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02-17-2009, 12:27 AM #11
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Calling out to Weezard for LED advice
I get it.It's actually 42W. CFL
The package hype claimed 120W. equivalent.
Was meant to be a tiny joke, but I forgot da li'l smiley on da end.
I was about to suggest you call that setup a CFL-assisted-by-LED grow, though. 
Yep, have thought along those lines but am obviously working my way through some other details first. (Like building a basic, working light!) Rectangular aluminum stock with forced air cooling through the center seemed more realistic for me to attempt; my plumbing seems to cause flooding.Been playing with an idea that involves 3/4" soft copper water pipe.
Want to coil it in a flat spiral, squish the spiral disk almost flat, sand and polish one side and attach the LEDs with thermal cement.
Well, I think you just opened up some new possibilities. For some reason I was thinking the current regulators needed to be close to the load; I'd planned to mount 'em on the 'sink near the LED's. I prolly misinterpreted the data about filter caps needing to be close to the current regulator(s).Howz your design coming?
I had planned on keeping the power supply out of the grow area, but are you telling me I can keep the current regulators adjacent to the power supply? I could mount them in a separate case and keep the light nice and neat. This would also let me use the 338's in a TO-3 package, which seem much more popular, and look like they'd dissipate heat much better.
BTW, I don't see any "proper operation assumes adequate heatsinking" type disclaimers on any of the 338 family, unlike the LM317's. I also can't figure out what the voltage drop across the 338's is-- in one graph it looks like they'll want 1.5-2 volts at around 4 Amps. Help??
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