Check out my thread bro I’m using screw in bulbs
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Yeah, sorry about that. I actually know that. Guess I was getting a little punchy. What I was thinking was which goes to the + and - on the DC side. But all I really have to do is plug the power board back into the emitter board. (DUH!!)
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I never realized that there was that much voltage going into those LED’s, but you’re right. I actually looked at the board and it showed 86v (or 96. Even with my glasses it was tough to read. will have to break out the mag glass I guess).
The question is, could one power board supply the amperage needed for multiple emitter boards?
I guess I will leave it up to better minds to figure out.
Here’s a question for you. In all of your small grow things (bucket, PC Case, etc) what was to lowest wattage you used for lights? Not being able to post for a day (newbie) and doing the F-Day thing made me rethink a bit. Maybe doing a “micro grow” for my sis and bro-in-law. Something self contained and “cat-proof”. Though, would this be better discussed in the other thread?
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I did. I thought about those when I first started, but went with a dual horizontal sockets when I got my 105w bulbs. Built a fixture out of half a piece of ducting from HD. Cost me $6 and a little bending, but it has worked out pretty good for now.
Never thought about these. I was thinking about the regular sockets to get as many in as small a space as possible, a row of 5 of these would be about 30" (giving a little space between them) would work but might be a little bulky
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those sockets aren’t bad, i use to use them for cfl builds of the past, cheap and they work. you could just mount them to a 1x2 frame and wire them out to a single cord.
As for the voltages and amperage, that was what i had measured, the stuff on the boards as far as im aware are more parts codes and such not wattages voltages or ratings
As for the one power board, well yes up to a couple but like i said your reducing the power by half (2 lights) then a third (three lights) but your overall wattage will still be the same “14w” so the only reason you would do so is if your wanting to spread out the light over a couple COB’s and or wanting to increase the efficiency slightly, in the end though your will just have the same amount of light that is coming out of a single bulb say split to three instead. Also getting a separate ballast to say power them all is gonna cost you more that what sockets and a couple more bulbs will cost. But in the case of spreading out the light, the smaller 8w bulbs are actually cheaper to buy even at 2x compared to a 14w at least for me.
Really there is no point in doing so, i have but definitely not needed and more expensive.
As for a micro grow, just pick up a small propagation tent you can find them in the 2x2x4 to 2x3x3 range, anything else would be custom built, aka ikea cabinets, old repurposed cabinets, pc cases ect. But the tents can be found for $40-100
As for the least amount of power so far 10w ina 1 gal protein container, fan included lol, sqft wise lowest amount i don’t actually know as im usually on the higher end of things with how i build and grow, but that 35-50w is a very safe area.
Also head over to @Kingaizen69 thread https://overgrow.com/t/low-watt-growing/11046 just for some inspiration, his first grow in years too 
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I’m all about the re-purpose. Why buy when you can reuse. They have a small apartment and a cat that gets into everything. Figure I would see about doing something for them. Gotta get some good Autos first and seed them. Me, personally, have an old Wardrobe that I want to do something with, probably for pollinating (really hate buying seeds and have had shite luck with cloning) plus I want to do some autos which I would go broke having to resupply.
So 4 or five would be good for a small cabinet? I know that’s what you used for the bucket.
I have and actually looked at getting one of the 7 in 1 things, but then my bro-in-law gave me the big photo bulbs and decided to go with a dual horizontal socket. Then use “y” splitter on each side when I switch to 2700K. Have started to read through it for tips, as well as a few others on another site, but it is long so it will take some time to get through.
Hopefully soon, I am going to start a new batch, some seeds I got from GPS. I am still trying to find a good strain for Arthritis and my back, so when they put up 4 four testing, one of which is supposedly high in CBD and good as anti-inflammatory, I did all I could to score some. I also figured that a Newbie perspective might be nice and hopefully get more folks in on it, so I am going to try to due a Grow Diary for it. Want to present it a not only for the strain, but as a “okay, here’s what I’m doing, tell me what I’m doing wrong” kind of thing. Maybe that will help out someone else that may be doing things wrong as well. Just have to wait until my CBD Hash is done. If I can scrounge up a pump, and can mount some lights in the wardrobe. I may start them out earlier in rock wool and the bucket cloner I want to put together. Will have to see.
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That’s what grow journals on here are for ;), show and learn as you go.
As for the bucket i was running 4 of the 8w bulbs, had more later but essential added 2 bulbs worth of light to the sides, which i wouldn’t do again.
But cabneit wise, how ever many bulbs your need to fit that 35-50w a sqft.
As for the auto seeds, yeah find some strains you like and make some fem seeds from them, i recommend sweet seeds, mephisto, and some fastbuds stuff with my limited testing of there genetics to start with.
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Small micro style grows might well be your best bet in terms of cheap lighting bro. There is no really cheap way to artificially light a large(ish) space, enough for decent bud production anyway. My other half has a Dinafem - OG kush Auto CBD just starting to flower, we’re hoping it works well as a pain killer. Good luck pal, hope you find the right strain 
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The cheapest way… freebeies!!! lol
Kidding, but not totally. I have been fortunate. I got two really good 6500K 105W CFL’s from my brother-in-law (a Photographer). They were too harsh for him and he couldn’t take them back. Then our local 99 cent store started carrying 45W 2700K CFL’s for either 99 cents each, so I grabbed about a dozen of them, a few at a time when I had a few bucks. I made my light fixture out of a $5 half piece of duct and a $5 dual socket light. Found an old extension cord for it and Bob’s your uncle. Found an old lighting timer in a drawer. The Killer has been the seeds and Nutes. Seeds I just picked up when they would be on sale and nutes I used some I had until I got a few bucks to buy online.
I started with an Auto Industrial Plant CBD from Dinafem. It was okay but I got about an ounce from the first, tried to CS the second for pollen (got a little but not much) and tried to pollinate the some of the third, which didn’t get me any seeds or much bud. Decided to go to Photo for now so I could clone (don’t get me started on that) and I did get one from Seedsman, CBD Hash. It is supposed to due well for arthritis and inflammation. About half way through flower now. We’ll see.
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That had to cost a small fortune. Gotta be huge as well
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Shout out to sungod x shroomgod collab
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I forgot to ask you, with the power boards, did you send them to a terminal connector and then bring the cord to that or splice them directly onto the cord?
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i brought the power cord and the powerboards to a terminal strip as it just easier that way and you can remove the power cord other wise.
But the ac side of the light power boards were wired together in parallel in sets of 2, just cause i already had them that way from the previous bucket.
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These would probably do the trick. I’d just screw em into a peice of wood.
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Yes, Someone else had shown me those. They are actually better than the ones I would have used. The only thing I can see with these is that you would either have to run all of your wires on the front or drill one hole on either side to bring the wires to the back. Definitely doable.
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I’d just wire them in the front. If I was to do something else with them bc I was paranoid. I’d drill 1" holes (or w/e width the long socket part is) and install them backwards. Drilling the screws down the opposite direction. That’s a lot of work though for maybe a little protection from water? I mean the wires aren’t going to fall out so don’t see why else you’d do that. And if you’re getting water on you’re lights never ever get a hps/mh. Boom lol
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Never thought of that. It would have to be thin wood, though.
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