F-series strips, side lighting build.

J232

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That would be great if you could thank you soo much my friend !
Hooked up parallel on a 48 volt driver. On a 320 watt meanwell we were talking about, .55 amps per strip. Think actual rating is 1140mA so it would be doing 556mA each or something like that, or about 50%. Delta makes a 320 watt as well for 65 cad..

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Mine are wired the same but I ran a bigger wire down the middle and tapped into it like this. Only drew one side of each circuit but you get the idea.

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Yesyes3000

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Hooked up parallel on a 48 volt driver. On a 320 watt meanwell we were talking about, .55 amps per strip. Think actual rating is 1140mA so it would be doing 556mA each or something like that, or about 50%. Delta makes a 320 watt as well for 65 cad..

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Mine are wired the same but I ran a bigger wire down the middle and tapped into it like this. Only drew one side of each circuit but you get the idea.

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Awesome thank you!
 

J232

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awesome job! only thing I see is you should stick some grommets on any holes u are passing wire through to be safe. overall one of the cleanest builds ive seen though. cant wait to see what those strips do!
By the time I got the the 3rd-4th rack, this was my solution, not sure what this tapes actually called, I call it tesa tape, it’s used on body seams where harnesses run over unfinished edges. Multi colour wire is from harvesting solid wire from my old t5,t8 fixtures, the wire running up the u channel is bigger strand wire. Just finishing the last rack now, hope to crack seeds this week coming up.

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J232

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Really close, but have the munchies so it’s time to make some pizza dough :lol:

Really love the 9.5’ ceilings, I have 2” insulation on the concrete in this room, in floor heat. Yeah and I made use of an aluminum car bumper to hold my dehu lol... everything out the back wall (drain too) threw some 1.5” abs, plugged with soft foam, same for all overhead wire and co2 plumbing, orange cord is for the co2 reg and monitor. Anyways, finish it after pizza chef :eyesmoke:

I have straps to install to hold them on the wall as well.

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J232

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I had to top up my arrow order for free shipping when I ordered my drivers, these were $2 at the time, back around $8 now. Going to use them to replace my t5 dome lights for clones and seedlings. 65 diodes a disk. I know nothing but the chips look identical to the f series diodes, 4K.

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Jeffislovinlife

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Awesome work still waiting for the bud porn LoL as always thank you for your time and the opportunity to learn more about your setup have a great night
 

J232

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Awesome work still waiting for the bud porn LoL as always thank you for your time and the opportunity to learn more about your setup have a great night
Me too! Thanks for checking in bud :blsmoke: Going to do a test run this week and hopefully crack some seeds by the weekend. Couple more things left to do. Going to try some compound genetics gear this round.
 

J232

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Been running the full 560-600 watts of led, 1k DE hps, 600 SE mh, for a few hours now doing a temp check. Trying to get some air temp accuracy. I got a new ishio bulb and the IR is intense. I’m only running 8k btu of ac so I know I’m pushing it. Mid, high 80’s. Anyways, cracking seeds tonight, no going back now.
 

J232

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Well get busy. I wanna see it all setup, lol.
Going to get a journal going? Would love to follow along ;)
I'll stay in the queue hopefully we see some epic results.
Journals live if still interested, didn’t forget @Jeffislovinlife and Odin!

 

calvin.m16

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Been running the full 560-600 watts of led, 1k DE hps, 600 SE mh, for a few hours now doing a temp check. Trying to get some air temp accuracy. I got a new ishio bulb and the IR is intense. I’m only running 8k btu of ac so I know I’m pushing it. Mid, high 80’s. Anyways, cracking seeds tonight, no going back now.
your going to want more air conditioning 100%. Don’t really want to go over 80F for extended periods of time.
 

calvin.m16

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This is incorrect in my books but everyone has there ways.
Are you growing with LED or HPS? With HPS you're going to have a +5-6 F LST (Leaf Surface Temperature). Quality begins to degrade when the plant reaches temperatures higher than 82 F terps evaporate. I've proven this in a 24,000 watt garden.

If you're growing with LED its fine to have your Ambient air temp 80 F but with HPS you're actual leaf surface temperature and bud temps are going to be 85-86 F which is too hot if your looking for optimal quality.
 

J232

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Are you growing with LED or HPS? With HPS you're going to have a +5-6 F LST (Leaf Surface Temperature). Quality begins to degrade when the plant reaches temperatures higher than 82 F terps evaporate. I've proven this in a 24,000 watt garden.
hps, led, mh with co2, everything on is over 2200 watts, I can’t say I have ever grown weed under 80f, you have any study’s to link on this claim? You proving something isn’t enough for me.
 

calvin.m16

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hps, led, mh with co2, everything on is over 2200 watts, I can’t say I have ever grown weed under 80f, you have any study’s to link on this claim? You proving something isn’t enough for me.
 
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