Kindbud meets the HLG 600r spec!

[Jpkindbud]

Good morning all! And welcome to the first installment of kindbud and the HLG 600 r spec quantum board panel light fixture!

I received my package on Friday afternoon, handed to me by my normal UPS driver. Package is unblemished. Pic shows back cuz shipping tag has address on it. Nicely packaged with no wiggleroom inside thanks to packing foam.

Inside box is very nice, has a handle and labeled specs on the box. I will not measure panel to check their dimensions as I trust they made it to match. Inside the interior box is the gem! Upon opening the inside box I am dazzled by the quality and the sweet red color.

This unit is sweet! Very nice construction! Touching the panel board itself I notice the finish feels like rhino lining, the hard impermeable finish you find in high end truck beds… capable of withstanding a great amount of damage(which it will never see). Noticed that it has a different driver than meanwell… bothers me not as they know what they’re doing at HLG.

Package included wire hangers and ratchet hangers, HLG sticker, and a manual, all neatly stored in their own package.

Stay tuned for unboxing and install part 2

 

[Jpkindbud]

Upon further inspection of the ratchet hangers I noticed the inner workings are metal! Wow, never seen metal gears and levers in my other hangers! Nice quality but still smoother action than the others I have!

back to the light for a moment. The unit comes installed with a manual driver. Nice knob and smooth action. 10 “clicks” in its range… off to full throttle. I assume it is 10%increase per position. I did notice while inspecting that the dimmer box was affixed with double sided adhesive film that no longer has “sticky” to it. This will not affect the operation in the least and cannot move much further from the position it’s in due to the excellent wiring job done by the assembly team.

on to installation!

the wire hangers are a touch long for my installation and growing style so… I removed the carabiner clips from the wire hangers and installed them directly in the hanger holes in the panel. Noticing that the board was finished after mounting holes were drilled, very nice!

my iPhone doesn’t show the subtle changes in intensity of light. First pic is “10%” last pic is full on…

Also the iPhone doesn’t show the true brightness of the unit. It is blinding. Definite upgrade from the 3 smaller units it replaced. Installation also tidied up my wiring going to the power strip… bonus!

well, that’s it for now. Will get to testing the light with my photone app after it is calibrated to the 600r, mid morning to afternoon. STAY TUNED!

 

[NORBY]

Front row for this
Good luck on your new light, the 650 R is a rocking light.
Hlgs Rep is a cool guy too if you need any advise from him he always more than happy to help.

 

[NORBY]

Love the red on the back, is that one of the upgraded models of the R specs.

 

[Jpkindbud]

Tha

Love the red on the back, is that one of the upgraded models of the R specs.

Thanks for stopping in @Born slippy , it is definitely a excellent piece! Got some autocreepers, jeano’s , and beaver genetics mobstars dream going under it very soon!

 

[NORBY]

Tha

Thanks for stopping in @Born slippy , it is definitely a excellent piece! Got some autocreepers, jeano’s , and beaver genetics mobstars dream going under it very soon!

Looking forward to this mate,
Well built for sure, I bought 2 extra rachet straps tho as would rather the weight was equally distributed on 4 ropes rather than the 2
So ratchets can hang off 2 ceiling bars instead of 1 if you know what I mean.
Keeper lit mate

 

[Jpkindbud]

Looking forward to this mate,
Well built for sure, I bought 2 extra rachet straps tho as would rather the weight was equally distributed on 4 ropes rather than the 2
So ratchets can hang off 2 ceiling bars instead of 1 if you know what I mean.
Keeper lit mate

Did the same, removed 2 kingbrite qb288 240w units and a mars hydro ts600. So had a lot of ratchet hangers laying around… maybe I’ll hang my oscillating fan to maximize floor space!

 

[Jpkindbud]

Cleaned the tent today in prep for transplants. Vacuumed, and wiped down with anti-microbial wipes used for cleaning tattoo surfaces. Should do the trick… then noticed it left a haze on the walls and floor so used a glass cleaner for haze removal. I also hung a small clip fan near back corner of the 600r as per Hlg hanging instructions in their manual. This is to provide cooling to the driver directly, lengthening driver life and reliability. It is plugged into the timer that feeds the light so when light is off the fan goes off as well. Also finally got to inspect the dark spots on the liner of the tent floor. Seems if you go cheap you should expect some flaws. It’s a 4x4x 80” YINTATECH. Seems when I had a bout of high rh the plastic covering on the liner separated from the matte creating the dark spots. No mold but rubbed it down anyways. Still getting my floor plan together as I have 4 auto seedlings ready and three germinating. May have to run one of my tests in the photo tent.

New sticker installed over the old sticker. Man that 600r looks good in there. Think I will install the fan from the ceiling! @Les @HLG wont be long before she’ll be over plants. On a different note… tried to check ppfd with my photone app…even after calibration the app didn’t read right. We will trust your factory measurements (stupid app)!

 

[Jpkindbud]

Cleaned the tent today in prep for transplants. Vacuumed, and wiped down with anti-microbial wipes used for cleaning tattoo surfaces. Should do the trick… then noticed it left a haze on the walls and floor so used a glass cleaner for haze removal. I also hung a small clip fan near back corner of the 600r as per Hlg hanging instructions in their manual. This is to provide cooling to the driver directly, lengthening driver life and reliability. It is plugged into the timer that feeds the light so when light is off the fan goes off as well. Also finally got to inspect the dark spots on the liner of the tent floor. Seems if you go cheap you should expect some flaws. It’s a 4x4x 80” YINTATECH. Seems when I had a bout of high rh the plastic covering on the liner separated from the matte creating the dark spots. No mold but rubbed it down anyways. Still getting my floor plan together as I have 4 auto seedlings ready and three germinating. May have to run one of my tests in the photo tent.View attachment 1510094
New sticker installed over the old sticker. Man that 600r looks good in there. Think I will install the fan from the ceiling! @Les @HLG wont be long before she’ll be over plants. On a different note… tried to check ppfd with my photone app…even after calibration the app didn’t read right. We will trust your factory measurements (stupid app)!

Oh yeah,

These will be going under the 600r. 2 auto creeper from SSSC, Jean’Os Whats my name and Voodoo S1 with 3 beaver genetics MobStar’s Dream!

 

[Les @HLG]

Very nice!