That should do.
I do hope the regulator's heatsink on the back of the star is a little joke.
It will require, at the least, a cpu heatsink with fan.
Here's a case where more is better.
Aloha,
Weeze
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That should do.
I do hope the regulator's heatsink on the back of the star is a little joke.
It will require, at the least, a cpu heatsink with fan.
Here's a case where more is better.
Aloha,
Weeze
Yer Weeze I ordered the wrong size ,I was going to just use the hd heatsink ONLY but thinking about it I might add another fan + Sink !
Should soon have some more pics
Nice One Weeze :thumbsup:
Wired My led??s in series on The HD Sink Plugged it into My power sup nothing happened so resoldered all joints :jointsmile: still nothing ,Booooooo!!
Any clues am I missing something?
Unfortunately I do not have a multi meter at home
Hmm, Let's think about this.
You have 4 leds in series.
2 red, 2 blue.
Your spec sheets say red Vf = 10.5V avg.
and blue Vf = 6.5V, avg.
So, 10.5 + 10.5 + 6.5 + 6.5 = 34V.
The total min. Vf is 32V.
So, if your supply is enabled, and you are providing at least the minimum required Forward voltage, betta call da doc, you've gone blind brah.:smokin:
(They warned us when we were teenagers, yah):D
My advice, (in braille of course),
Buy a cheapo meter, horse!
Meter gonna let you "see"
what's up wit 'lectricity.
It's electric, it's expensive,
you should be more apprehensive.
What, you no kea win dis bet?
why you work wit' out a net?!:wtf:
Nice pictures.
Aloha,
Weeze
""" Question Somebody's home but the lights aren't on? """ :thumbsup:
""Hmm, Let's think about this."" lmao :thumbsup: :D
Doh!
Parallel Wiring !!!! :stoned:
:hippy::rasta::stoned::rastasmoke::pimp::D
Sorted!
Will Keep you posted on red & blue when they turn up from far east !
Cheers!! :D
Mo'betta now and lookin' good.:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by solarman
Did not realize all 4 were amber. D'oh!:i feel stupid:
Looks like you have it sorted well enough.
No worry, sometimes I can't even spell parallel.:jointsmile:
It's the nature of the meds.:stoned:
Glad your vision is 20:20 though.:D
tipped to the ritz!:stoned:
Wee 'zard
??It's the nature of the meds.? Very true my friend ! :D
Added a blue 3w Star to the centre of My lamp looks great !
I have now switched off My 14000k 150w & 70w 3600k halides in My veg room and replace them with My new led light + 4 Blue gu10s they have been on for at least 24 hours now over my clones with no adverse effects at all in fact I would say the plants have perked up a little !
I have a Energy monitor and it shows that I am saving about 7p an hour ( was around 15p per hour now around 7p) so Im happy with that ! :D
I am now making another light to hang over my mother plants with 2 amber 2 red and 6 blues
:D
Peace :hippy:
New Light
Brilliant!
Weeze
HI Guys!
As a recovering electrical engineer, I've read this thread with great interest.
But one thing is puzzling me. It's the return on investment.
I can get a 48/50/55 watt red/blue panel grow light on eBay for about $90
... and all I have to do is plug it in.
On the other hand, 3 of the LEDengin 15 watt LEDs will cost over $100
The only thing that I've found that seems to be cheaper is a design that uses 1 W LEDs. The design is currently listed as "96 LED Array plant grow Illuminator DIY kit" for $80 plus shipping
The 12V power supply is not included, but any old PC supply should work.
This design seems to give about twice as many watts of light for about the same cost as the above panels, and you still have the joy of having something to build! :)
- Mountain Mike