setting up my first box. Got a 600w mh/hps & 8 QB132’s. I wired up the QB’s and DAMN! I felt like GOD had appeared in front of me. Now I’m contemplating just dropping the 600w and replacing with more QB’s. Would 4 qb132’s be brighter than the 600 ? I don’t mind spending money, the goal is long term supply of quality nugs. Any thoughts, opinions, comments gratefully welcomed Bronco
I’m prepared for heat, I think.... Sealed box for the hps with 6” air ducting vent, & AC inside the grow box venting its heat outside the house. Thx for yer thoughts hardDrive
No, not 4 of them. Maximum power is only 72 watts per board. You would need about 8 of them at 50-60 watts each to equal a 600W HID light.
How big is your space? That seems like way too much light. 8 qb132 can cover that space alone. 12 would make for better coverage, just dim them a little. HPS makes great buds but will be costly and may cause heat problems like mentioned above.
I respectfully disagree. 8 QB132s will easily replace a 1000 watt HPS, let alone a 600. With Quantum boards, you only need 30 watts per square foot
I belive HLG stated specifically that 12 QB132 will beat their HLG550 due to the efficiency. Just guessing the HLG-600-36 would do the job for powering them all.
Hps can be beat very easy by cmh and qb....id drop hps get more qb Sent from my SM-J727P using Tapatalk
No, it’s not true. That’s only half the wattage. 6 qb132’s would probably out do a 600 watt HPS. HPS is not efficient, but it flat out produces top shelf buds.
Plenty of data n info floatin around qb and cmh are the 2 best light as of right now u can possibly buy only thing better is the sun Sent from my SM-J727P using Tapatalk
Well, I’m buzzed & pulled the trigger. Dumping the HPS & got 8 more QB132’s.... Delivered on Monday Hmmmm.... each square foot has its own board now.... can’t wait to see it lit up for the 1st time ....
You definitely won’t regret it, great lights️ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk @ I love growing weed
Hps always gets fatter nugs bro. I use led and hps and get monster plants so with those boards and hps your golden. I usually average 6 grams dry fat buds and bigger. Sent from my C525c using Tapatalk
16 QB132's in a 4x4? damn! if you ran sets of 4, each set of 4x QB132 run off a Meanwell LRS-350-36 driver which are only $32.00 at Mouser.com you could run each board at mx power of 75w each LRS-350-36 MEAN WELL | Mouser if you wanted to get fancy, add a simple PWM controller as a dimmer on each set off each driver so you can dim each set independently.