Sure thing! What are you growing? the type of plant and size of your grow space are pretty big variables in picking out the wattage and color temperature for your light. These LED modules are a big improvement over the old CREE lights, and they are quite a bit cheaper as well. You just need to select the color profile for your plant. A blend of higher CCT (5000K - 6500K) and lower CCT (2700K - 3500K) is usually a good idea, with more high CCT used for vegetative plants and more low CCT used for fruiting plants. LEDs: www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/samsung-semiconductor-inc/SPHWH2L3D30ED4RTM3/1510-1799-1-ND/6569457 The power supply will constrain the number of LEDs you need. For this video, I used an IDLC-25-700, which only supplies about 22W of light to the LEDs. That's not enough for a big healthy plant usually, especially if it produces flowers or fruit. you'll likely need something like this: Power Supply: www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/mean-well-usa-inc/XLG-75-H-A/1866-5628-ND/10129176 Note that those Samsung LEDs have a MAX stable current tolerance of 1.4A, which is what this driver supplies, so it might be a good idea to buy twice as many lights and run them in parallel, which will maintain the same voltage over each line, but cut the current in half. When you string up LEDs in parallel, it's also important to make sure that you have the same number of EACH color in each parallel line. circuits wired in parallel always have the same overall voltage drop, but some different LED colors require different voltage drops for a specified current. All that means is that if you have different ratios of different colored lights wired in parallel, one or more of the lines might not turn on at all, while the ones that do will have more current than they should.

@@autumnmaticcreations62 Thank you for the reply man! Your a legend... I am not growing at the moment but im looking to maybe try out my hand in growing lol... for this set up what you have provided me... What strain is best adapted to the lighting spectrum?

@@alionofengland4059 For my PC grow I grew Dwarf Lowflyer from Crop King Seeds. I believe I used straight 3500K LEDs from Samsung for that one since it basically flowers immediately after the seedlings stage (about two weeks in)

@@autumnmaticcreations62 i have read alot about the dwarf auto strains and using alot of them for SOG set up... What are your suggestions on a 6ftx4ft space filled with dwarf autos?

@@alionofengland4059 oof that's a lot of space. As long as you can water them I don't see a problem. They need very little maintenance and virtually no pruning.

I totally agree. I especially appreciate the absence of distracting background music. Kudos to you!.

Just saw some in Home Depot the other day, I'm like huh, what's that doing here? Well now I know!

😂

a true rarity

you do realize that led grows are not just for pot...lol

Hahaha

@@davidfailing6631 you dont say?

On the way! 👌👌👌

Lol just thinking the same thing. I'm an electronic tech since '83 and a chronic since '74. ✌. Just put up a diy grow bar myself on my weed channel. Check it out.

Ummmm growmau5............visit his channel ....he was one of the founders of bringing DIY led and weed to the masses.

You will be "excited" when your house is in flames too! You can't even spell much less make a light

Gotchu fam

@@autumnmaticcreations62 it really is well done. You wouldn't be a poor student if you could build grow lights for dc off grid systems. The demand is huge and the supply is nil. Put together some plug and go systems for direct alligator clip to a 12v system and mark up parts and give yourself 30- 40 an hour and you wont be broke long.

Hello there, do you have an video on how you did that? Sounds interesting... wouldt like to know more about it..

They are very bright 🙃 I grew my first cannabis plant with fourteen I think.

@@autumnmaticcreations62 that's kool asf ,thanks for sharing your knowledge I'm definitely go to try to make my own lights for my next grow👍

Thrifty engineering = happy engineering

@Glory to God then test both

@Glory to God you seem knowledgeable. So let me ask you this, what kinda percentage impact does water have on a lights par and ppf? I'm asking as I want to calculate fall off at varying heights in my aquarium but obviously measuring these values under water is problematic. And par is good because it will give you a good indication of a lights overall potential when combined with the data on colour spectrum for the led

@Glory to God read this just now. www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/par-readings-through-air-and-water.33214/page-2

You got 'er, my man

'Afternoon, friend! Things have been slowing down a bit and I'm thinking of getting back into this channel. So the question is, what would you like to see next? 😁

Knowledge is power, Thomas m'boy

look for cxa2530 on aliexpress, they are still on of the best and cost only 5 bucks per led, you can drive them 30-40 watts a piece.

And you will be really high when all your stash is burning with your house, just pay the extra $20 bucks and grow, wow!

Hey Andrii, I didn't measure the temperature. It did get pretty hot at equilibrium (probably between 60 - 70 degrees Celsius), which reduces the efficiency of the lights a bit. Cree's and Samsung's 3535 LEDs are tough though, they should still last a long time even when they're running hot.

Thanks! Unless your lights are going to be in the splash zone, I would not worry about water too much. If you want to err on the side of caution, you could look into silicone sealing spray - just make sure it can handle high temperatures. Anything rated for outdoor use should be fine.

I've read lots of info on grow lights and have drawn the conclusion that all these magenta "grow lights" are pointless, so just good white leds are fine. I go with high-CRI LEDs as my grow lights are used only in spring and in the remaining time double as work lights. Don't know if you find this useful but in any case, wish you luck.