Being a straggler has its benefitsI've got the same Mars light. After about 10 months of continuous use it has 4 burnt out diodes. Another year and I'll be ready to use the frame and diy something. Cost is usually my limiting factor so I wait for the next generation and buy clearance.
THIS is what I was looking for!! Thanks
Oh...sorry. I didn't mean for that to sound like I had made the switch already. I'm saving my pennies to get a tent full of autocobs.
Wash your mouth out with soap . I've got $2000.00 invested in 5 Lumini 450 s I'm trying to peddle .
Its old tech these days (sounds weird to say). Cobs are way better because they have a spectrum closer to what the sun puts out, at a much lower wattage. My mars pull a little less than 600 watts from the wall....a set of the autocobs will pull about 210 watts, and the plants seem to love them, from what I've seen. On top of all that...the autocobs cool passively (using just heat sinks, no fans)....if a fan dies on my light, it will burn itself out in probably less than an hour....
Do you need a driver for each light or does one do the trick ??Hey,
No I don't think so, it is a constantly evolving thing though. Comparing the units from every year or so there is a considerable difference! I am no expert and this is just opinion but I think the cobs are really the thing I have been waiting for. I bought a few blackstar clones and have never really been happy with them, they are like smaller versions of the big Mars lights we have been talking about. I like the white light and spectrum they produce but I love the modular way that the "autocobs" are. That is real flexibility. I guess time will tell as far as how they produce. One thing for sure they will cost a lot less to run than my HID stuff! Here is a picture of my current setup with the cobs. Those are t5s in each corner, sunblasters with the nano reflectors.
