That's what I did in the pics I posted above; I got those bars from metal depot or something like that for way cheaper than my local lowes and cut them down with a cutting wheel on my drimel sourced from harbor freight. I'm going to look local this time first. Say, what kind of aluminum is this...
One thing I've been ruminating on is the fact that these sorts of strips I bought are custom made kinda like the kingbright etc. They are at 48V but from looking around 48V doesn't seem all that common or am I incorrect in this? My concern is if these strips don't work out or I want to move on...
You know what I have a thread about heat sinks and there's a lot of people saying don't even worry about them. They say they never had a issue running their EB's at full power without sinks. I used aluminum to sink my last EB grow and they pulled out a lot of heat even at running them about 80%...
Thanks for your input..well I already bought them. I got them on a flash sell for $13 a piece so hopefully they work out. They seemed to be similar to king bright which a lot of people seem to like. Also, I wasn't wanting to run them at 60w. The last EB strips I bought years ago, I've been away...
What are you guys using for cheap frames and heat sinks for led strip style lights like the bridgelux EB series? I’ve got some EB at a inch width and some kingbrite style that are 2inch in width two strips in one. The last time I built my EB light I used aluminum flat bar that I ordered from the...
I've decided to build another light and was looking for a recommendation for the correct driver to use and best practice of wiring it parallel or in series and the pros and cons to each of the two methods. My last light I wired it in series..worked great. One question, I know if you wire in...
I've found some 660nm strips at cutter..thanks teknik. I'm thinking of building a new frame as mine is kinda ghetto...question is I used thermal tape to stick the strips to aluminum bar and wondering if I could just take a razor blade and run it along the underside of the stip to remove it and...
I am just increasing the overall size of the light and thought some extra blue might help. I originally thought about adding the 3000K. I guess the general consensus is the 3500K is the best for these strips?