Recent content by JoeHawkins

I too run a light from Amazon and, it does „ok‘ish„ I’ve come to the conclusion, from reading and talking to locals, that „the best“ isn’t the best for all. In a small tent like a 4x4, which is incidentally what I use, you have height restrictions and a lot of people also have restrictions in...

Same diodes as the Fotop board I’m getting. I didn’t really needed help picking a light, but a component ;)

@Old Salt I totally understand what you mean. I’ve done that too and luckily it worked out ok. I only grow in a 4x4, which has enough room for what I need and extra. So, expanding isn’t in my books. Good point tho :)

Pardon?

@fanleaf I thought about that and might just do that. @Old Salt you bring up some valid points there. @PurpleGunRack I‘ve decided to go with the Fotop 800 boards. I know they are questionable in a way but I want to try them. If I go with 2 drivers I would hook two boards in parallel and with 4...

I found myself in the situation to build my first LED light fixture. I figured which boards I want and so and so forth. And here is my issue where I’m stuck in the planning. The general understanding is that efficiency of leds goes up when run soft. Does that count for drivers too? I looked at...