So, looking all over this forum and a few others, it seems like there have been multiple methods for people to rig up better lighting on their edge. I have seen people do their own custom wired cree leds, or other led kits, a 50/50 pc attached to the light bar, replacing the mr11s with mr11 leds, or even mr16 led retrofit.
I am curious what recommendations people would have for someone who has 0 soldering experience? Thats not to say I'm opposed to learning, but I will have to go buy a soldering kit in addition to whatever led kit I would have to get to retrofit. Im decently "techy" in terms of computer hardware, I just have never actually soldered.
I've also been looking at either just replacing the stock mr11 halogens with two mr11 leds (these http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002L2AIIE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A325274ZEF9XYZ) or converting the bar to mr16 and getting some higher output leds. In addition, I could maybe run 4-5 of the TrueLumen led strips (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XXEBRO/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER and http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XXAM3G/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER) as a moonlight and just general supplementation. Does anyone have experience with the truelumen led strips? Would mr11s or mr16s with 5 or so of those led strips be enough to grow maybe the easier sps and most lps? This setup would cost me $75-$100.
Offcourse I have also been thinking about just going with the Ultrabrite 9w system (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fluval-Edge...934?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c28a41fa6) but I'm not sure if it would be worth the money, and if the 9w would even be enough for sps.
Thank you in advance!
I am curious what recommendations people would have for someone who has 0 soldering experience? Thats not to say I'm opposed to learning, but I will have to go buy a soldering kit in addition to whatever led kit I would have to get to retrofit. Im decently "techy" in terms of computer hardware, I just have never actually soldered.
I've also been looking at either just replacing the stock mr11 halogens with two mr11 leds (these http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002L2AIIE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A325274ZEF9XYZ) or converting the bar to mr16 and getting some higher output leds. In addition, I could maybe run 4-5 of the TrueLumen led strips (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XXEBRO/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER and http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XXAM3G/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER) as a moonlight and just general supplementation. Does anyone have experience with the truelumen led strips? Would mr11s or mr16s with 5 or so of those led strips be enough to grow maybe the easier sps and most lps? This setup would cost me $75-$100.
Offcourse I have also been thinking about just going with the Ultrabrite 9w system (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fluval-Edge...934?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c28a41fa6) but I'm not sure if it would be worth the money, and if the 9w would even be enough for sps.
Thank you in advance!
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