Making a Bridgelux Gen 2 320w build for flower ~
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 10:10 pm
Greetings all,
I have been lurking here a while and have been bitten by the DIY LED bug. My first was 2 QB Elites on a 240w driver and that works awesome. I then I got a 2 QB kits from alibaba and that works good too - wish I had sprung for the cree reds but oh well... I then made a Red booster board with 16 660nm and 8 730nm on separate channels to put em to sleep using the newest Cree stars and get more red in there. Finally I just made a veg/side light out of 6 Bridgelux Gen 3 3500k strips on a 120w driver - it is very efficient and barely gets warm. I want to get rid of a HPS unit and replace with LED and I like these Bridgelux strips - the gen2 ones now are at a ridiculous price and are actually still pretty efficient it seems ? The 1120mm strips in 35k are now only 8.49$ ea. !!! I am going to use 6 strips on a 320w driver - going to make a frame from alu I will scrounge at a metal recycling facility - the pieces for my last light were 1.50$ !!!! LOL - I will have to buy some good wire and screws and I am going with wagos to keep stress down ...-but the rest I will scrounge or have. I think I will be at 200$ all said and done - but I already have thermal tape so should add a few $, great deal I think for 200$.
I am curious if anyone has flowered with these and would they show a few pics of what they grew and their thoughts on them. Second if you have - would you recommend trying to add some red booster and maybe blue strips to the fixture to get a better spectrum or is it good enough as is. I do a mixed lighting of HPS and LED with 660nm so there is some other spectrums flying around. If this works out I'm going to copy it and lose a HPS unit. With it I will turn the HPS down a bit - one of the biggest benefits I feel is the lower amount of electricity needed - saves a lot of wiring and set up cost.
Driver I will use is : HLG-320H-42A
and six : BXEB-L1120Z-35E4000-C-B3
Thanks for any input and hope to see some pics of grows using these !
I have been lurking here a while and have been bitten by the DIY LED bug. My first was 2 QB Elites on a 240w driver and that works awesome. I then I got a 2 QB kits from alibaba and that works good too - wish I had sprung for the cree reds but oh well... I then made a Red booster board with 16 660nm and 8 730nm on separate channels to put em to sleep using the newest Cree stars and get more red in there. Finally I just made a veg/side light out of 6 Bridgelux Gen 3 3500k strips on a 120w driver - it is very efficient and barely gets warm. I want to get rid of a HPS unit and replace with LED and I like these Bridgelux strips - the gen2 ones now are at a ridiculous price and are actually still pretty efficient it seems ? The 1120mm strips in 35k are now only 8.49$ ea. !!! I am going to use 6 strips on a 320w driver - going to make a frame from alu I will scrounge at a metal recycling facility - the pieces for my last light were 1.50$ !!!! LOL - I will have to buy some good wire and screws and I am going with wagos to keep stress down ...-but the rest I will scrounge or have. I think I will be at 200$ all said and done - but I already have thermal tape so should add a few $, great deal I think for 200$.
I am curious if anyone has flowered with these and would they show a few pics of what they grew and their thoughts on them. Second if you have - would you recommend trying to add some red booster and maybe blue strips to the fixture to get a better spectrum or is it good enough as is. I do a mixed lighting of HPS and LED with 660nm so there is some other spectrums flying around. If this works out I'm going to copy it and lose a HPS unit. With it I will turn the HPS down a bit - one of the biggest benefits I feel is the lower amount of electricity needed - saves a lot of wiring and set up cost.
Driver I will use is : HLG-320H-42A
and six : BXEB-L1120Z-35E4000-C-B3
Thanks for any input and hope to see some pics of grows using these !