Yeah, I have used that calculator in the past. It's putting me at 860 ppfd at 24" and like 1150 ppfd at 18". Im liking that.
Thats sweet bro, well done!
Should be fully dimmed down when there is a short between the dimming wires! (open dimmer circuit=max. output)
30-40 pounds probably.
Right on, the tents I was looking at are rated to hang 40 lbs so now I am a little worried lol. Could always just have the fan and carbon outside if I need to.
Wow you have my tent and fan and everything. Those lights really fill the space nicely. I am going to have to check it out. I wouldnt mind doing them in 2 x 4 pieces in case i decide to go down to a 2 x 4 tent. Then I can just put half of it in. And I can run the light beside the 315 CMH i have until then. I feel a 2 x 4 strip light is in my future !. Thanks for the list and pics. In my mind they were like the youtube girl mounting them to cardboard and wow that did not make me feel warm and fuzzy about it.Just posting this light I just made, expect to see a lot more from me in the coming weeks as I get my strawberry banana seeds in and grow em under this bad boy. Plan to run Nectar for the Gods as well
The goal of this light was to strive for insanely good uniformity to help with canopy penetration and prevent any kind of light stress/burning from being too close (a common problem with fewer sources of more powerful lights).
What do ya'll think? I gotta clean up some of the wiring, but it's pretty much all complete.
Tent temps max out at 79f (74f ambient) and the temp of the strips is 45-50C measured directly center of the strips.
SPECS:
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- 10x Samsung LT-F562B 2′ Strips, 50/50 mix of 3000k and 3500k
1x Mean Well HLG-320H-24B Driver- 1x 100K Ohm Potentiometer
- 10x 24" strips of 1" aluminum heatsink (i used u channel for my last build, the heatsink has way better thermal dissipation so far)
- 2x 30" pieces and 2x 24" pieces of aluminum L frame
- 1x roll of thermal double sided tape to mount strips easily
- ~3 feet of red/black 14g stranded tinned copper wire for wago to wago connections
- ~8 feet of black 18g solid core copper wire for poking into strip connectors easily
- A bunch of 5 slot wagos
- 5-15p NEMA cord 18g
- Waterproof connector for power cord
- Total power: 313w tested from wall
- Efficiency: 52.9%
- PAR Watts: 165.57w
- PPF calculated: 808 umol/s
- Estimated PPFD @ 18": ~900+umol /m2/ s
- COST: $405.95 SHIPPED TO ME
Sounds like a good idea!Wow you have my tent and fan and everything. Those lights really fill the space nicely. I am going to have to check it out. I wouldnt mind doing them in 2 x 4 pieces in case i decide to go down to a 2 x 4 tent. Then I can just put half of it in. And I can run the light beside the 315 CMH i have until then. I feel a 2 x 4 strip light is in my future !. Thanks for the list and pics. In my mind they were like the youtube girl mounting them to cardboard and wow that did not make me feel warm and fuzzy about it.
My tent has 1 inch poles and can support 60 pounds claimed. I can beef it up and get that to 90 pretty easy. I do like those heavy channels. Overkill means no regrets !
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Haha I like your style. My 3x3 tent can hold up to 110 lbs so that doesn't bother me. But I gotta do some gymnastics to drop the 2 ratchet hangers in the back. I do love the solid build with this light though, it should last many many years of heavy use.
