Help for building a new led strip for a 3x3 area

[Herrer80]

hello everyone, I would like some advice to build some led strips for a 3x3 area. I would like to use Bridgelux as a brand, do you have any advice for me to cover my area?

[Shimbob]

Have you started here?
https://ledgardener.com/diy-led-strip-b ... bridgelux/

[PeteR_1]

hello everyone, I would like some advice to build some led strips for a 3x3 area. I would like to use Bridgelux as a brand, do you have any advice for me to cover my area?

Size Grow Light for "Grow Area and Plant specific Growth Stage"

Grow Light Sizing Chart

Your 3' x 3' or ~ 0.85 sq m area requires ~ 680 PPF fixture at ~ 280 Watts for ~ 800 PPFD coverage...
To avoid "Heat Sinks" the LED strips must run well below 50% max rated Amps (Watts), some stiffening is still required; Aluminum Sheet, Bar or Angle...

Some Calculations:
3' x 3' = 9 sq ft x 0.093 m2/sqft = ~ 0.85 m2 (sq m)

200 PPFD (seedlings / cuttings) * 0.85 = 170 PPF (umol/s)
400 PPFD (Vegetative) * 0.85 = 340 PPF
600 PPFD (Veg / Flower) * 0.85 = 510 PPF
800 PPFD (Flower, CO2 enhanced) * 0.85 = 680 PPF Fixture

680 PPF / 2.5 PPE = 272 Watts
(2.5 PPE is the nominal efficiency of ~ 167 Lm/W)


LED Strips;
BXEB-L0560Z-35E2000-C-B3... https://www.digikey.com/en/products/det ... B3/7907663

Bridgelux Gen 2 3500K 560mm 2390Lm (35.8 PPF), 175Lm/W (2.625 PPE), 19.5Vf, 0.7Amp, 13.65W
680 PPF / 35.8 PPF per Strip = 18.9 Strips (~ 20 strips)
20 strips * 13.65W per Strip = 273 Watts
273 Watts * 2.625 PPE (PPF/W) = 716.6 PPF

Or; Thirty-nine (39 Strips) 280mm each Wired Parallel/3-DaisyChain (~ 840mm Strips); BXEB-L0280Z-35E1000-C-B3... https://www.digikey.com/en/products/det ... B3/7907665


Typical Wiring Diagram for LED Strips; Parallel/3-DaisyChain with 280mm Strips to create ~ 840mm (3ft) Strips
With BXEB-280mm Gen2 LED Strips; Parallel/DaisyChain = 19.5 Vf, Series/Parallel/DaisyChain = 39.0 Vf

LED Driver;
HLG-320H-24AB; wired in parallel circuit... https://www.digikey.com/en/products/det ... B/11482467
Or HLG-320H-48AB; wired in 2-Series/10-Parallel circuit @ 560mm (or 2-Series/7-Parallel/3-Daisychain with 42 - @ 280mm strips)... https://www.digikey.com/en/products/det ... B/11482096


Typical Wiring Diagrams for LED Strips; Series, Parallel, Series/Parallel and Parallel/DaisyChain

Notes:
1. Grow Lights should be "Sized" by Grow Area and Plant Specific Growth Stage... download/file.php?id=5049
2. Nominal Efficiency of current LED Strips is ~ 2.5 PPE and the LED Driver "Sizing" factor or multiplier used is 1.25 (125%) of the LED's Watts for "Reserve Capacity".
3.Older "Watts per sq ft sizing" was based on ~ 1.7 PPE (1000W HID / 25 sq ft)... e.g., 40 Watts / sq ft @ 1.7 PPE ~ 68 PPF / sq ft ~ 732 PPFD .
4. At a nominal 2.5 PPE (LED) * 40 Watts ~ 100 PPF / sqft or 1076 PPFD
5. Samsung and Bridgelux LED Strips run below 50% maximum current require minimal to no heat sinking...
Bridgelux Vesta 2750G... viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5761
Samsung LT-F564B... viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5872

[Greenleafs]

Awesome topic and information! Would the above mentioned led strips outperform those which are described in the DIY LED Strip Build Designs for Samsung H-Series, F-Series, Q-Series, and Bridgelux EB Gen.2 topic from 2018?

So an improvement over the five times f series gen 3’s?

[PeteR_1]

Awesome topic and information! Would the above mentioned led strips outperform those which are described in the DIY LED Strip Build Designs for Samsung H-Series, F-Series, Q-Series, and Bridgelux EB Gen.2 topic from 2018?

So an improvement over the five times f series gen 3’s?

It is about the “same“ as 3x3 using 15 Samsung 560mm H-Series LT-H562D Strips with a 320 Watt LED Driver and the 5 Samsung 560mm F-Series LT-F564B Strips with a 320 Watt LED Driver. The Samsungs produce ~ 52,500 Lm Compared to 54,500 Lm from the Bridgelux.

Also the 3’x3’ build with 20 strips (560mm) or 39 - 42 strips (280mm) are running “Soft” (at up to ~ 300 Watts) and require minimal heat sinking.

https://ledgardener.com/diy-led-strip-b ... bridgelux/
“ 3’x3′ Grow Space Builds”

BTW, you could increase the efficiency of the Samsung Strips Slightly by simply increasing the quantity of Strips, increase the efficacy.

[MaryBrown]

Hi, when I built new smart strip lights for a 3x3 area, I used the services of specialists because I tried to do it all according to the advice from the forum. Nothing worked for me because I had no experience in electrics and connections. So if you are not sure, it is best to contact the specialists, especially since I know that their services for installing LED strips are not so expensive since they do not work there for a long time. However, I saw that a screenshot with a detailed installation of led strips was already sent to you here. To be honest, I don't understand anything at all. I don't know how you will do it yourself.