Kismet
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Sweet hope ya got a decent backyard so you can run some autos out back next spring 
Stanks Go Perpetual In 2018!
Not here, just not possible in an inner city hood.
Kismet
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Idk got some jamaicans down the block they have a 15 footer right on the city power line out back of their house. Noone messes with they plant mon. Because the hood knows they got machetes hahaha
MiOutdoorsman
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Dam bro I just looked up your light. That's a badass light! I'm gonna try and save some cash for some modern LEDs. Hopefully by spring time
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It's a kick ass light for sure man. I have zero buyers remorse. In fact I want a 2nd one and I want to put both on movers in my 10' x 10'. Each one would cover 5 x 10.
MiOutdoorsman
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My flower room is around 10x10. I'm running 2 1k HPS lights. Veg I have a 6x8 with 3 marrs gen 1 300's. Here's a pic of the tops on my Chernobyl from couple weeks ago. Sucker got so tall I moved it out and tilted one light towards it. I hate trying to super crop when the stems get Woody. Looks funky, but it's working. Lol
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Whats your temps run with the 2 1k HPS?
MiOutdoorsman
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I keep a.c. set at 80. It's a portable 12k btu vented thru the roof and I run a 50 pint dehumidifier. Temps spikes to 83 at high point and rh hangs at 50
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That's not terrible.....better than I thought actually.
MiOutdoorsman
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Winter time is when HPS shine's. I adjust the speed of my 8" fan that cools the hoods. They keep the room warm. Saves from running heater too much
MiOutdoorsman
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Do you run the spdrx plus from seed to harvest? It is dimmable too?
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I have a veg tent (2x4) that has the dwarf star from Perfect Sun as well as a 2' LED strip for a little side light in there.
The spydrx has an adjuster you can get, which I did but since I am flowering in a perpetual I don't adjust it.....it runs full power 12/12
The spydrx has an adjuster you can get, which I did but since I am flowering in a perpetual I don't adjust it.....it runs full power 12/12
MiOutdoorsman
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Your light is on my wish list for sure. I'll be saving some dough through winter to get some LEDs for spring. I'd looove to get one like yours. In summer I probably could save a lot of money not running all my stuff so hard battling heat. Winter I could step up my veg area. Penny has me considering QBs too. I'll hopefully end up with something. Lol
I built panels with chinese QBs and they are the best improvement I have made to my area. I built 4 panels with 3 boards each running off of a meanwell 260 driver. I am covering my 4x8 with the 4 panels and getting better yields than I ever did with 2 600s. It cost me about $900 to build all 4 panels.
MiOutdoorsman
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How's the heat coming off of those. Looks really niceI built panels with chinese QBs and they are the best improvement I have made to my area. I built 4 panels with 3 boards each running off of a meanwell 260 driver. I am covering my 4x8 with the 4 panels and getting better yields than I ever did with 2 600s. It cost me about $900 to build all 4 panels.
Thanks man! It is not bad. It got cooler than I would like in winter and the hottest it has gotten was 87. But that was with no AC running and it was while it was 90-95 out for a week straight. I could have mounted the drivers remotely which would have helped with the summer heat issues but I decided to mount them on the panels to help heat the tent in the winter.
MiOutdoorsman
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See that's what I'm talking about! I could stop my 8" fan, slow the AC, probably reliving the dehumidifier some too. Would pay for itself in couple summers
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What is your wattage on your QBs yeti?
The QBs rule, and Van's uses the same Samsung diods
The new V2 diods are even better, more efficient and Mo Light
After my two GROWant lights finish this huge Auto grow, I'll be using nothing but QBs forever
Love em
The new V2 diods are even better, more efficient and Mo Light
After my two GROWant lights finish this huge Auto grow, I'll be using nothing but QBs forever
Love em
They are about 260 watts each. I have about 1040 watts in the tent I believe. And as I stated way better yields than I got with 1200 watts of HPS. I really want to make another 4 panels but I do not have the money to spare at the moment. It will cost me even less this time I believe, if I can get the metal and boards for the same price or less anyways, because I already have wire and spare wagos that I needed to buy the first time. I also have all the tools I did not have the first time around, which I factored into my cost to build.
