9X DIY COB..."The Patriot"...aka "M.O.A.coB"...aka "Make America Grow Again"

OGChops

Member
It's time to start the new project. Did some shopping at cobkits.com:

9 Luminus CXM22 Gen 3 3500K 90 CRI
9 BJB holders
3 Bourns 100K pots
9 133mm passive pin-fin heatsinks
9 Artic thermal pads
9 Angelina reflector for BJB
3 Meanwell HLG 320H-C1750B drivers

Other Vendors:
3 aluminum project boxes
8 1/8" aluminum angle iron
100 3/8" rivets aluminum
Mag polish
Polish Wheels
2"x1/8"x4' aluminum bars
Duplicolor anodized paint
Rustoleum semi-gloss paint
3 M20 waterproof connectors
3 Levitron LED glow grounded connectors
30' 16 awg 2 connector shielded wire
30' 16 awg 3 connector shielded wire
24' 16 awg stranded wire white
3/8" grommets
Heatshrink tubing
M4 machined bolts and nuts various sizes
1/16" aircraft cable coated
3/32" ferrels
3 American Flag knobs 6mm
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Airwalker16

Well-Known Member
Not positive on BJBs, but I know for certain Ideal ChipLok, Vero Poke in, and most connectors are 18-22awg ready. Hopefully that 16awg will fit into the holders connectors.
 

OGChops

Member
Whoa.. that's Fucker is 960watts? 106w a cob? It's a 5x5 right?
Nope Air! It's a 3x3. Here's my thinking. I wanted to build a light for a bigger tent but also be able to use it for my 3x3 right now. The 9 COBs will mean each sqft technically has its own light which is complete overkill I know. I have a potentiometer for each row so I don't even need to turn on a row or 2. Also, and let me know if I'm wrong, I'm hoping running these lights barely on will keep cost down although I'm not really that worried. I hated that my crappy burple LED light didn't provide even PAR across the whole tent and now I hope I get it.

What I really need help on is to determine what the output is without a PAR meter. I have marked the pots at 25, 50 and 75% based off of my meter. I would really appreciate the collective minds here helping me. I have 3 Strawberry Cough germinating. 2 will be in the tent in 7 gallon fabric pots and 1 will be outside in a 20 gallon fabric pot.
 
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