Exactly what I was thinking. Tney would be great for the Veg racks.
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Which ones were you talking about?
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Ok was getting lost in all the links from everyone
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My next build will be L2 strips from Samsung. I agree the price isn’t the biggest value. I just enjoy my lights being how I want them.
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I still tinker with em too, I have some uv pucks I’ve made and some far red ones too.
It’s definitely fun to build exactly what you need, but outside of hobby growing, I don’t personally recommend diy builds now.
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The side lighting def helps turned all the middles to tops and bottoms to middles. Don’t have to lollipop as hard. Check out miami mango on ig he he did a detailed garage build out couple yrs ago using leds and side lights. Run a bar along the wall and aisles.
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I have run through several cycles with Growers Choice ROI E680 and I couldn’t be happier with the results. Took 2 KIND K3-600’s out of several 4x4 bays and replaced them with 1 E680 and increase yield by an average of 30%. There is also less noise from the fans on the K3-600’s and amp usage is less. Dropped the heat by about 3° and that alone makes me smile. I don’t know that I would recommend anything with less output as far as the E420 goes, but that is just me. I have changed out 4 bays now and plan on at least 2 more… good bang for the buck
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I feel that is the biggest advantage and I can get my lights closer to my plants. They run cooler because instead of jamming a ton of diodes in a small panel connected to another panel they are spread out over aluminum bars that allow more heat to escape.
I will guess many do not run LED bars because they cost the most $ per watt.
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I found they didn’t penetrate the canopy as much.
I had more than a few bar builds, and the tops were great, but anything under that was kinda fluffy.
I had to lst a bunch to get really good results.
I’m using the qb boards now, and I personally feel I get much better penetration and don’t have to do nearly the amount of lst I did before to get the same amount per harvest.
Edit: that’s my personal experience, not saying it’s right or wrong.
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All my lowers are hard as rocks. I have never LST. I def don’t have an issue with penetration as mine are bright. I am curious what LED bars you used that did not penetrate?
Mine are just under 4x4 footprint 860w and use 10 bars.
Same as you I am no expert and just giving my honest opinion. I have grown the same strain under both type of lights side by side and I would never buy a LED panel again unless they change something. My 240w panels are even the newest ones that are attached to the aluminum heatsinks.
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Did you custom make your 4x4 860w 10bar? Or did I miss the post/link of the details.
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Bridgelux v2 strips. I ran em hard and soft.
Bridgelux diodes are pretty much neck and neck with the Samsung lm301b ones, so it wasn’t due to inefficient leds.
Just my personal experience, like I said, it isn’t right or wrong.
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I bought these but that was almost 2 years ago before all these new companies started selling them. Prolly better options for the money right now. Mine have 10 separate Mean Well drivers and I see the new versions are running off 1 driver now.
https://www.sunplix.com/product/spled-g2-series-led-grow-light-2/
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That might have been the problem(not brand) if they were single strip LEDs.
Mine are grouped together in strips of 3 so more concentrated light.
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Could be, this is why I recommend the newer lights instead of diy.
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What coupon?
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Shit!!! I wonder how 3 or 4 of these would go up against my 2x315 cmh in veg.
100.00… I spent that much on dinner tonight. It was a king crab night at the house. 5lbs.
Edit, make it 4 or 5
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@Curious_Roberto Agreed that the bars need to be a lot closer to the plants vs the qb. I had the same issue first few rounds.
@Baked-All-Day your at 860w vs a fluence at 660ish. So you’ll for sure see better penetration than us.
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