Hi guys,
wondering if anyone has seen the new heliospectra LX601?
questions were:
-how loud is the fan? I would bet it's an axial fan so it would be quiet.. but not sure
-can you program for say.. to run far red after turning other lights off? like a modified 12 /12 or whatever you run in flower..
costs are very high, but growershop has them pretty cheap, and they run 600 watt which I think is nice. price not so much..
I think the old website introducing it, said they had power up from 50% over the L4A ???
I was hoping one shot would have some info for us? or anyone who has seen one or can tell us more if they've contacted the company.. we do know they "secretly work with growers to obtain feedback" so this should help us as they tested lamps and tweaked before production.
I would hope in the future they will sell an updated plate to change out old LED like every 3 year.. as I'm not sure what LED they are running, but I'm sure the white as not as efficient when they were developing.. a problem to this could be how it's wired up and sizing new chips they all fluctuate, which I think any LED panel has to upgrade-a-bility as you might need new driver or such.. it's impossible to predict that you can upgrade a LED just by changing out the LED's.. it's why I think hydrogrow has not done so yet with cobb or name brand LED.. they might not be able to without changing all drivers.
anyways, let get some info going, as I think they look very nice in the fact of: no DIY / computer controlled / quality parts / no switching lamps / can be used small or larger area..
^ these are what I'm finding to DIY is not so nice.. #1 being look factor.. DIY are ugly. #2 most don't use dimmers. #3 DIY are more built to the actual room, but what if you change plan, you have to change the whole setup or add or subtract. #4 most don't build with a idea of veg or flower ( I am under the impression you can still tweak them to perform better or worse, and two spectra really need to be implemented ). #5 safety of electrical factor when DIY. #6 bitch hanging more then one "unit" making raising all bars worse then one unit, trying to balance them evenly also ( but this can work to advantage if not running clone as plants will vary height unless scrog
the helio is bad because. #1 price. #2 layout, that small a box for 600 watts !!! . #3 kinda not simple to control with the software. #4 who knows what chips and upgrade path looks nil. #5 thing I don't like is cutting out UV bands.. I guess it's a more consumer thing but I guess we trust they tested and it didn't make much a difference to growing pot??. #6 would be they have some testing done which DIY has not been so much compared to people who work is testing spectrum and comparing ( but we could take this to apply to DIY, but considering DIY are turning cobb the color is of no use )
guess I'm hoping someone has a helio vs. gavita run for us in the future.
all I found was some guy growing peppers, but not sure if he changed panel in other room to a higher version, and his helio is not running full power.. so .. but it gives a good glimpse as he's running a 4 foot 7 inch tent, which is pretty massive to such a small panel size, and the plants do look better under the helio, here's the LINK
I'm just wondering as I'm tired of DIY and switching to a more simple setup at the cost of some efficiency looks very appealing.. I want to get more organized and not be running 8 different LED panels, also the thought of upgrading the DIY panels is no fun..
wondering if anyone has seen the new heliospectra LX601?
questions were:
-how loud is the fan? I would bet it's an axial fan so it would be quiet.. but not sure
-can you program for say.. to run far red after turning other lights off? like a modified 12 /12 or whatever you run in flower..
costs are very high, but growershop has them pretty cheap, and they run 600 watt which I think is nice. price not so much..
I think the old website introducing it, said they had power up from 50% over the L4A ???
I was hoping one shot would have some info for us? or anyone who has seen one or can tell us more if they've contacted the company.. we do know they "secretly work with growers to obtain feedback" so this should help us as they tested lamps and tweaked before production.
I would hope in the future they will sell an updated plate to change out old LED like every 3 year.. as I'm not sure what LED they are running, but I'm sure the white as not as efficient when they were developing.. a problem to this could be how it's wired up and sizing new chips they all fluctuate, which I think any LED panel has to upgrade-a-bility as you might need new driver or such.. it's impossible to predict that you can upgrade a LED just by changing out the LED's.. it's why I think hydrogrow has not done so yet with cobb or name brand LED.. they might not be able to without changing all drivers.
anyways, let get some info going, as I think they look very nice in the fact of: no DIY / computer controlled / quality parts / no switching lamps / can be used small or larger area..
^ these are what I'm finding to DIY is not so nice.. #1 being look factor.. DIY are ugly. #2 most don't use dimmers. #3 DIY are more built to the actual room, but what if you change plan, you have to change the whole setup or add or subtract. #4 most don't build with a idea of veg or flower ( I am under the impression you can still tweak them to perform better or worse, and two spectra really need to be implemented ). #5 safety of electrical factor when DIY. #6 bitch hanging more then one "unit" making raising all bars worse then one unit, trying to balance them evenly also ( but this can work to advantage if not running clone as plants will vary height unless scrog
the helio is bad because. #1 price. #2 layout, that small a box for 600 watts !!! . #3 kinda not simple to control with the software. #4 who knows what chips and upgrade path looks nil. #5 thing I don't like is cutting out UV bands.. I guess it's a more consumer thing but I guess we trust they tested and it didn't make much a difference to growing pot??. #6 would be they have some testing done which DIY has not been so much compared to people who work is testing spectrum and comparing ( but we could take this to apply to DIY, but considering DIY are turning cobb the color is of no use )
guess I'm hoping someone has a helio vs. gavita run for us in the future.
all I found was some guy growing peppers, but not sure if he changed panel in other room to a higher version, and his helio is not running full power.. so .. but it gives a good glimpse as he's running a 4 foot 7 inch tent, which is pretty massive to such a small panel size, and the plants do look better under the helio, here's the LINK
I'm just wondering as I'm tired of DIY and switching to a more simple setup at the cost of some efficiency looks very appealing.. I want to get more organized and not be running 8 different LED panels, also the thought of upgrading the DIY panels is no fun..