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 phychotron
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 Re: Building an LED panel *help needed*  [Re: sexycybe]
#693866 - 11/15/13 05:47 PM (11 years, 4 months ago) |
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You usually will want some red going in veg along with the blue, and vice verca in flower. My light has two switches, suppose to be veg and both for flower. The veg side has mostly blue but also a few red. The second adds more red, but I'm not sure how the other spectrums are wired. It seems to do well in veg with just half the diodes, but I usually just go full blast on both veg and flower.
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phychotron
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Re: Building an LED panel *help needed* [Re: sexycybe]
#693896 - 11/15/13 08:40 PM (11 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ya but its good to have a veg option for seedlings and small plants. Do you know how to wire it all correctly? An extra switch or two shouldn't be too hard depending on your wiring. I would probably go one switch per power supply for the most control.
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Re: Building an LED panel *help needed* [Re: sexycybe]
#693922 - 11/16/13 02:42 AM (11 years, 4 months ago) |
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I've never built one so its really hard to say what is the best and what diodes will work. There are tons of diodes out there and with the same diodes having different efficiency rating, or BIN. the top bin, or U2 (or maybe U3) will be 20% brighter at and run cooler at the same wattage, or something similar to that. They're much more expensive, but they're going to be better for the investment if you want to get the best light source.
Not too sure about the 730's. I know it seems to be accepted that you can benefit from a small amount. My lights have a few in them. My brother just gave me a bunch of 730 spot lamps that I need to read up on to see if they're worth running.
What kind of heat sink are you using?
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Bamboo Bongs I make | Perfect Dry and Cure | Grapegod under LED
“Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune intoned in the distance by an invisible player.” ~ Albert Einstein
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