Pictures of your DIY lights - Post your pics!!!

[sethimus]

Thanks,

I'm a firm believer that deep/hyper red is the way to go to ufrther improve our cob builds ...

I'm surprised 4T are still so hard to come by ... wish I could get my hand on some.

... when I search 4T I always end up on this old post of @alesh @SupraSPL and myself from 3 years ago (!) already looking for them ...
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?p=6371593

osram apparently doesn't sell by bins, but by batches, so you never know what you get

 

[EfficientWatt]

osram apparently doesn't sell by bins, but by batches, so you never know what you get

Yeah,

If you buy a reel of 2t-3t you either get all 2t or all 3t.
To (maybe) get 4t you have to buy 3t4t, and when you get them you'll know if they are 3t .. or 4t ..

I know that 2 years ago, Osram were still not producing enough of 4T relative to 3T for them to be reasonably frequent. It looks like things haven't changed very much ...

I bought my 3Ts 3 years ago, and they are still the most readily available top bin deep red ...

I believe we might see something similar with cree cobs now : less rolling out of new bins, but prices coming down gradually ... just me speculating tho.

 

[sethimus]

those sanlight guys apparently do get a "special bin" above 4t, at least thats what they told me. dunno how many you need to buy though

 

[greenmorpho]

What length are those hs? 24"?

19"

 

[PicklesRus]

Coolhood update.

The future of led grow lights

 

[Airwalker16]

Well after lurking and reading the LED forums the past two months I ordered everything and completed two panels.
Went with the CXB3590 3500K CD 36V and MW HLG-185H-C1400. Running passive.
This thread was great for design ideas, copied a couple that I liked.
I'm ready to build two more now, I'll have to wait until kingbright is back from Chinese New Year. I guess I can work on far red in the meantime.

Ya thats a sick shroud you got on top of your driver. That's so clean dude

 

[Airwalker16]

Coolhood update.

How did you get that sheet metal and how did you bend it?

 

[PicklesRus]

How did you get that sheet metal and how did you bend it?

Yeah I went to the hardware store and can't find decent sheetmetal

 

[Abiqua]

Yeah I went to the hardware store and can't find decent sheetmetal

look for 20-22 gauge aluminum sheet on Fleabay

 

[J Bleezy]

How much heat do meanwell 240h-c1050 drivers put out? Comparable to a hps ballast? And if I wanted to keep the driver in a closet, do I just run the 2 wires from the series wiring all the way to the closet? Or is there a better way?
Thanks in advance

 

[bassman999]

How much heat do meanwell 240h-c1050 drivers put out? Comparable to a hps ballast? And if I wanted to keep the driver in a closet, do I just run the 2 wires from the series wiring all the way to the closet? Or is there a better way?
Thanks in advance

That driver puts about 13 watts of heat.
You can use loom tubing or braided tubing for you wires to run from distance for looks and more safety

 

[dandyrandy]

QUOTE="Airwalker16, post: 12272345, member: 913773"]How did you get that sheet metal and how did you bend it?[/QUOTE]
I ordered it online. I can't see buying a brake or a shear. Angle in the corners. .063 aluminium. I'm sure this is the last I will build. To be honest the 8 vero 29's grows more smoke than me and my buddy can get rid of. 16 cxb's should give me better coverage. You can see from the avatar they work.

 

[sanjuan]

Here is a "passive aggressive" design, I drew it up to use the 90CRI 3000K CXB3590 available at Cutter. LED wattage is variable with an internal pot from 70 to 125W. The Giga also comes in 150mm length but the thermal graph didn't look that much better.

I've got enough LED stuff anyway but what makes sense in this format is: HBG-60-1400 (fixed @ 1400mA) + ModuLED Mega 100mm + CXB3070 for 50W at the COB.

 

[Abiqua]

Here is a "passive aggressive" design, I drew it up to use the 90CRI 3000K CXB3590 available at Cutter. LED wattage is variable with an internal pot from 70 to 125W. The Giga also comes in 150mm length but the thermal graph didn't look that much better.

I've got enough LED stuff anyway but what makes sense in this format is: HBG-60-1400 (fixed @ 1400mA) + ModuLED Mega 100mm + CXB3070 for 50W at the COB.
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If you are in the states, CDI Web has them much cheaper

 

[testiclees]

QUOTE="Airwalker16, post: 12272345, member: 913773"]How did you get that sheet metal and how did you bend it?

I ordered it online. I can't see buying a brake or a shear. Angle in the corners. .063 aluminium. I'm sure this is the last I will build. To be honest the 8 vero 29's grows more smoke than me and my buddy can get rid of. 16 cxb's should give me better coverage. You can see from the avatar they work.[/QUOTE]
bro sorry if i asked this before....but what is the clearance on those v29 cobs? avatar pis is brilliant

 

[dandyrandy]

I ordered it online. I can't see buying a brake or a shear. Angle in the corners. .063 aluminium. I'm sure this is the last I will build. To be honest the 8 vero 29's grows more smoke than me and my buddy can get rid of. 16 cxb's should give me better coverage. You can see from the avatar they work.

bro sorry if i asked this before....but what is the clearance on those v29 cobs? avatar pis is brilliant[/QUOTE]12" center on the cobs. The 3590 lights are up. 6" center on those.

 

[sanjuan]

If you are in the states, CDI Web has them much cheaper

CDI just stocked 34 of the 100mm length Giga. I'm tempted to buy a ten-pack of everything but nah . . .

 

[giantsfan24]

I am yea. What do you think? The whole site is only about a week old.

Edit: To clarify, I setup the site, and have been working on improving functionality and creating a place for DIY LED Light design/pictures/videos, but it wasn't my idea, and we definitely can't do it alone!

I've used it and THANK YOU!

 

[nevergoodenuf]

Sanjuan- give me a week. I should have a discount code for CDI Web by next week.

 

[giantsfan24]

It's amazing how expensive heat sinks are. For 3 - 36"(5.886"W), its $220, shipping included.I've searched high and low. It truly seems heatsinkusa.com is the only place to get multiple profile options with custom lengths.

That's what I'm seeing. I've contacted a couple of sellers on ebay to see if the can custom make a piece for less but I'm not hopeful. need to sketch it out on the same size piece of paper that I'm thinking of to make sure I'm ordering the right piece.