Sol-Skin, let the journey begin...

[PetFlora]

Looking closer at the image, I misunderstood. Apparently, the tiny dark dots in between the whites are the reds. Now that IS interesting. Will they be on a separate o/o switch?

 

[PurpleBuz]

Looking closer at the image, I misunderstood. Apparently, the tiny dark dots in between the whites are the reds. Now that IS interesting. Will they be on a separate o/o switch?

lol its a three channel board. did you forget how to read ?

 

[welight]

Looking closer at the image, I misunderstood. Apparently, the tiny dark dots in between the whites are the reds. Now that IS interesting. Will they be on a separate o/o switch?

correct Cree XQE 660nm(in this example), each 3 lines of leds is controllable
Cheers
Mark

 

[sethimus]

any price range yet for these 3 channel stripes? they look quite interesting!

 

[PetFlora]

lol its a three channel board. did you forget how to read ?

Hey smart ass. I looked at the image and did not see 3 channels. I did not realize the TINY black dots in between the SMDs are the third channel. You know where you can stick your holier than though ego

 

[Rocket Soul]

correct Cree XQE 660nm(in this example), each 3 lines of leds is controllable
Cheers
Mark

Could you do solskin strips that was just 2000k nichias and 660 reds? At a similar price as onsite? And how many red leds are on a strip?

 

[welight]

Could you do solskin strips that was just 2000k nichias and 660 reds? At a similar price as onsite? And how many red leds are on a strip?

Yes we can, 12x 660 per strip
Cheers
Mark

 

[grisbi]

Could you do solskin strips that was just 2000k nichias and 660 reds? At a similar price as onsite? And how many red leds are on a strip?

im doing 2 kind of led strip for my grow:
2 channel 2000k + cree xd 16 @ 3500k

2channel 5000k@97cri + xqe 660

with this set up i can manage the 2000k , 5000k , 3500k and 660 indepedantly and the repartition will be perfect i think!

 

[char0x]

Do any early adopters have any growlogs or reviews of these boards?

 

[welight]

Some updated data on Skins performance in a 4x4, 4 skins at 1ft pitch, check the evenness of the PPFD over the entire area, Nichia, 757 210 LPW, images of map based on 18 inches. 2.48joules/w

Cheers
Mark

 

[Randomblame]

Holy moly, that's an even coverage!

 

[welight]

Holy moly, that's an even coverage!

Yes the right pitch and placement of the light and height at 18 inches is really a sweet spot, nice at 24 and 36 inches also but not quite the punch
Cheers
Mark

 

[Mullumbimby]

Nice. I really like the idea that the intensity actually lowers a bit in the centre, rather than the having the usual hot-spot.
What is the retail cost of those 4 solskins, with Drivers?
Edit:
Maybe a link, if the numbers are on your site?

 

[welight]

We will now have an option to buy the Skin in Samsung LM301B, now that Samsung have opened up on Flux bin purchases, 288 led single Channel USD73.00
Cheers
Mark

 

[Viceman666]

Some updated data on Skins performance in a 4x4, 4 skins at 1ft pitch, check the evenness of the PPFD over the entire area, Nichia, 757 210 LPW, images of map based on 18 inches. 2.48joules/w

Cheers
Mark

What power did you run the 4 boards to get those readings? And do you need any heatsink for your boards? But the uniformity is impressive! good job

 

[welight]

What power did you run the 4 boards to get those readings? And do you need any heatsink for your boards? But the uniformity is impressive! good job

Ran the SKINS at approx 170 watts ea total for 3 channels x 4 =680watts, we have the skins mounted to 4mm plate when running at this drive

 

[robincnn]

 

[char0x]

@welight How do the boards go temperature wise @ 170w each and can they go higher without losing too much efficiency?

 

[welight]

we had around 48C on the boards at 170 watts when mounted on 4mm alu plate, what wattage are you contemplating?

 

[char0x]

Got a Solskin 4 board setup put together by Mark and the boys, Build quality of this thing is A+++. Its 480w on 2 channels running 4000k and 3000k using Nichia 757 diodes.
She seems to be responding very well to the lights. I will keep you updated how the grow goes.