Big Green Thumb
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Here is my build/experiment thread where I built these lights for my 4x4 tent. I have since moved up to a 5x5 tent but using the same lights.I'd love to know the details of your lights strips!!
https://www.rollitup.org/t/can-700-watts-of-led-strips-grow-trees.946736/
In a nutshell, I have bought a lot of led strips from damaged acuity light fixtures - probably 100 or more strips all together. Some have Samsung diodes, some don't. The prices were better than good - I bought 45 of the 48" strips for $105 shipped in one of my orders. Originally I was using cheap Amazon constant voltage 24 or 36 volt powersupplies but several failed so I have been replacing them with higher efficiency Meanwell drivers. With all the strips in my 5x5 tent running at 1 amp, it is around 1400 watts, but currently running around 1000 watts. A couple fixtures have the strips mounted to aluminum channel, but now I build using 3/4" aluminum angle - that is enough heatsink for these strips. I feel these are the best bang for my bucks. Altogether I probably have around $500 in all the parts here - including the extra 50 or so strips I have here and the spare cheapo power supplies (I'm guessing about 3000 watts total if I actually assembled all I have sitting here). If you have any questions about the specifics of any of it, just ask.