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    IF you are new to LED and want help choosing what to buy, POST HERE!

    I consider this more of a DIY Community and a wealth of information if you want to look for it, but yes there are a lot of A51 users here. That is because they have been proven over and over again, read through some of the journals and you will see why there are so many "fan boys" as you call...
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    DiY LEDs - How to Power Them

    Easiest way: stick the bare wires in the plug socket in the wall. Its good for testing but not recommended for permanent installations. Cut the plug off some old unused garbage electronic device or extension cord and connect the wires . You can get cheap extension cord at "dollars stores"...
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    5th Official Party Cup Grow Competition

    Sorry to hear ffh take the time to heal up, I also have surgery in October but it will just give me more time to look after the garden. I hope your leg heals properly and maybe next round you'll win.
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    5th Official Party Cup Grow Competition

    And the choice has been made, even though all of my seeds turned out to be female I'm sticking with my original instinct. I decided to go with "A" so here she is in all her glory, she is a hungry bitch so over the next few weeks expect her to put on lots of weight. This is my first cup grow and...
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    5th Official Party Cup Grow Competition

    ^^^^^^^^^^^ I was thinking the same thing when I saw his pictures. That couldn't even fit in my little cab.
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    Another Cree CXA3070 DIY Thread

    lol I was just trying to get in on some party cup smack talk when I said that..... looking good like always captain
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    5th Official Party Cup Grow Competition

    Sounds like industrial hemp to me.
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    DiY LED - Cree CXA3070

    AB is a higher bin than Z4, I would get the highest I can afford.
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    DiY LEDs - How to Power Them

    Ummmm, No I don't. That would be parallel, not sure why I wrote that. I have it hooked in series, But only on the HLN-60H-42B with one CXA3070. Without the resistor the light cuts out before you dim all the way down, which I hear is not good for the driver. With the HLG-185H-C1050B and 4 3070's...
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    DiY LEDs - How to Power Them

    I put a 9.1K resistor on because its what I had and it works just fine, I have the resistor connected directly from the blue and white wires right at the driver. I haven't tested a 5K resistor yet but when I get the arduino fading on/off working; I will want it to start at the lowest setting...
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    5th Official Party Cup Grow Competition

    I don't know why I'm even going to update looking at some of your cups, but here it is. Week 6, I'm pretty sure I'm going with "A" but "C" hasn't shown sex yet so the choice is not official.
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    IF you are new to LED and want help choosing what to buy, POST HERE!

    Where did you hear that? dont spread that misinformation please.
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    DiY LED Grow Lights with CREE CXA3070 COBs and CPU Coolers

    I use an arduino to control dimming on Mean Well HLN and HLG-C series drivers with the circuit on this page, it works great for me. It converts the 5v to 10v and I just run it from a separate 12 volt power supply, technically it is not using PWM but 0-10v to control dimming but works the same...
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    5th Official Party Cup Grow Competition

    Its Sunday again so here is my update, Kalashnikova is budding but has been fading fast, I feed and feed but its she is hungry for a shorty. "C" and "B" are being shy and wont reveal anything yet but "A" started teasing me by flashing her little undeveloped parts, I'm not sure I should post...
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    DiY LEDs - How to Power Them

    I was wondering, now that I have finished all the soldering; if the wire gauge I used is too thin. I have 4x 3070 that will be driven by a HLG-185H-C1050*, so around 150VDC total. The length of the series loop will be around 24' from + to -, I did the soldering with 18 AWG 300V insulated copper...
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    DIY LED Grow Light Vero 18 (Economy light)

    With fans and thats just about right, 3 CXA's at 1.4 amps you draw 37v*3*1.4 =155 just in lighting. Im not sure what the Veros Vf is but its probably close so I think your meter is correct.
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    EFs R&DiY LED, Circuits, Arduino, Hot Peppers and more thread

    When I try to link a image from another thread that I had previously upload, using the icon and enter the link like so "https://www.rollitup.org/attachments/waterblock1-jpg.3201429/" Then hit ok, the picture shows up in the post while I am typing it but then when I publish it or look at the...
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    EFs R&DiY LED, Circuits, Arduino, Hot Peppers and more thread

    That's weird cause I can see them, I always seem to problems linking images that I uploaded into a different post. Here are direct links. https://www.rollitup.org/attachments/waterblock1-jpg.3201429/ https://www.rollitup.org/attachments/waterblock2-jpg.3201430/ There were originally posted in...
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    EFs R&DiY LED, Circuits, Arduino, Hot Peppers and more thread

    I like the tube heatsink idea. I made a waterblock from aluminum tubing, though I haven't done anything with it yet. For air cooled tube I like the idea of a 4"x4" aluminum square tubing as the flat surface makes for excellent mounting of leds. You can then attach some flange to connect...
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    EFs R&DiY LED, Circuits, Arduino, Hot Peppers and more thread

    The Ghost Pepper I have in the DWC Rubbermaid tote had that 1 flower... well it fell off before it even started to develop into a pepper and then the plant really didn't do much flowering since then. I figured I would switch to GH FloraNova Bloom as I was using the FloraNova Grow up untill about...
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