About A Pound

[Laughing Grass]

Think the ramp up and down for the lights do anything? Guess it just doesn't jolt the electricity and equipment. Compared to 24....12/12.

probably not lol

 

[xox]

reframed and rebuilt this panel in my room yesterday, when i originally built my room i didn't know that the blower motor on the furnace behind this panel cant be lifted out it rolls out on a tray on the ground and a piece of the wall was in the way.

going to setup this light today

 

[xox]

sweet got it all setup holy shit its bright

 

[xox]

got things setup today fired up the co2 and the a/c. this light is interesting its much more yellow compared to the bright white from the quantum board on hlgs lights. i miss the dimmer on my old light it was analog and much more precise. this one does 1-10 my old dimmer was more like 0.1-10.0

 

[Laughing Grass]

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got things setup today fired up the co2 and the a/c. this light is interesting its much more yellow compared to the bright white from the quantum board on hlgs lights. i miss the dimmer on my old light it was analog and much more precise. this one does 1-10 my old dimmer was more like 0.1-10.0

Beast mode! Covers your entire tray

 

[Rocket Soul]

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got things setup today fired up the co2 and the a/c. this light is interesting its much more yellow compared to the bright white from the quantum board on hlgs lights. i miss the dimmer on my old light it was analog and much more precise. this one does 1-10 my old dimmer was more like 0.1-10.0

You can generally replace your dimmer, you just need access to the dimmer wires on the driver. But the 1-10 dimmer would generally be more reliable long term; its got 10x individual resistors rather than the stepless which has one variable which tends to get somewhat messed up with years of usage

 

[xox]

You can generally replace your dimmer, you just need access to the dimmer wires on the driver. But the 1-10 dimmer would generally be more reliable long term; its got 10x individual resistors rather than the stepless which has one variable which tends to get somewhat messed up with years of usage

yea it seems pretty strange vs the other light i got, the one from hlg is probably pretty straight forward you can easily access the wire for the dimmer the ac infinity one is strange it has this little electronic box with a screen that connects to each driver using a usb c cable im betting it must talk to a board inside the driver.

 

[Laughing Grass]

yea it seems pretty strange vs the other light i got, the one from hlg is probably pretty straight forward you can easily access the wire for the dimmer the ac infinity one is strange it has this little electronic box with a screen that connects to each driver using a usb c cable im betting it must talk to a board inside the driver.
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I have a couple spare aci controller 69 if you want one. It's the bluetooth version. I've switched mine all over to the wifi version.

 

[DCcan]

I have a couple spare aci controller 69 if you want one.

First a light, then a controller.
Couple fans, exhaust duct later, you add a pump, now you need an 8port controller with splitters.

 

[Laughing Grass]

First a light, then a controller.
Couple fans, exhaust duct later, you add a pump, now you need an 8port controller with splitters.

I’ve been sucked in!

 

[xox]

I have a couple spare aci controller 69 if you want one. It's the bluetooth version. I've switched mine all over to the wifi version.

i have the ai controller, with the ai controller does it do 0-100% dimming or something more precise?

 

[Laughing Grass]

i have the ai controller, with the ai controller does it do 0-100% dimming or something more precise?

No 10 steps with all the controllers unfortunately

 

[xox]

No 10 steps with all the controllers unfortunately

bummer i find it much more challenging dialling in my ppfd without an dimmer knob thats prolly the only thing ill have trouble with. ill likely turn the light up and then play with the height of the fixture to get what i need itll likely be more time consuming ill prolly start writing down the brightness level and the height of the fixture with the desired ppfd to speed things up. right now im at 250 ppfd, 24 inch distance, brightness level1

 

[Laughing Grass]

bummer i find it much more challenging dialling in my ppfd without an dimmer knob thats prolly the only thing ill have trouble with. ill likely turn the light up and then play with the height of the fixture to get what i need itll likely be more time consuming ill prolly start writing down the brightness level and the height of the fixture with the desired ppfd to speed things up. right now im at 250 ppfd, 24 inch distance, brightness level1

Since it's such a massive fixture I have it as high as I can get it in my tent and run the intensity a little higher until the plants get a little taller

 

[xox]

just occurred to me my pulse pro can do spectrum shots thought it might be fun to compare hlg to aci


below is aci note the lower blue spectrum

below is hlg note the higher blue spectrum

 

[Laughing Grass]

Looks like the aci is closer to the hlg X spectrum.

 

[Shane Karmann]

bummer i find it much more challenging dialling in my ppfd without an dimmer knob thats prolly the only thing ill have trouble with. ill likely turn the light up and then play with the height of the fixture to get what i need itll likely be more time consuming ill prolly start writing down the brightness level and the height of the fixture with the desired ppfd to speed things up. right now im at 250 ppfd, 24 inch distance, brightness level1

If you use an aci controller instead of the gadget that comes with it, you have direct control of your light brightness in the app:

 

[xox]

7 days 320 ppfd, brightness level 2 at 31" from canopy.

things are coming along clones starting to look healthy starting to take off im hoping to have them in larger 5 gallon bags in a week or two depending on size.

 

[xox]

really starting to take off feels like they doubled in size this week. still having some trouble getting used to this lamp burnt one a bit with the light dialed it back trying again at brightness 2 but hanging the fixture a bit higher trying to get the ppfd around 300

 

[Laughing Grass]

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really starting to take off feels like they doubled in size this week. still having some trouble getting used to this lamp burnt one a bit with the light dialed it back trying again at brightness 2 but hanging the fixture a bit higher trying to get the ppfd around 300

This will be fun. We're at the same stage.