Indoor Distance grow 2.0: A Mephisto AutoPot saga

[Froot n Fuel]

that looks like a lot of light bro! great job
that's a crazy big upgrade mate. so these are being imported? will you get slapped with import fees and stuff? trying to figure out if a smaller kit would be a decent option for me too.

 

[Chronic_passion]

Thanks Froot, it's a beast huh! Super excited...

I guess there's import tax to pay... I hope the customs man is nice to me.
RapidLED didn't mention what they'd put on the package as a value. Watch this space... I'll get slapped with 20% VAT and 3.5% UK Duty no doubt!It's already been shipped so I'll let you know by the weekend I guess?

 

[Froot n Fuel]

can't wait to see them mate they look very impressive

 

[Chronic_passion]

Me too... here comes the torturous part though... I'm overseas until April17th!

 

[Froot n Fuel]

oh man i'd explode from the anticipation

you will have to wait until then to get 'em set up?

 

[Chronic_passion]

oh man i'd explode from the anticipation

you will have to wait until then to get 'em set up?

I know right! Sucks to be me... well, until April

 

[Chronic_passion]

Day [HASHTAG]#46[/HASHTAG]...

 

[Slater]

You know how I just said I wasn't in any rush....

Well...

Seconds after I posted my last post I got an email from RapidLED. Heart rate increased with excitement and... 10% discount off my order. So I bit the bullet...



On it's way to me from the sunny San Francisco is...

drum roll please...

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ChilLED Logic 4' x 4' LED Grow kit
comprising of:​

8 x ChilLED Logic Pucks V2 (LM301B) mix of 3k, 4k & reds.
8 x 140mm pin heatsinks
2 x MeanWell HLG-320H-C1750B drivers
8 x Thermal pads
2 x Cased potentiometer's with knobs
2 x Power cords
14 x WAGO connectors
20' (each) 18 AWG solid core red and black wire
1 x Canopy substrate with 41" rail sets, 2 x driver mounts and hanging kit.



I know some of you are probably laughing at me right now, at how keen I must be... and to be fair I'm laughing with you.... but with excitement and anticipation.


First things first... Lets say a HUGE thank you to @Slater for recommending them and bringing them to my attention.

I decided on this rig for many reasons, of which I'll simply list rather than explain in detail:

1. @Slater recommended them (have you seen his grows!).
2. Growmau5 developed them.
3. They comprise of a mix of Samsung 3k and 4k LM301B diodes with added 660nm deep reds. Overall temp is 3060K.
4. Efficacy is stated at 2.35 Umol/J. Migro tested it and came in at 2.07 at 100W and 2.16 at 60W. 8 run on 2 HLG-320 drivers should be 75W so around 2.1.
5. 8 spread out over the frame will give the spread I was after and hopefully much deeper penetration .
6. With the discount I managed to get them at £100 over my budget but compared to the QB96's I get waaaaaaaaay more.

So that's it peeps.... Next Mephisto is gonna be interesting!

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[Chronic_passion]

Day [HASHTAG]#47[/HASHTAG] & [HASHTAG]#48[/HASHTAG]...
The girls are at that stage where daily growth isn't that noticable... just slowly packing on the weight

 

[Chronic_passion]

Day [HASHTAG]#49[/HASHTAG]... start of week 7
Top up of the res last night by my garden carer. Two 10ltr buckets with the following nutes in each:
1ml DripClean
10ml CX Regen-a-root
10ml Canna CalMag
20ml Canna coco A
20ml Canna coco B
20ml CX MightyBloom
pH5.9, EC2.3, RH47% and temps at 27C.
Quick defoliation and some pics sent my way.

CDLC#1

Whole tent overview

TD#2

FE

CDLC#2

TD#1

Looking at the VPD chart, I'm a little outside the optimum range with heat and RH so I'l ask my garden carer to reduce temps down to 25C next time they're in there.
Girls are looking good though. Well impressed how they've turned out this run.
I also got an email stating my new ChilLED Tech Logic Puck v2 kit is at Heathrow. Hopefully we'll get an answer on the import duty by Monday... I fear the worst! LOL