Lighting Supplementing HPS with COBs

[Shrederr]

Hey guys so I am looking for 4 pieces CREE CXB3590 COB to support my 600w hps that's in the middle of my 1.2m sqm grow room.

I would like the 4 COBS to be stand alones, I drew up a diagram.

My question is could they all be connected to one driver even though they're distant from each other? I never really dug in on how they're assembled.
And what's the wattage I'm looking at for each cob? I understood they work best @ ~80w is that correct?

As well if anyone could link me with trusted alibaba sellers, id love that.

thank you guys
shreder

 

[Animatey]

80 watts is about the max I would drive a single cob.

You can go higher, but most heat sinks are rated for 70 watts or less.

You could use a single driver but there will need to be wires going from one cob to the next. In your diagram this would form a square around the hps.

You could do something like this with a frame where the cobs are not standalone, but share a driver:

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Or you could get cobs that each have their own driver, but that's going to cost a bit more.

You could do a middle road and build 2 frames that each hold 2 cobs. Then you could use either 1 or 2 drivers.

 

[Shrederr]

Thank you very much Animatey matey

I'm gonna go for 50 watters. so 600w hps + 200w cob should really boost my yields.

 

[Frenjamin Banklin]

If you don’t need the HPS for heat then ditch that and go all COBs

 

[Shrederr]

If you don’t need the HPS for heat then ditch that and go all COBs

That's out of budget for me right now matey and yes I will use the HPS for heat at winter so im not in a rush as well..
Hopefully next summer I'll upgrade to a 240w QB surrounded by the 200w COBs, maybe 480 QB and 200 COB.. who knows