Yea, looks like its right about perfect. 320W, maybe a littlebit more, 152-305V. Bout $100 to 120€. 800mA should be the sweet spot, maybe 850 to use the full wattage of the driver. But i did the math on Generation 5 Data Sheet, there should be a Gen6 already or coming out soon, at least for their smaller Cobs. But what i learned is that they are just a littlebit more efficient at the higher currents, maybe they have a better thermal resistance, i dont know.
Those are 5 gallon or 20 liter pots. I usually use my 7 gallon/28 liter pots but I wanted to try my 20 liter ones this round. My plants always have HUGE rootballs even in the 13 gallon/50 liter pots I have.I am using the same type of pots. Are these 7,5L? I put some of my clones in the 1L Versions and hope they get a massive rootball in them right away.
can fit 6 of the 7,5L in my Garden. I try to imagine how thick these stems are and whats the secret of getting these in 4 weeks.
I will test it but Im sure they will be more than fine. I used the same sinks I used on my smaller array. They are over 100mmX80mm and rated for 85W each.
The Apogee MQ-500 is the newest one and the best one. Thats the one I have as well.Haha, i thought about you Posting this might be a good idea. 2 guys 1 thought
I really have to give this a try when i take my temporary light apart and complete the real thing.
In a perfext world it would be like this, hopefully we can verify that
That positive-side-resistor before the signal arrive in the potentiometer keeps bugging me. If its not working this way it would not be a big deal, just dont turn the knob too far, lol, but i guess you understand me when we want that special extra thingy and try to understand the crap we are designing. .
I am Looking for a Apogee MQ-XXX... Which model would you suggest? Money isnt an issue because it will be sent back after CAREFUL testing (theres a law here, you can return items within 14 days without a reason, even when used)
Then i can take notes whats the PPFD at different distances/wattages
Hey man thats way cool. I will be following for sure. Those are neat kits. I have built some 730nm light bars with stuff just like what comes in your kits to induce flower.So despite you fine gentlemen telling me that there may be better options for me out there for my choice in LED's. I decided to go with the XML2's any way. Plese note that your words did not fall on deaf ears. I plan on doing a big boy COB build. But im gonna have to save it for when I get a big boy tent. I went with the smaller diodes for a couple reasons.
First: Being like I stated before, I wanna maximize coverage so I plan on taking the heat sinks and welding some aluminum brackets to them. I'm going to fab them up at work, making myself a false ceiling for my box. Everything is gonna drop right onto the rails for the tent, pull the top over, run the wire out the hole and done. No modifying the tent.
Second: The kit I chose is super easy to put together, and im kinda lazy lol. All the wiring is almost done and you can plug and play with the chip to chip wires. I really like that, plus they use thermal stickers so I don't have to mess with thermal grease or adhesive.
Third: I contacted the company about running some dimmable drivers or driver. Turns out they don't carry one that will run all 20 and dim, but they do have replacements for the 10 chip drivers that you can run potentiometers off of. for an extra $5 each, I obviously upgraded to those.
Four: You Warned me about heat. I'm well aware I'm going to get some heat off of this build, And im ok with that. Where I live it can get fairly cold during the winter and hot during the summer. but where my box is located is near a window. So I could benefit from the heat in the winter time and have more than enough fan power to cool it in the summer. Plus the window its next to gets the AC unit come 80+ degree weather. I actually have the fans turned way down now because its cold and im only keeping high 70's.
Final: I plan on keeping this box around even after I upgrade. maybe a mother tent or something. So I want it to look nice hence the no hacking the top up part... Its already got a nicely done fan controller and I think I did a pretty good job with the custom wire harness I wound up having to make for the 3 fans, controller, and power supply. Im gonna try and find a box I can fit the fan controller in and add the dimmers to it as well and have it as a whole control unit on my desk top. Where my fan controller currently sits.
I thank you again if i haven't already for your help. But I want to see my "grand scheme" work itself out. I hope you boys will follow me as well when I get to doing my build and second round of growing.
