Has anyone messed around with solar

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MathewGrows

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Renfro said:
If you are looking at LED lighting you need to know there are a LOT of shitty LED's out there trying to look like they are bad ass.

1) Avoid anything blurple.

2) Avoid anything that tries to insinuate they are 1000 or 2000 watts when they only pull 190 watts or something lol. Look for honesty where they will tell you how much area it covers in veg and flower. That should be equivalent to around 30 watts per sqft veg and 35 - 40 for flower.

3) If you want support after the sale, buy from a reputable company that is not located in China. Sucks when they send you a faulty light and you have to pay to return ship it for warranty repair, wait forever... Gay... If you do buy Chinese then buy a spare.

4) Run any purchase by us here BEFORE you pull the trigger. We can help you avoid the shit lights. The good LED lights for a 4x4 are going to run around $1000. You can get a good deal on some HLG 550's since they came out with a newer model. The 550 will rock a 4x4 area.
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For sure rn I have only a 2x4 grow tent I’ll be upgrading after a few grows to a 4x4. But I’ll definitely run it by everyone on here when I’m looking into a led grow light.
 
HydroKid239

HydroKid239

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MathewGrows said:
For sure rn I have only a 2x4 grow tent I’ll be upgrading after a few grows to a 4x4. But I’ll definitely run it by everyone on here when I’m looking into a led grow light.
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Be sure to type questions in the search bar. You’d be surprised how many threads you will find. Making new ones will only have ppl giving you a hard time. You may even walk away from it without a shred of useful info.
Regards.
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ilovereggae

ilovereggae

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couldn't remember the thread but here you go. looks like @sarahJane211 would be your best guide on this journey

making a solar powered battery set up to run a small grow room ???

I dunno about that, show me a link. 100ah, or 1000 ah? 6 x 330 = 1980 330w Solar panel $100 https://shopee.co.th/product/113036535/7431643759 100ah deep cycle battery $150 https://shopee.co.th/product/12941857/2320445867 A 12v 100ah battery stores 12x100 watts = 1,200w. A 330w solar panel...
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sarahJane211

sarahJane211

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A 100ah battery costs $150 and can run a HG240 lamp (good enough for a 2x4 tent) for 3 hours. (you can't empty the battery as it kills it)
A 330w panel costs $90 and will charge a 100ah battery in 1 day.
12hrs of LED light will need 4 solar panels ( 4x $90) and 4x 100ah (4x $150) batteries.
Chuck in $200 for the 3KVA hybrid inverter to run the system.
Total $1200

Here's 5x 330w panels I did earlier ....... they don't work in the rain (average production 140KwHr/month).
I don't use batteries, I drive my electric meter backwards, as long as the meter reader doesn't see it I'm OK.
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cherrybobeddie

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I live off the grid. I use gas, passive solar, big bank of LG Neon panels. My suggestion is that if you are hooked up to the grid then use that. If you don't envision a three payback then stick with the grid. To spend ie, $5000 to save $500 per year makes no sense.
 
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