Battery Powered 730nm Initiators and Micro Cabs

RedCarpetMatches

RedCarpetMatches

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Those flood lights are rip offs, and 5 watters cost too much atm. I have a vert set up, and I'm trying to think of the most efficient way of doing this. I think that 10" aluminum square heatsink, from Steve's, on top of my socket would be awesome. Then, I'd have the cord to worry about. I need to find a formula for watt/heat/spacing.

I only plan on using 4 on the square. The aluminum tube is 1/8' thick. I could use individual heatsinks, along with the tube, to insure my cord doesn't get to warm. That's an extra 15$ I don't want to spend. Hell, buy the time I get my shit from China town, there might be something else on the market.
 
RedCarpetMatches

RedCarpetMatches

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caretak3r said:
mine came in as well and each of them tested fine with my little 2xAA tester.
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Same seller from Ebay link? I want to order some kind of round pc of aluminum to screw into my vert light socket. I want to keep it clean, but I can rig some sloppy shit if I need to. I'll just let the string of lights and driver hang lol.
 
Chronikool

Chronikool

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Are they the 3watters with the single chip?

I ordered some 730-740nm 5watters with 4 chips (multichip style...) Should show up next week...
 
RedCarpetMatches

RedCarpetMatches

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Damn...can't locate old soldering gun. This project just got a little more expensive. Shit...solder, wire, adhesive...shoulda bought a flood
 
RedCarpetMatches

RedCarpetMatches

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Mkay light geeks and virgins, I wan't to get the ball rolling on this project already. Bit the bullet and went to 1000% markup RadioShack. After looking at the millions of options on how to do this, I came across a AC-DC 3V 700mA adapter with a 6' cord for cheap! Male adapter came free...has two 22 gauge wires. Sped home in wonderment, and checked all my LEDs.. I left 1 LED on for 30 min, and it wasn't even that hot...pshh...SMH. I'll epoxy these to my vert socket flange without heat sinks...I do have aluminum cabinet hinges if I want to get fancy. My question(s) is am I missing something here? Seems like I can just plug into socket, splice some wire to proper length, glue these babies on to my flange of socket, and solder. The only thing making this project more costly is the damn soldering equipment I didn't have. Other than that it's cheap as shipping and Chinese electronics. Here's a pic of my dummy adapter and doomsday lighting. These pics really don't do the deep dark red justice.
 

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Positivity

Positivity

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Nice! How easy was that!?

How many watts/volts are one of those enercells rated at? I almost went that route but wasn't sure how it would differ from a driver.
 
RedCarpetMatches

RedCarpetMatches

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After a long drunken, rusty on the soldering, ouch I burned my finger again, fuck this it's 3 in the morning, and shit I can't leave this mess laying around...I finally rigged something up. I didn't go for style points here lol. I roll vert so here's 'doomsday'
 

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caretak3r

caretak3r

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glad you got it all done RCM, but you may want to go ahead and order a constant current driver - I'm pretty sure the AC/DC adapter you bought is not constant current.
 
RedCarpetMatches

RedCarpetMatches

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caretak3r said:
glad you got it all done RCM, but you may want to go ahead and order a constant current driver - I'm pretty sure the AC/DC adapter you bought is not constant current.
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I don't think so either. I asked guys at RadioRipoff, HD, and Lowe's who all said it's a constant current. The lights dimmed a lot when I tried a single circuit...think that's what its called. They're all just as bright as one ATM. What negative effects will the AC/DC have?
 
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caretak3r

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ac/dc is just another reference to the power supply - you are converting AC power to DC power. I've read that fluctuating current is bad for LEDs, that's really all I know about it. I've just been sure to get a 'constant current' led driver (power supply).
 
RedCarpetMatches

RedCarpetMatches

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caretak3r said:
ac/dc is just another reference to the power supply - you are converting AC power to DC power. I've read that fluctuating current is bad for LEDs, that's really all I know about it. I've just been sure to get a 'constant current' led driver (power supply).
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I'm only running them 15 min total a day. Shouldn't harm anything too much. I'm going to order another 15$ pack of 730's and a Meanwell constant current for another room anyway. 35$ will work for me, now that I have the equipment. I've been doing 12/12 from seed with nice results. I'm jumping straight to 13.75/10.25 tonight lol. It'll come on for about 15 min after lights off. I need a better timer so I can just do 2-3 minutes.
 
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RedCarpetMatches said:
After a long drunken, rusty on the soldering, ouch I burned my finger again, fuck this it's 3 in the morning, and shit I can't leave this mess laying around...I finally rigged something up. I didn't go for style points here lol. I roll vert so here's 'doomsday'
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Don't tell me you drink white zinfandel??^^..........nice job on the diy red
 
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