Commercial COB lamp, Optic - Vero 29
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Mechmike
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At first look I thought it's a great idea but it needs much better thermal management.I flipped one of the fans and now she is blowing out some heat
That light would benefit with better cooling for sure. 2 more fans blowing directly at the heat sinks and both side fans exhausting might be enough to cool it adequately.
churchhaze
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What does the power connector look like? Are there prongs in the connector on the case, or is the power cable a death cable?
Does the power cable have 2 male ends? (death)
Does the power cable have 2 male ends? (death)
SupraSPL
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Yep it needs improved airflow and possible slightly larger heatsinks. Even after flipping the fan and stabilizing, it is still way down, 10740 lux from 13030. That is about 12% temp droop (Tc ~90C, Tj 105C!) but I think we could get it down to 3% temp droop with proper cooling.
9% more light means 9% more buds
9% more light means 9% more buds
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churchhaze
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Never mind, I got it! Good stuff!
SupraSPL
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Yes those lenses look the same, but minus the reflector. Good link thanks amigo!
The case is very convenient and I love how compact, light and easy to open up it is. But the consequence of that small case (40mm fans) is not enough air movement. Easily fixed if you were to modify the case, but hopefully they can make a design change to address it, which would bring the efficiency up to 34% and provide the lamp with VERY reliable service life.
As it stands (with the fan flipped) , the lamp should be about 30% efficient even when running that hot. So it will grow some bud for sure. I believe you can select a 3000K color temp as well although it will run slightly hotter.
The case is very convenient and I love how compact, light and easy to open up it is. But the consequence of that small case (40mm fans) is not enough air movement. Easily fixed if you were to modify the case, but hopefully they can make a design change to address it, which would bring the efficiency up to 34% and provide the lamp with VERY reliable service life.
As it stands (with the fan flipped) , the lamp should be about 30% efficient even when running that hot. So it will grow some bud for sure. I believe you can select a 3000K color temp as well although it will run slightly hotter.
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I'm surprised they ignored the heat management so much. Reminds a lot of early small design PCs that were really hotboxes.
Ace Yonder
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First, nice price list, I always wonder that when I see products like this. However, you priced for Vero 29s, but Supra said
I believe (but could be wrong), that the Vero 18s are substantially cheaper than Vero 29s, I believe on DigiKey they are about ~$13 (Again, I could be reading things wrong).
SupraSPL
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Ya they sent me the smallest lamp which is Vero 18. I am curious what drivers they are using for the Vero 29 lamp because these LPC-60-1750s only go up to 34Vf, not high enough for the Vero 29 (~38Vf)
Not yet, I will try to use one to compare against my DIY reflectors and see how it performs
epicfail
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I would drill a bunch of intake holes in the lid above where the heatsinks are (similar to SDS V-Series) and set both fans to blow out. I thought of using those same cases with V29s to make some panels for someone but decided to go a different route.
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SupraSPL
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Good idea EF that would probably be the easiest fix.
So I did 2 quick tests with the glass lens on my Vero 29 and it significantly outperformed my best reflector, and maybe matched it at the edge of the grid. I will have to do some more testing to try and understand what is going on but I was not expecting that. There is a color shift when I add the lens, it turns the light warmer white than its 3000K color.
The lens gives a much sharper cut off than the reflector so maybe my reflector needs to be longer?
So I did 2 quick tests with the glass lens on my Vero 29 and it significantly outperformed my best reflector, and maybe matched it at the edge of the grid. I will have to do some more testing to try and understand what is going on but I was not expecting that. There is a color shift when I add the lens, it turns the light warmer white than its 3000K color.
The lens gives a much sharper cut off than the reflector so maybe my reflector needs to be longer?