Hello, thanks for reading. I've used the hlg qb96 v2 for a while now possibly selling the two lights I never used and im looking to change lights they run too hot imo.I've gone to the hlg and they have a ton of options and none of them are clear I just want to veg for 5 weeks and get the biggest plants possible in a 4x4 or 5x5 , 8 ft tent ceiling. I'm allowed 3 plants veg and flower and I'd like to maximize the harvest as much as I can so I can avoid growing immediately after to keep my supply up https://horticulturelightinggroup.com/collections/lamps?page=1 Thank you you again
I use/have/operate twenty of the 2v 288 rspec HLG boards each board draws 160 watts operating temp is nothing unusual 4x4 tent =16 ft 35 watts per sq ft= 560 watts required for 4x4 tent
You could use 4 of the QB135 V2 rspec kits as they can be independently moved. Two of the QB260 V2 rspec kits would also work and they are what I use in my 4x4. I own all of those so they are the ones I would comment on.
The QB 96's are known for running at a hotter temperatures, I have done temperature tests on the2v 288 r spec QB's Operating temp on mine is about 85 F That temp taken from the top of the heatsink
As long as the driver is in the room led is about 35% more heat then it has to be. I'm running x6, bar lights over a 12x12 off one daulport stand up ac so I can run co2. If I was to put even one driver in the room then the AC couldn't keep up. Every led I run has a true remote power Supply. I still don't get why the rest refuse to do so but until they do, everyone is getting screwed on heat. In all actuality, our actively cooled leds run cooler then the passive as for the diodes themselves. Running passive with the driver on the back isn't helping the diodes. When I started led I to was shocked to see my vented hps run considerably cooler then my high end leds when I started in 2015. Yet led manufacturers jamb on the fib of a cooler alternative.
