Yay!
Beat the heat.
This works a treat.

Meanwhile, I was waiting for epoxy to dry, and got curious.
I opened the case on my UFO knock off.
(Oh Horrors, there goes my warrenty!)

Cheese cries!
Obviously built by chimps in a hurry.
Nothing in it, really.
One power cube for the three cheap fans.
2 sealed "black-box" kine current limiters to drive the 1Watt SMLs
At least I assume they are current pucks.

Well, ok, I fervently hope they are.
Everything is thickly smeared with silicone caulking.
Looks like it was applied by trolls, with mops.

Now I don't feel so bad about the esthetics of Frankenlicht;
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I'll attach and calibrate the dimmer knobs tomorrow.
Start turning them down and make a mark for every 10% drop in relative Lux from 1 foot.
I may not know actual ratios, but I'll at least be able to tie a number to my results.
A must-have, should I ever remember to document anything.:rastasmoke:

Hmmm, mighty quiet up in here.

<Breeep, breep, ricket breeep>

Recon I'd better toddle off too then.

'night

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Weezard Reviewed by Weezard on . Calling out to Weezard for LED advice My friend, I've read your stuff here and at Steve F.'s site. I want to build a dedicated flowering lamp using Ledengin 15 watters. (4 reds, 1 blue, and possibly 1 warm white; LM 317's so I can tweak the ratios.) Essentially, a copy of your 4+1 cake pan lamp but built on a 4 x 18" finned heatsink so I can see what's going on under it.) If I were to post my picks for power supply, resistor ratings / values, etc., would you critique and perhaps offer some guidance? I have already purchased Rating: 5