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Airwalker16

Airwalker16

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Well the dimming on it is absolutely essential then. Good thing you have it set up that way. You'll want to dim each row to 25% in that space. Don't have a row completely off or you're gonna ha e totally uneven spread.
The only issue man, is if you do up to say a 5x5 your fixture isn't going to be spread out enough to accommodate the edges of that size of tent. The wattage and output is there for sure, but if it fits in a 3x3, it's gonna be a bit small in a 5x5. 4x4 you can probably get away with.
 
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It means the same thing as "not available" or "irrelevant". Basically just that they didn't use the signature feature, like mine. Lol.
 
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OGChops

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Airwalker16 said:
Well the dimming on it is absolutely essential then. Good thing you have it set up that way. You'll want to dim each row to 25% in that space. Don't have a row completely off or you're gonna ha e totally uneven spread.
The only issue man, is if you do up to say a 5x5 your fixture isn't going to be spread out enough to accommodate the edges of that size of tent. The wattage and output is there for sure, but if it fits in a 3x3, it's gonna be a bit small in a 5x5. 4x4 you can probably get away with.
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Roger...25%. completely agree about moving to a 5x5 so I already cut all the pieces for the new frame down the road;) I bought aluminum in long lengths and found it not that much more expensive to have enough for another frame. I'm into it about $850 and could build a duplicate for about $800 maybe cheaper if I bought in bulk but way too many man hours.
 
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Airwalker16

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OGChops said:
Roger...25%. completely agree about moving to a 5x5 so I already cut all the pieces for the new frame down the road;) I bought aluminum in long lengths and found it not that much more expensive to have enough for another frame. I'm into it about $850 and could build a duplicate for about $800 maybe cheaper if I bought in bulk but way too many man hours.
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So you plan on just building an entirely separate fixture for a 5x5? If you make it damn near 4'x4' like 46"x46" it will be fine for both 4x4 and the 5x5. You'd wanna use the same layout, same drivers, but more cobs and an extra row would make a very big difference.
 
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OGChops

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Airwalker16 said:
So you plan on just building an entirely separate fixture for a 5x5? If you make it damn near 4'x4' like 46"x46" it will be fine for both 4x4 and the 5x5. You'd wanna use the same layout, same drivers, but more cobs and an extra row would make a very big difference.
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Absolutely right. big enough for 4x4 and 5x5
 
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