XML 350 LED questions about height cooling etc

Hi guys I'm new to the forums here and I have a few questions about my grow setup. I started growing with the intent to grow just a few plants for me and a family members and had little interest in investing any real money. After I started reading about ph levels, growrooms, plant genetics etc I realized this was an art form that I wanted to know everything I could about. I got myself a nice little 4x4x7 grow tent and did some research before choosing an xml 350 from advanced led. I'm in the middle of my first grow using CFLs and my light will be here later on today and very excited about it, the problem is I don't know how to use it. so my questions are :
1. How far do I keep the light from my plants when using a full spectrum led?
2.can my seeds start with the veg lights on my led or is it too strong (should I use cfl for the seedlings for a few days)
3.when flowering do I use both flower and veg mode together or just the flower mode?
4.I notice some of the colas on my plant are being covered by leaves (after topping) should I trim these leaves so more light can get to the cola or will that be harmful in the flowering state?
5.I'm told my leds have some intensity dials up top that effect light intensity/color does anyone have some suggestions on how these should be set?
Thank you guys for taking time to read my questions and any help would be great.

Good Morning JJ. First Let Me Welcome You To The Wonderful World Of Growing With Led's
1-2) I Start My Led Out At 35 Inched From The Top Of My Res With 1 Bank Of Led's On Then In The 2nd Week Of Veg I Turn The 2nd Bank On Turning On The 3rd Full Power For Flower. I Leave Light Height Alone Untill My Lady Reaches 18 Inches From The Top.Then I Move It Back To 20 Inches
3) I Havent Seen How The Advance Led's Work However Assuming The Xml's Are For Veg And The Led Pods Are For Flowering.I Would Try Both Ways But I Belive The Xml's Would Provide Way Too Much Blue Again Something To Play Around With.
4) It Really Depends On Your Genetics.Mine Don't Like To Be Topped However I Do Trim Fan Leaves
5) I Don't Understand Intensity Dials I Never Want Less Power.No Matter How Many Banks I Have On I Want Full Power
This Should get Ya Started

I got the lights this morning and 2 panels don't work so sorta bummed out since plants are half in veg thanks for taking the time to answer my questions I will update. I'm hoping Kyle will fix my problem since 2/9 panels don't work and its a $1000 light.

I'm guessing this is not normal I know they have some leds that you can't see but this does not look right. The light is insanely bright and looks well built but half of it just does not work.

I had to wiggle a cord inside guy on phoned talked me through it and love it

The Dawg said:

Good Morning JJ. First Let Me Welcome You To The Wonderful World Of Growing With Led's
1-2) I Start My Led Out At 35 Inched From The Top Of My Res With 1 Bank Of Led's On Then In The 2nd Week Of Veg I Turn The 2nd Bank On Turning On The 3rd Full Power For Flower. I Leave Light Height Alone Untill My Lady Reaches 18 Inches From The Top.Then I Move It Back To 20 Inches
3) I Havent Seen How The Advance Led's Work However Assuming The Xml's Are For Veg And The Led Pods Are For Flowering.I Would Try Both Ways But I Belive The Xml's Would Provide Way Too Much Blue Again Something To Play Around With.
4) It Really Depends On Your Genetics.Mine Don't Like To Be Topped However I Do Trim Fan Leaves
5) I Don't Understand Intensity Dials I Never Want Less Power.No Matter How Many Banks I Have On I Want Full Power
This Should get Ya Started

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Thank you very much for taking the time to answer this I think for now I'm all set, by the way If I'm using fox farms trio with coco should I cut the nutes by 1/2 or what? I been told leds need less nutes

Ah You Had A Loose Driver Connection Glad Advanced Leds Took Care Of Ya. I've Never Used Coco So I Don't Know About Nute Up Take however I've Heard With Led's You Will Water Less.Let Me Know When You Start Your Journal And I Will Sub To It

Well I will start it tonight but there is not much to start since I made many mistakes and I will list them, but I have two healthy plants one is a girl for sure and not sure about the other. My next grow will be Grand Daddy Purp & super lemon haze and with the wealth of mistakes I made it should go much better. This grow was done with just CFL bulbs and bag seeds and half of them ended up deformed. And that would be great I will check out your grows as well thank you