My LED project... And ll its questions

Hi all the good folk of RIU.

Might as well create a thread to keep all my current and comming questions
So i started shopping for my build, so far i've bought or ordered:

10 x 4' LED MOD FSERIES GEN3 3000K STRIP (single row)

2 x HLG 320H 48B

Thermal tape from Ebay

All the rest of my shopping will be done soon.

Questions:
Will 10 of these strips be too much in a 3x4 tent. Im thinking i will keep the light a little higher over the canopy than normal, as the grow will be unnattended for a week, somtimes 2 weeks. So maybe i need all the strips too counter for this.

Will 20mm x 20mm Aluminium U-profiles be good enough for heatsinks?

More questions will probably come.
Thank you

Thats the wrong drivers for those strips. Those are 24V strips. Only the double rows are 48V. If you toss two more strips into it, for a total of twelve strips, then you can make those drivers work by putting pairs of strips in series.

Not too many strips (for a 3x4), but its too much power, IMO. I would use suggest two HLG-240H-24 drivers instead and run the strips at a little lower wattage.

Yes, the 20x20 aluminum channel will work. You might also consider the .601 profile from heatsink USA. Its perfect for the single row F-series and pretty affordable at about a dollar per foot.

You must be thinking of something else, the single row 44" are also 46V. I would go with two HLG-240H-48 or one HLG-480H-48. 10 is not to many strips. More strips run at lower power is more efficient and gives better light spread.

1212ham said:

You must be thinking of something else, the single row 44" are also 46V. I would go with two HLG-240H-48 or one HLG-480H-48. 10 is not to many strips. More strips run at lower power is more efficient and gives better light spread.

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You're right - my mistake. I coulda swore the 44" were 24V in the single row.

I got 2 320's in case i ever wanted to expand. I guess i could run 7 or 8 of those strips on a 320. And if i run 5 on each driver in the start, ill just dim down?

The light are doing good! 670w in 120cmx90cm

Looking great man the plants are loving the lights!

Was looking at getting cobs, but it's a headache and these seem to run cooler. How many of these strips do you think I would need for a 5 x 5?

Midnight Warrior said:

Was looking at getting cobs, but it's a headache and these seem to run cooler. How many of these strips do you think I would need for a 5 x 5?

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Everybody told me 10 strips on 2 HLG 320 driver would be overkill in 3x4. But im blasting full power and plants are loving it, no lightburn at all.

So if it was me building for 5x5, i would prolly try to jam 16 strips in there on 2pcs 480 or 600 drivers. Would be mental!

NB: This is coming from a noob, so research a little extra before going shopping!