Lighting Help Me Pick My Light for $200

[Lysergik_kid]

Hi everyone, I'm looking to pick the best light for the dollar. My setup is a closet where I will be growing 2 plants... LED is preferred but HPS would be alright too.. I'll have an Inline fan that I could use if heat is an issue... I was planning on getting 2 Mars Hydro 300 LED on ebay (137.99) But would like to see what you guys think would be the best for 2 plants.

Thanks!

 

[KonopCh]

2x Vero 29 68V is 60 bucks. MW driver (1.4A or 1.75A) is 55 bucks. Heatsink is 20 bucks. So with all wires, one fan and hangers, maybe at 160-170 bucks. 30.000 lumens or more. More than 50% efficient. Best buy for your money at this time.

 

[Lysergik_kid]

2x Vero 29 68V is 60 bucks. MW driver (1.4A or 1.75A) is 55 bucks. Heatsink is 20 bucks. So with all wires, one fan and hangers, maybe at 160-170 bucks. 30.000 lumens or more. More than 50% efficient. Best buy for your money at this time.

Is there a guide on wiring this together? I have decent soldering skills but I would need to know how to wire the thing.. So this would be more light than 2x 300 mars hydro (the 70 dollar one)

 

[kkeniff]

Thats easy..1000w dimmable/digital...best bang for yur buck.if your electric isnt too high where yur at.you will pay close to $1000 to get a led that stands up to it.and thats 140,000 lumens....

 

[KonopCh]

Is there a guide on wiring this together? I have decent soldering skills but I would need to know how to wire the thing.. So this would be more light than 2x 300 mars hydro (the 70 dollar one)

Yes, look at DIY section.
Basicaly there's only 2 wires from driver to COBs and two from driver to power cord. Red to red, black to black. One to plus, one to minus.

 

[KonopCh]

Thats easy..1000w dimmable/digital...best bang for yur buck.if your electric isnt too high where yur at.you will pay close to $1000 to get a led that stands up to it.and thats 140,000 lumens....

Yea, 140 000 lumens with 700 heat watts. Then you need air cooler, exhaust fan, ducting etc...
Not to mention poor veg spectrum of HPS.

 

[kkeniff]

No u run dual spectrum bulbs.i got them there a dream.n he already said he had inline fan.idh ducting or inline fan...2k lights and an ac.

 

[kkeniff]

All that wrk for a sub par light is crazy but good luck on whatever u choose bud.1000w also only cost $150(cheaper)and u just plug it in.....i cud c if wrking/building makes yur bill cheaper(which it doesnt) but working harder to hav less is not my style

 

[kkeniff]

no offense to knoop n if yur in uk where electric is issue then mayb thats a good choice.in us.....cobs aint shit yet.just cause of what u need to build an equivalent to 1000hps.u said it cost $170ish to get 30k lumens...so thats $850 to make where it to my light..only cost me $12 a month to run

 

[kkeniff]

o and a digital/dimmable ballast runs both mh and hps bulbs so thats not true either..check them out.no switchs to remember.the ballasts recognizes the differnt