I like the concept but I would like to make two separate lights, 3 100 watt cheap leds a light. Any recommendations on a reasonably priced 150w driver? Im am new to this any help would be appreciated
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Gonna ask a quick question has anybody tried the big canned goods cans as a cob holder? Im new to this so was just wondering if they'd be any good, I have a few old nacho cheese cans around somewhere lol
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Yeah I was thinking something along the lines of that, right now im thinking im gonna go with an old heatsink from a car amp. Would heat transfer from the cans onto the heatsink?
I was thinking about lining the cans with crushed up coke cans to give more area for passive cooling but im not sure if any of that would work Lol
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I don't think the crushed up cans thing will work, I would suggest some dumpster diving, meaning go around to computer repair shops and ask for their junk, old PCs, heat sinks, fans etc. Get familiar with the local scrap yard, because you usually can get aluminum, tubing, channel, angle and plate there for about a buck a pound, buying it at Home Depot will cost a fortune. The screws I used to put the veg light frame together with were from dollar store toy car kits and the screws used for mounting the LED arrays were salvaged from the street lamp tear down as were the LEDs.The more junk you have laying around the more build options you have, don't forget yard sales and heavy pickup days for trash. One mans garbage is anothers treasure. Once you strip down most electronic or electrical equipment and toss the carcass, the fasteners and parts you'll need don't take up much space.
If you order your parts off ebay you'll often wait 4 to 6 weeks to get them. Use that time to plan what your going to do and collect the items and tools you need. When the parts arrive you'll be ready to build your lamp
Drivers and cobs from the original posts to clarify
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Drivers and cobs from the original posts to clarify
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Sorry but here is what im getting, 3 cool white 100 watt cobs and 3 warm white cobs, 3 drivers that were linked in the original light you made on this thread. An amp heatsink that's around 12 ×13 but that's it as of now. My problem is im just blueprinting so im all over the place on what I wanna do, but I appreciate the help. Still haven't decided whether to make two separate lights or not. Im thinking 6 cobs might be too much on one but I know nothing of this.
I will be scavenging a lot today so I will post pics to give a better understanding, once I get home i will take a pic of the heatsink and the area im trying to light up as well. But thanks again I appreciate any help you can give me brother, im just trying to learn all I can.
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