PhytoLEDs Quantum GX-400

PhytoLEDs Quantum GX-400

Open Source Technology Horticultural LEDs

Designed in Switzerland, assembled and tested in Italy

Size : 73.5x35x11cm

With the “Quantum GX Professional” line we believe we have achieved an objective that we set ourselves some time ago: to manufacture a product range for interior growing based on LEDs with professional features.

One key feature is that this product line allows each LED module to be replaced simply and quickly. Users can even do it themselves, with no need to pack up the whole system and send it off to technical support or, most important of all, having to interrupt the service.

The GX line is wired in such a way that you can continue to use the system even if one or more modules are missing, because the rest will keep on working.

Replacement modules are available from authorised resellers and from the manufacturer’s website, and they are easy to replace. This not only assures the continuity of your growing cycle, but also means you can later install other modules to try out new solutions or adapt the LED to different uses, switching from the vegetative phase to full cycle or real vision.

Five-band modules are now available for full cycle, and three-band ones for the vegetative phase and real vision, including white for more aesthetic solutions in cases where true colour perception is preferable (orchids, aromatic and medicinal plants, installations in kitchens, restaurants, etc.). This manufacturing feature also means other allows modules with new spectra and technology can be installed, because new characteristics and details of how plants react to artificial light are being discovered every year.

The product’s durability is therefore assured by the possibility of replacing only the modules and not the entire system. The modules are standard PHT201, assembled on a large aluminium radiator.

The GX line, however, is available at lower prices than those of US-made LEDs, which offer similar features but have not been designed with economising in mind. The product is for professional use, quick to repair, upgradable and highly robust.

The optical lenses mounted with the GX line are at right angles, although owing to the need of some users for broader, less penetrating beams, the manufacturer has also included lenses at 120° angles, which are easy to replace.

The Quantum GX line (excluding GX100) presents an “Eco” to dim the light intensity and change the spectrum. In the full-cycle version emission runs from the vegetative phase to flowering; in the vegetative version from germination/mother plant to the grafts/vegetative version.

Also, the “Turbo Cooling System” makes it possible to achieve proper cooling even under extreme conditions: Quantum GX units are fitted with fans that are almost twice as large, and almost twice as many in number, as those usually fitted to products with a similar power rating.

Any issues and wear affecting LEDs used for growing tend to be the direct result of overheating of the LED chips. With the Quantum GX line, however, a large frame — nearly twice as large as usual — can house a sizable mass of air circulating directly over the radiators. This assures a cooling flow that is not only more than sufficient but is even oversized, so the system can keep working without problems even in high summer and under conditions of extreme heat.

The many large fans are split into two arrays: under normal operating conditions it is enough to have a single array functioning and cooling; if temperatures rise, an internal sensor starts up a second array of fans, which can also be started manually. The powerful fans generate an air flow that also helps to ventilate the atmosphere inside the grow-room, and in the case of small grow-boxes, may also replace the ventilator.

The furnace-tempered and varnished steel casing is large in size to facilitate the abundant air circulation generated by the large fans.

The power units to start up the modules are separate from those used for the fans, and they can be replaced from the exterior without having to open the casing of the unit.

Quantum GX units can be connected in a cascade, with one powering another. An additional power cable is supplied. Technical support is fast and effective (Phytolite guarantees repairs within four working days). Stocks of spare parts are always available. The Europe-wide network of authorised support centres grows larger every month. The list of points that are already available is published at the website www.phytolite.com.

The Quantum GX line has been designed in Switzerland. The components of the line are manufactured in China. Each product assembled is tested individually in Italy and sold with a one-year guarantee, which can be extended to two years free of charge if you register.