LED/HPS/MH QUESTIONS Hello all, quick question regarding a few different LED lights. before I get started let me just say I AM aware of QB's and I WILL be purchasing some in the future, so no need to discuss them here. Thanks in advance!!!! which of these three would you consider to be the best based on their specs. (if it is easier for you all for me to copy&paste the specs of the lights here to the thread instead of linking them, let me know!) I am 99% sure I am going to return my Phlizon I got and order in the Vivosun HPS/MH package The vivosun seems to be fairly impressive. I honestly already purchased and received the Phlizon 1000W cob series (which i can return until May 1st) The Vivosun light has the highest watts at the wall. and from this video here it seemed to do a fairly impressive job. Thanks all
Why spend that on a poor light when you can get a kit with two QB 288 boards, heat sink, driver, dimmer and hanging stuff a few dollars cheaper?
10-4 @HardDrive thanks for the reply brother. Like i said in the first post I WILL be picking up some qb96's in the future. or I might settle on HPS something like this. as for Why would i do something so crazy? haha. It just seems to be the best solution for right now...for a couple reasons. I do appreciate the info tho.. if you felt like linking a setup you think would work well?
would this MH/HPS be drastically better than any of the LED's i listed??? If the 400w MH/HPS would be way better I might return the LED light. The reason originally for LED is because of the energy saving. I will need to calculate what it will cost to run the 400W MH/HPS at 18ish hours per day.
I run 2 kits, 4 panels and love em'. Getting ready to order another, maybe two more kits to completely fill my 5x5 tent. Best Seller Shenzhen Led Grow Lights With Quantum Led Board 288 Samsung Lm301b Sk Top Bin - Buy Led Grow Lights,Samsung Led Board,288 Quantum Product on Alibaba.com
Oh check this out for performance of these lights. A fully documented journal on the QB's 480 watt Quantum Boards, Barney Farms LSD clones, vs HPS
do you have any experience with MH/HPS @HardDrive ?? can you speak on the HPS set up I linked? thanks again brother
@JKill Yes on the HID stuff. A long timer on MH and HPS. There is a link to my HPS grow, just a few months ago. Same plants, Barney Farms LSD plants, and a commercial yielding heavy budded, with 20+ THC and a uppy high too. RDWC, 600w HID, LSD beans Never thought I'd ever change to LED's. Those Chinese lights are the same price as your posted 400 watt HID kit. The setup you posted is a good setup for HID's. I have almost the same thing, except I ran two of the 600 watt HPS's in my 5x5x6.5 tent. Got 27 ozs in about 90 days off 3 LSD plants, and a poor choked northern lights plant gave me an extra 2 or 3 ozs. The 400w you linked will do just fine in the tent you mentioned. You may spend another 20 bucks and get the 600 watt HPS if you decide to go that way. But I'd seriously give the Chinese lights I posted an good thought, I got mine shipped to me in 6 days from the time I placed the order.
I'll give the link another look that you sent over for sure, i'm not sure I want to get into DIY stuff and soldering and all that business. Sounds like i'm going with the 400W HPS/MH set up... I will be returning the LED light I bought tomorrow or this weekend... I'm going to have a TON of questions regarding MH/HPS... I will for sure read through your links that you posted.. thanks again! anyone with any helpful ideas or suggestions regarding MH/HPS i'm open to anything. BTW my tent is a Vivosun 35x20x62
@JKill No man, there ain't no soldering or nothing like that. Very easy to assemble, like 8 screws to mount the panels to the heat sink. And then run 2 wires from the driver to the panel, and 2 more 5 inch wires to connect the two panels together. If you run the dimmer there is another 4 wires I think. Very easy, and I have the wiring diagram for the dimmers.
okay thats good to know.. Stupid question.... will i need another fan intake/ exhaust fan for the HPS light canopy? or can I run the carbon filter / light/ fan all as one? i'm not sure that made sense
I think this just answered my last question. i'll just need to figure out how to fit it all into the tent... and if the inline/exaust fan that i have will be powerful enough
i've never returned anything to amazon before... guess i'll figure out how that works/doesnt work today hahaha
Can i see a pic of your set up @Vd22 ? saw some pics of the bud you grew it looked great. your using QB? I will probably end up going with the HID for now. probably upgrade to the QB in maybe 6 months or a year
I really am going nuts trying to figure this out guys. is it worth returning my 1000w Phlizon Cob Series LED (which i believe was 260watts at the wall) and replacing it with the 400w HID set up?? thanks
If you want the best cost effective light to tide you over until you save up for a good led I would suggest to go with hps/mh setup.. dollar for dollar you get way more watts, more efficient lighting than blurple LEDs and it's a great backup light for the very cold winter months if you need a bit of heat in your grow room