DIY with Quantum Boards

hillbill said:

Molasses is a great potassium source that most are unaware of and I also have 30 lbs of slow burned oak ash for K and micros.

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Whats your dosage protocol with molasses? Veg and bloom.

I do organic and use about 1 ts/gal at watering. Make sure you use unsulfured.

Quantum Babies :

Few noob seeds looking for photons ...
( Candy Dream X Amnesia Haze mashup )
FEMMY cross - candy to amnesia

Looking to grow some " home bred " beans ....
Quantum rig :
3x3
4 panel 3500k
2 COB 3500k
420 max power

Plan to START them under 4000k panel ... Then move from there.

Spring is coming ... Time for some GREEN

@hlg any big slate broads in stock? just the board.. i got the slate 5 board but i needs a board slightly bigger..

QB love, about 10 more days of veg under the screen and she’ll be ready!



Below was the mother of the plant above. . My pump air locked while I was gone and she dried out real bad for about 5 day. This was only 3 weeks into flower and damn near killed her. She pulled through though and only spit a few seeds from the experience.

Indoorpro said:

@hlg any big slate broads in stock? just the board.. i got the slate 5 board but i needs a board slightly bigger..

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Message them thru their site contact with your original order number they may help.

@907guy is that a sense-push temp/humidity monitor?? That blue green box, think it's called sense push or something.. Sorry for off topic, but it datalogs temp/humidity to computer, correct?? How do you like it?? Thanks.

@robincnn - @Stephenj37826 and fellow quantum boarders
I just joined the club and ordered my qb288 and plan to put them in pairs running up to 120w per board so 240w Problem is the 8 slate 2 heatsinks are going to cost me $350 US inc shipping am I better off buying a aluminum anodized plate pricewise and what size and thickness plate per 2 boards?
Do i bite the bullet and get sinks ?
I dont want to put all these awesome lights together to burn them out .
Any advice please

CobGirl said:

@robincnn - @Stephenj37826 and fellow quantum boarders
I just joined the club and ordered my qb288 and plan to put them in pairs running up to 120w per board so 240w Problem is the 8 slate 2 heatsinks are going to cost me $350 US inc shipping am I better off buying a aluminum anodized plate pricewise and what size and thickness plate per 2 boards?
Do i bite the bullet and get sinks ?
I dont want to put all these awesome lights together to burn them out .
Any advice please

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If you source all together from HLG you can get up and running .....

No hunting for material
No trying to figure thickness and thermal effectiveness
No tapping small M3 threads .....
If buying separate slates you can build aluminum angle rigs ( 2 board each )
Or 2 4 panel rigs ....

You will STILL need drivers ( unless you bought complete kits )
You will need 18 gauge wire ( red / black ) solid core
And if you didn't order kit ... You will need a 3 prong power cord to connect to driver.

Plants will thank you.

3x3 update :

4 QB panel / COB
Power dimmed : 360 Watts currently
300 QB ( kil a watt )
60 watt ( cobs ) 1/2 power
3500k QB / cobs

Blue Dream is getting some stretching in ... White Dwarf .... Well is a fucking dwarf
La Fruita moving along and Mephisto TOOF getting her wings.



So experiment time ! ........

Getting the next batch of youngins ready for some Quantum love ....
Kinda in Air Prune lately .... Gorilla Glue in a " Air Solo " ... Lol.
4 Candy dream getting a rack for air prune .... Bigger one already hit bottom , then it's into bags ... They will be FEMBOTS ( the peyote pollen ) and ( BD pollen ). And are for breeding only. Once bagged and growing ( sex mature ) they will be flipped and DUSTED.
1 gallon for just breeding and ease of care. GSG for growing and consuming..

8 slate 2 heatsinks cost $160 plus shipping, which won't be that much if your in the USA, maybe $45. They are already drilled and tapped. sheet aluminum will work but then you need to pay to have it cut and it won't dissipate as much heat as finned heatsinks. I've seen sheet aluminum used, it works, but, that big chunk of metal is also restricting air flow. IMO, I'd spend the money to get good heatsinks

CobGirl said:

@robincnn - @Stephenj37826 and fellow quantum boarders
I just joined the club and ordered my qb288 and plan to put them in pairs running up to 120w per board so 240w Problem is the 8 slate 2 heatsinks are going to cost me $350 US inc shipping am I better off buying a aluminum anodized plate pricewise and what size and thickness plate per 2 boards?
Do i bite the bullet and get sinks ?
I dont want to put all these awesome lights together to burn them out .
Any advice please

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Is it really important to use solid core wire? I'm having a tough time finding any locally. I've got lots of stranded wire around though.

MedMonkey said:

Is it really important to use solid core wire? I'm having a tough time finding any locally. I've got lots of stranded wire around though.

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Some folks use thermostat wire. Should be able to find some at your local hardware store.

solid core is best for the connector it goes into. stranded wont work

MedMonkey said:

Is it really important to use solid core wire? I'm having a tough time finding any locally. I've got lots of stranded wire around though.

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Solid core wire...it's worth waiting for.

Got my new driver just waiting on the 20th

MedMonkey said:

Is it really important to use solid core wire? I'm having a tough time finding any locally. I've got lots of stranded wire around though.

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Amazon it.

I have a built 2 rigs each rig contains 6 qb304 and 3 mean well hlg-240h-c1050a drivers. Each rig pulling about 900 watts from wall to cover a 5x5 area. And I tell you this the are shitting on my gavitas and my xxl magnums.

So for all the LED haters suck it because I was once a non believer of LED LIGHTING

Penetration is not a problem!