Scotch089
Well-Known Member
As some may know I have upgraded to the 2012 A51 panels for a while, but I am already itching for more, Guod had helped me out beyond belief and planned out a great sup panel design- though I am not quite ready to order parts for these. In the mean time I figured that I would tinker around on my old panels, instead of selling them, and learning a little more about these panels with some hands on experience.
So far.... what I would like to see happen, would be seperate each heatsink into halve- creating four sup panels, one driver to each- 2 flower, 2 veg dominant. ie WW+R (with nw's+b's for balance?) and NW/CW+B's (with ww+r to balance)
Things are tricky, and since I dont know the draw, brand, bin, yada yada of all of these- im in the dark. Along with the drivers having no info- I need to keep everything on the original drivers. That being said
Panel #1
-Channel 1
x45 Red emitters
-Channel 2
x20 WW
x24 NW
x1 Blue
Panel #2
-Channel 1
x33 Blue emitters
x12 NW
-Channel 2
x2 NW
x4 WW
x36 Red
x3 'Unknown' ("UV+IR")
All of these are on their respective driver
![image.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878812-b1f9be208b49c0a628371cfc16a6f814.jpg)
![image_1.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878813-d6550517e6531f5f2eb5d3828f15f3cc.jpg)
![image_2.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878816-6b68a2cf0a7e955b83ee1a963907bdda.jpg)
![image_3.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878818-f3ebfe31f5db8a0bbbc0340c8ecd26ea.jpg)
My intial questions are...
1.) What size wire will I need to use to connect these emitters once they are free from the pcb?
2.) Is adding/mixing/replacing/swapping/removing diodes from each driver a feasible thought?
3.) What kind of compound/epoxy/adhesive do I need to use to keep these on the heatsink and mounted? (I just recently learned that thermal paste stays soft... doh)
4.) Am I able to determine what the amps/volts/watts of each emitter is by getting a reading off the solder points? Will this tell me what I can and cannot mix and match?
5.) Could I mount these on Star PCB's? if necessary
![photo.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878820-6a288346b4827ebddb4371e107b7d1d2.jpg)
![image.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878819-07bea6083df6cbede091bde7b4cec452.jpg)
![image_1.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878822-07be202b4678adf7ec3f45ba68998267.jpg)
![photo.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878826-d43d5cce0f04b9af877beb1ec689e6bb.jpg)
![image.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878821-bcfae5116bbe76b7302d92df3da3ae25.jpg)
![image_2.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878823-b85d23cf50fdcf0dc4f9dc76578602ba.jpg)
![image_3.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878824-34563272c84a9a84d17db23b4aa6cf0f.jpg)
![image_4.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878825-5a5dab9196d34ab2a61fcbf612bed540.jpg)
My goals:
1.) Create a blue supplement for my Flower cab for the first couple of weeks- I play on the led engine and 2 blues added to my 10:2:3 ratio would give me what I am looking for, thought about star pcb's for these?
2.) Couple flower panels out of all the reds
3.) one/couple veg panels with the remainder
I just wanted to hear what others could forewarn me of, maybe things I am overlooking, or over thinking. Hell, I am curious how YOU would do it.
Ill post pics in a second, cheers every one!
So far.... what I would like to see happen, would be seperate each heatsink into halve- creating four sup panels, one driver to each- 2 flower, 2 veg dominant. ie WW+R (with nw's+b's for balance?) and NW/CW+B's (with ww+r to balance)
Things are tricky, and since I dont know the draw, brand, bin, yada yada of all of these- im in the dark. Along with the drivers having no info- I need to keep everything on the original drivers. That being said
Panel #1
-Channel 1
x45 Red emitters
-Channel 2
x20 WW
x24 NW
x1 Blue
Panel #2
-Channel 1
x33 Blue emitters
x12 NW
-Channel 2
x2 NW
x4 WW
x36 Red
x3 'Unknown' ("UV+IR")
All of these are on their respective driver
![image.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878812-b1f9be208b49c0a628371cfc16a6f814.jpg)
![image_1.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878813-d6550517e6531f5f2eb5d3828f15f3cc.jpg)
![image_2.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878816-6b68a2cf0a7e955b83ee1a963907bdda.jpg)
![image_3.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878818-f3ebfe31f5db8a0bbbc0340c8ecd26ea.jpg)
My intial questions are...
1.) What size wire will I need to use to connect these emitters once they are free from the pcb?
2.) Is adding/mixing/replacing/swapping/removing diodes from each driver a feasible thought?
3.) What kind of compound/epoxy/adhesive do I need to use to keep these on the heatsink and mounted? (I just recently learned that thermal paste stays soft... doh)
4.) Am I able to determine what the amps/volts/watts of each emitter is by getting a reading off the solder points? Will this tell me what I can and cannot mix and match?
5.) Could I mount these on Star PCB's? if necessary
![photo.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878820-6a288346b4827ebddb4371e107b7d1d2.jpg)
![image.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878819-07bea6083df6cbede091bde7b4cec452.jpg)
![image_1.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878822-07be202b4678adf7ec3f45ba68998267.jpg)
![photo.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878826-d43d5cce0f04b9af877beb1ec689e6bb.jpg)
![image.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878821-bcfae5116bbe76b7302d92df3da3ae25.jpg)
![image_2.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878823-b85d23cf50fdcf0dc4f9dc76578602ba.jpg)
![image_3.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878824-34563272c84a9a84d17db23b4aa6cf0f.jpg)
![image_4.jpg](/data/attachments/1878/1878825-5a5dab9196d34ab2a61fcbf612bed540.jpg)
My goals:
1.) Create a blue supplement for my Flower cab for the first couple of weeks- I play on the led engine and 2 blues added to my 10:2:3 ratio would give me what I am looking for, thought about star pcb's for these?
2.) Couple flower panels out of all the reds
3.) one/couple veg panels with the remainder
I just wanted to hear what others could forewarn me of, maybe things I am overlooking, or over thinking. Hell, I am curious how YOU would do it.
Ill post pics in a second, cheers every one!