Quantums Overhead in Vertical Grow!

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Ryante55

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ttystikk said:
Each fixture has its own driver and the 4 boards are wired in series in this case.

You're right, I misspoke above and just edited that post to say what I intended, thanks for the grammar and clarity check!
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4 in series on 1 hlg320@1400ma? I was under the impression you need 100v or more per board in series
 
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ttystikk

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1000ppm said:
Can these lights compete with the cree 3590 or are they just accent side lighting?
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If you look behind the quantum boards you can just see rows of CXB3590 powered light modules. Currently, I'm running 900W of them on the same size and shape trellis panel. It's basically a bit too much!

I'll be rearranging the rack soon and using three of the same modules per 4x6' panel for a total of 675W, that's the same draw as the two quantum board fixtures. That will be the true head to head test!
 
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1000ppm

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I do see the cobs you have for the vert just wondering about these other lights going head to head with cree or no?
New to led been digging around a lot lately. I want to get some asap to replace overhead hps se. Just want to make the right decision and do it right the 1st time.

Thanks for the reply.
 
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ttystikk

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1000ppm said:
I do see the cobs you have for the vert just wondering about these other lights going head to head with cree or no?
New to led been digging around a lot lately. I want to get some asap to replace overhead hps se. Just want to make the right decision and do it right the 1st time.

Thanks for the reply.
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I think my above answer can be summed up to 'yes' lol
 
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Ryante55

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sixstring2112 said:
why not mount them on the walls like you did with the cobs? i guess it looks like your trying to light a vertical plant with overhead lights now from the pics?doesnt seem like a fair comparision
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It seems more efficient to use them up top you can run the plants closer to the QB so it maximizes height if the cobs were up top the plants would be shorter so it wouldn't be much of a vertical garden
 
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sixstring2112

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Ryante55 said:
Wait are you doing a side by side? I thought u were just using these with the cobs
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ttystikk said:
I run mine at 54W.

If I ran them as close as you suggest, there would be no room to work on the plants.
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well even if they were ran in the same position the cobs were in they should work great right? i mean its been said these are cob killers right? i just dont see the point of mounting them high above a canopy that has been trained for vert growing.
 
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sixstring2112

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ttystikk said:
I run mine at 54W.

If I ran them as close as you suggest, there would be no room to work on the plants.
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and also this makes me think those qb panels could be mounted on 2 x 4 the same length of the fixture,with some type of swing arm/pivot point.so you can swing them into the plant when your not in there and just kinda push them towards the walls when you need to walk in there and work.could pretty much do it with a sturdy hinge for like a gate.god damn son,i thought you were an engineer lol
 
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