LED recommendations for an 8x20

[Thegrowguyapple]

Who builds leds or can help me for a 8 x 20 flower room

[ReikoX]

8x20 is a big room, LEDs would require a minimum of 35 watts per square foot. At 160 square feet, you are looking at a minimum of 5,6000 watts. Even a cheap DIY solution is going to cost at least $1 a watt. Not to mention cooling and dehumidification. That’s way above my pay grade.

[99PerCent]

@ReikoX

35 watts per square foot

I wonder if @Baudelaire wouldn’t like a chance to comment on such a large scale op.

[Thegrowguyapple]

Oh really ok the canopy would be like 4 x 16

[Muleskinner]

Do we have a budget? Do you want DIY or store-bought? 4 of these would be nice - “only” $1.70 per watt:

https://fluence.science/store/vypr-series/vyprx-plus/

[ReikoX]

That’s definitely what I would run if I were doing a large commercial operation.

[Baudelaire]

@ReikoX

Even a cheap DIY solution is going to cost at least $1 a watt. Not to mention cooling and dehumidification.

SolStix racks could light that space for $1/watt. We’re done several large rooms lately with the racks. Very versatile in terms of expansion. 20 six-strip racks run off of 10 HLG 480w drivers would light it nicely.

-b420

[ReikoX]

@Baudelaire

SolStix racks could light that space for $1/watt. We’re done several large rooms lately with the racks. Very versatile in terms of expansion. 20 six-strip racks run off of 10 HLG 480w drivers would light it nicely.

-b420

There you have it @Thegrowguyapple, right from the man himself.

[Thegrowguyapple]

Very cool thank you @ReikoX

[Thegrowguyapple]

How many watts would it be

[Thegrowguyapple]

@Baudelaire how many watts

[anon58740919]

You would need around 80 strips for 4x16ft to be driven at circa the 30w a strip mark so around 2400w of solstrips powered by 8 hlg320h 24a drivers would be my recommendation bro

[Thegrowguyapple]

@anon58740919 thank you ill look in to it

[Jellypowered]

@Colanoscopy

would be my recommendation bro

Basically making 8 of my setups.

[anon58740919]

Yeah just a small thing lol

[Jellypowered]

Got a guy in the discord chat who is growing in a 5x5 with rigid strips, scrog, pulled almost 4lbs. I’ll see if I can dig up his info.

Samsung F564B Linear Strip Build

Cliff Notes:

@Takeshy

These LED’s are great! I did 1763g with 900W, that’s 1.9g/w!
This was my 2nd grow. I still have much to learn.
Definitely 900W is too much, plants suffered from light stress. I will dimm it to 750W in my next grow and maybe buy a PAR meter.
36 x LM561C F Series Gen3 F564B Linear Strip 3000K 80CRI
3 x Mean Well HLG-320H-48A

That’s 12 strips per driver, 25w per strip. Pretty damn efficient.

[Thegrowguyapple]

That looks good @Jellypowered

[Thegrowguyapple]

Is the viper better than the spyder

[G-paS]

@Thegrowguyapple

Is the viper better than the spyder

I WANTED THE SPYDER WHEN I SAW IT IN MY GROW SHOP (SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS BUT MY’PUTER ISN’T RECONIZING LETTERS IN SMALL)

[Muleskinner]

they’re the same efficiency, just different designs. The Spyder is designed to operate closer to the canopy, the Vyper has to be higher up. Vyper’s beam angle is pretty wide though, it should be fine within a couple feet of the canopy.