Mars-Hydro LED Grow Light Discussion

[Pennywise]

Doing pretty good I think .

 

[Mars Hydro]

Hell I've seen 600w cobs that will fry plants in a 4 x 4. It could be doable with a little increase in cost. Again heat is the biggest enemy of leds, effectively manage heat and efficiency and efficacy increase.

COB' leds is more concentrated than usual led, so the heat dissipation of COB is more difficult than usual led lamps if we don't use Cree chips to produce COB. Cre chips produce less heat.

 

[Pennywise]

And machined heat sinks are on the expensive side.

 

[Mars Hydro]

Correction: They come in 2700K, 3000K, 4000K and 5000K

Heatsinks are necessary when running boards above 60w.

2700K, 3000K, 4000K and 5000K, all are white light

 

[Pennywise]

I usually run 3000k for both veg & flower

 

[Mars Hydro]

I'm running 400 watts of cobs, too centralized over the middle so I can get burn there, but 500 watts of high quality cobs, spread out evenly over a 4x4 would easily be enough to outgrow hps both in general weight and quality-with a good grower.

I agree though Sara, if y'all can manufacture a higher end quantum board type assembly or cob assembly, and really cover a 4x4 with even par all the way around, I'm sure people would be interested. I know I'm paying roughly 900 canadian to cover a 4x4 almost completely with high end cobs, so if you could get it around 850 to 1100 USD , you would probably have a winner.

Professional growers are looking for even coverage, efficiency, start up cost, spectrum, and expected life of the unit. If you can produce fanless units with high quality components, I'm sure you could hit all of those points. UV and IR added with white light from those quantum boards is producing insane results.

As a large producer, if you can get past the MOPs and bring the cost down enough, it might be worth it to jump on that segment of the market, especially with all the legalization going around. People are gunna want high quality, dependable lights that they can pull massive yields from with low power draw.

With your buying power you might be able to cement yourself as the plug and play go to for homegrowers, connoisseurs, and professionals alike!

If I had your connections I'd definitely be doing that, oh and liquid capital XD

Your suggestion is really kind and helpful, thank you

 

[The rooster]

Hi Sara, these photos of my Labyrinth

ARE STUPID!!!!! Look at that shit!!!! Wooooohoooooo way to go penny. Wicked stuff man

 

[DemonicAngel]

Would you like to share your growing pictures with us?

I sure can Sara

 

[Lilolme]

Our very old light models with daisy chain, but some growers use this function with many lights that is more than 1000W, it is dangerous, so we canceled this function.

I can see pulling a lot of power overloading the circuit with large grows. The trouble with the world. I own a very large dangerous hammer but I have sense enough not to drop it on my foot.

 

[PurpleGunRack]

COB' leds is more concentrated than usual led, so the heat dissipation of COB is more difficult than usual led lamps if we don't use Cree chips to produce COB. Cre chips produce less heat.

Newest generations of Bridgelux (Vero), Citizen (CLU) and Luminus (CXM) are better chips than the Cree CXB3590, and cheaper!
Handling heat is about getting a big enough passive heatsink for the amount of power one intends to put into the COB in question.

 

[PurpleGunRack]

2700K, 3000K, 4000K and 5000K, all are white light

When talking light ''white'' is not a range in the colour temperature scale, but a mix of colours, the sun is white light.


This is the spectrum readings from the different CCT 288 Quantum Boards:

 

[Skullman420]

I really want to see Mars Hydro quantum boards too. Would love that. That's the next big thing

 

[Skullman420]

Just felt like showing you some different strains of hash I've been making the past week still not 100% well and I've been down for months so am very delayed with everything. Will start a new grow in the Mars Hydro tent this week and one in the tiny homebox tent.

The homebox will get the COB. Time to see how it performs in dwc with sensi seeds Big-Bud. May put in the Mars bars too in that tent.

Got another 16 plant dripper system for the Mars Hydro tent and will use 1 pro II Epistar 320 in there. And then I'm out of lamps so only 3 simultaneous grows this round (a friend is borrowing my pro 160).

Anyway. Here's some different strains of quality hash. Takes a lot of time to make but so definitely worth it.

All this hash is made from Mars Hydro grown plants

 

[daggersstrain]

It's a little drive but I wonder if I can just walk in and purchase?

Aww Ohio. Same here brother been using mars for a couple years now. Love em.

 

[legendpenrose]

Hahaha received my first mars product today!!!!!
Set of hangers. Free from a different light company. I even messaged them and asked... "Is this correct"?

 

[Mars Hydro]

Just a few quick pics. These girls are all in a 3x3 tent flowering under an Epi320.
Blueberry Ghost OG 8 weeks into flower

Your girls receive powerful light

 

[Mars Hydro]

What a month will do

It shows the obvious difference from before.

 

[Mars Hydro]

Hi Sara, these are photos of my Labyrinth flowered under 2 of the 260w Quantum boards from Horticulture Lighting Group in Westerville Ohio.

Thanks for sharing. What is the yield and quality difference growing under quantum boards and mars led?

 

[Mars Hydro]

I usually run 3000k for both veg & flower

Will different white 3000K, 4000K, 5000K have different function for plants?

 

[MrFortwenty]

I'm interested in getting a qb board setup. Is this on the radar for Mars Hydro? Should I perhaps wait a bit?