Should I get a different Led light?

[dropinbiking]

The TS 2000? That's a nutty light. I can't even dream that big, I don't think I could grow weed deserving of that light.

[JDU]

I just plugged in my 2000. Mikey likes it!!!

[dropinbiking]

How fancy does it need to be? The most reliable I've used have been the mechanical style, 15 amp ones with half hour intervals. Not fancy but I've used them around the house for years with zero failure.

Can anyone recommend a RELIABLE timer I can use for the HLG550?

[Nute]

Pics from cola 28 days into flower under my
Mars sp250 this light is awesome

[dropinbiking]

I'm glad you made the switch. Can't lie, I have light envy. I almost pulled the trigger on another cheap $50 LED. But decided to wait and save. The TS 1000 is my next mile stone and that's final. I doubt you'll find any cons with that light. The ONLY potential con I've heard is that if you're foolish and keep a really hot grow tent, with very little airflow, and nothing blowing near the driver itself, you MAY experience premature driver failure. Any decent setup and that's completely out of the question.

Thank you all very much. I decided to get the HLG550 V2 R spec. I’m sick of looking at light specs and reviews and I’m just glad to have made a choice. Compared with the Viparspectra TC1350 (608 watts), it uses 20% less power (480 watts) puts out a lot more usable light (verified), puts out less heat, has better canopy penetration (reviews), has no cooling fans so it’s silent, and more. And I think I’ll get at least 20% greater yields with it. When I first got the TC1350 I was really happy with it but the more I read, and after seeing how much heat it puts out I decided to swap. At first it didn’t seem TOO noisy but after hanging out in the same room with it for a couple of days I feel like there’s a freeway outside. One thing I didn’t like about it is the display. It’s really nice but is VERY bright. A bright blue led stays on all the time and I think it puts out enough light to be a problem so you would have to put tape over it. Then I found out that when you interrupt power during the dark period the display comes back on for like a minute or longer and then goes back off. You’d have to put tape over that display too because it’s so bright that I could see it coming through the vents from the outside. I don’t want to pay $500 for a light and have to put tape on it. Don’t get me wrong though, I do think it’s a really good light and is the best light in its price range. I just need something higher performance. Does anyone have any negatives about the HLG?

4x4x8 Gorilla tent
HLG550 V2 R spec
Hydrofarm JetFan 6” in-line fan
Vortex Pro lite 6” carbon filter
2 Vivosun oscillating pole fans
Century 2 outlet digital timer for pole fans
5 gal nursery pots
Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil
Fox Farm nutrient trio

[Mrblu]

When trying to fill a space with light I tend to go with more led boards at slightly less watts spread out, instead of one big light that claims to cover a whole space.

[Obi-Wan]

I built this fixture using the boards and driver I referenced above for my 2x4 tent. Everything but the aluminum rails, screws, and eye bolts came from Amazon. The nice thing about this build is that it doesn’t require heat sinks for the boards. If you want I can give a parts list.

[homegrown]

YYCannabis has designed and built a Beautiful light system...check out his posts on it. AND check out his plants!! lol

[dropinbiking]

Not personally, but the shop I used to work at had a nice quantum board setup in the mixing room for colour sampling. It's just a basic LED board with a heatsink, externally mounted power source, and a way to hang it, not much to them really. You can get creative as you want with them. This was just a little 2"x2" board for looking at colour cards but damn was it some nice light.

Thanks you guys! Has anyone done a diy build of any high quality lights? Would love to get more info on recommend parts and where to source them from.

[BR2K]

Lol, dropinbiking, are we getting into a pissing contest here? I realize sellers are gonna bullsh*t...so heres some pics....First grow. Over a LB after drying....second grow..probably a pound and a half outta these crappy Vipers. How is your results with your mars lights?? curious..always looking to upgrade...

A friend with weed is a friend indeed...

[Obi-Wan]

If you’re up for doing a couple DIY fixtures you could do 2 fixtures using the HLG-QB132 v2 boards. 4 boards with the HLG-320H-2100a driver per fixture. It’ll cost about $300 per fixture and you can run each fixture as high as 300 watts or as low as 115 watts. The driver has built in dimming so no extra wiring beyond the boards and drivers. 8 total boards on 2 fixtures in a 4x4 would give you the best possible balance of intensity and spread. Unfortunately with quantum boards right now they’re only affordable if you build them yourself.

[Nute]

I own the Mars sp250 great light