wouldn't say it was easy ..few f bombs along the way and broken drill tips...but my first diy led is finished ..we got 12 cxb 3590 on 3 hlg185 c1400a . with glass lens ..like to thank everyone who whelped me couldn't have down without you...def got a good group of people on here..also special thanks to @Growmau5 your vid kicks ass
diy led finished
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PerroVerde
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Nice build! Is this going in a 4' x 4' or 5' x 5'?
i have two tents a 5x5 and a 4x4 ...i also have a clw ss880..which do you think should go in which??was trying to decide that now
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PerroVerde
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In a 4' x 4' you have a PPFD of 940...
In a 5' x 5' you have a PPFD of 601...
With this build
In a 5' x 5' you have a PPFD of 601...
With this build
littlejacob
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Bonjour
Nice build my friend...!
What lenses do you use?
CU
Nice build my friend...!
What lenses do you use?
CU
glass lens from kb..kb-hb100(100mm at 80 degrees).
was thinking same thing
Fastslappy
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Nice Job !!
bassman999
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I dont know the formula for PPFD.In a 4' x 4' you have a PPFD of 940...
In a 5' x 5' you have a PPFD of 601...
With this build
3 drivers at 200 watts each , so 600 watts, 1400mA, so 56%...336 par watts...whats next?
bassman999
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It looks great, and way better than mine
Airwalker16
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John!! Very cool man! Great job! Can you take some close more detailed and understandable pics of how you wired the 3 drivers together?
PerroVerde
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x .9 wall/reflector loss = 302.4
Divide by square feet 16 = 18.9
x 4.65 umol = 87.8
X feet in a meter squared 10.7 = 940.36 PPDF to my level of understanding. This was what I understood from Supras figures...
give me seconds ill take some more pics now
Airwalker16
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Are those 36" heatsinks?