says there 10 w leds and with a 6 inch 240 cfm inline fan will this be enough to grow 2-3 plants wondering if it is to much light don't want to burn my plants and if i could go down to 190 cfm on the fan since i heard leds don't push to much heat just want a Little grow setup that doesn't make much noise thanks
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i cant edit my last post but i was planning on using a king 800w panel from veg to grow if possible i have experience with cfl but not led
 
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LiquidLiquid

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Hello I'm new on here, so go easy on me:? I have a 120x120x200 tent or 3.2 ft deep 6ft wide and 6ft tall? , a 5' carbon filter due to me yielding far more than I expected from a outdoor grow(fim'd and lst) , and now I'm in need of some lights for my first indoor grow,due to me moving house I'm unable to grow outside. I was going to go with Some mars hydros 2's but after some research, cobs seem to do a better job, which led me to post here. I'm planning on using the lights to both veg (6weeks) and Bloom 4 /5 plants in soil and from what I can gather I'm looking at getting some 3590s powered by hlg—240h-c2100b power supplies, 90 degree lenses and holders, would this be correct? If not what do I need? I'm unsure how many lights and power supplies I will need though,and what mixture of k values would be best.The lights and power supplies I will be getting from kingbrite on alibaba.com. I'm planning to use aluminium as a heatsink with pc fans as additional cooling,i live in a industrial area that specialises in metalwork , so I may be able to source locally but any information of suppliers would be helpful . Any help on sizing /grade of any components would be appreciated too. Thanks for your time!
 
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Airwalker16

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LiquidLiquid said:
Hello I'm new on here, so go easy on me:? I have a 120x120x200 tent or 3.2 ft deep 6ft wide and 6ft tall? , a 5' carbon filter due to me yielding far more than I expected from a outdoor grow(fim'd and lst) , and now I'm in need of some lights for my first indoor grow,due to me moving house I'm unable to grow outside. I was going to go with Some mars hydros 2's but after some research, cobs seem to do a better job, which led me to post here. I'm planning on using the lights to both veg (6weeks) and Bloom 4 /5 plants in soil and from what I can gather I'm looking at getting some 3590s powered by hlg—240h-c2100b power supplies, 90 degree lenses and holders, would this be correct? If not what do I need? I'm unsure how many lights and power supplies I will need though,and what mixture of k values would be best.The lights and power supplies I will be getting from kingbrite on alibaba.com. I'm planning to use aluminium as a heatsink with pc fans as additional cooling,i live in a industrial area that specialises in metalwork , so I may be able to source locally but any information of suppliers would be helpful . Any help on sizing /grade of any components would be appreciated too. Thanks for your time!
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You can put 3 3590's (36v) on every 1 hlg240h-c2100"b" hopefully for dimming.
 
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