Hello, i am un-hijacking alohamahalo's thread http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-li...ed-lights.html and starting a new one here. I plan to make three units, 2 -50w units(roughly) and 1 40w unit(roughly). utilizing LEDengin 5w 660nm for the 40w and a combo of 5w 460 and 660 for the veg lights.

Plan is to use {http://reefledlights.com/shop/mean-well-lpc-60-1050} (mean well lpc 60-1050) to run the emitters. I'm finding out at the moment whether or not i have i utilize all of the available power or not, but, i did finally find out that driver automatically sense the voltage required per string, and as long as its within spec, everything is adjusted automatically, heck yes.

I'll be going with the LZ1 series of emitters LedEngin, and i notice that the 460 comes in two variations, the "blue" and the "dental blue". The light output is measured differently, radiant and luminous, i'm familiar with luminous, but not sure how radiant flux is measured. so, i see that the "blue" is very low, and i understand this is measured in how bright it is to human eyes(lumens) and not plants, but, the rating is still horribly low..(for "blue") So, "dental blue" and "blue" outputting the same exact light frequency(nm/wavelength) does anyone know what the difference is?

so, i know, find the Vf of the emitters, might as well use highest rating, and put the strings within spec, and keep the number of strings under the rated max wattage output. So, one question is it more efficient to run higher voltage/larger strings or a larger number of small strings?

other than that, does it look like i have any wholes here?(am i missing anything)

peaces
Wav3F0rm Reviewed by Wav3F0rm on . Checking over my DIY LED plan Hello, i am un-hijacking alohamahalo's thread http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-lighting/193947-help-home-made-led-lights.html and starting a new one here. I plan to make three units, 2 -50w units(roughly) and 1 40w unit(roughly). utilizing LEDengin 5w 660nm for the 40w and a combo of 5w 460 and 660 for the veg lights. Plan is to use {http://reefledlights.com/shop/mean-well-lpc-60-1050} (mean well lpc 60-1050) to run the emitters. I'm finding out at the moment whether or not i have i Rating: 5