Cheapest place to get my diy cob builds from?

NugHeuser

NugHeuser

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I'm looking to diy 3 seperate 3 cob rails @200 watts each. Im planning on buying frame and all, just wondering who's got the best prices right now and if there are any big 420 sales coming up for rapid led or cob kits or whatever.
I'm not too up on led tech, just looking to mix some leds with my 2 sun system cmh's in an 8x4 tent. Id like some denser bud and thinking adding some led could rock it. Was thinking a 3 cob rail on each end of the tent and in the middle, with the two 315s between each.
I'm open to any suggestions and appreciate any input.
 
diyled

diyled

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This would be a good option times 3.

3x cxm22
hlg-185-48a/54b
2x 5 way wago
2m solid core Wiring
3x Thermal pads
3x Clu bjb holder
3x 133mm heatsink

Cob kits or if you put it all in your basket at rapid led then leave it a day you will get a 5% off code by email :)
 
CobKits

CobKits

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^what he said

3 cob bar | CMH | 3 cob bar | CMH | 3 cob bar would rock a 4x8

doubt youd need 200W a bar, 150W/bar seems more right for that space with the CMHs in there
 
NugHeuser

NugHeuser

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Thanks for the reply's.

diyled said:
This would be a good option times 3.

3x cxm22
hlg-185-48a/54b
2x 5 way wago
2m solid core Wiring
3x Thermal pads
3x Clu bjb holder
3x 133mm heatsink

Cob kits or if you put it all in your basket at rapid led then leave it a day you will get a 5% off code by email :)
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Would that still be the driver I would want if I ran the cobs at 150w?
 
NugHeuser

NugHeuser

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Was just on cobkits.com, he's got more color and cri variation for the cxm22's. My cmh's have a 3100k philips in them, what spectrum and cri would you guys recommend for the chips?
 
CobKits

CobKits

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should do you right. heres what that 9 cob/3 driver rig can do on its own. those are actually older citi 1825 gen5s in that pic but they are 3500k 90 cri just like you ordered

day 15:


day 26:


day 60:
 
NugHeuser

NugHeuser

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CobKits said:
should do you right. heres what that 9 cob/3 driver rig can do on its own. those are actually older citi 1825 gen5s in that pic but they are 3500k 90 cri just like you ordered

day 15:


day 26:


day 60:
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Can you try posting the pics again? For whatever reason it's not letting me open them up. It's saying that I don't have permission to view them
 
NugHeuser

NugHeuser

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Is it the input amperage or output aperage that will actually be drawn from my breakers for the drivers? I see the input for the drivers I got I believe is 2.1 and output amperage is closer to 4.
Is that where the efficiency comes from? Drawing 2.1 amps from the wall but putting out 4 amps of power in lighting?
I could be way off, just taking a stab at that
 
NugHeuser

NugHeuser

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diyled said:
This would be a good option times 3.

3x cxm22
hlg-185-48a/54b
2x 5 way wago
2m solid core Wiring
3x Thermal pads
3x Clu bjb holder
3x 133mm heatsink

Cob kits or if you put it all in your basket at rapid led then leave it a day you will get a 5% off code by email :)
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So I got my led setup, all the same stuff that you listed. I'm a little confused with wiring and the wago's, would I need more than 6 total for the 3- 3 cob bars? Don't I need 3 wago's just for the power cord side, per frame, and then a connector for each pos and neg wire coming off the cobs to the driver per bar?
 
diyled

diyled

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Sorry i forgot to add a "ip67 3 core cable connector" to the list < search ebay/amazon etc.


Wagos offer no cable strain relief so i wouldn't recommend them for the AC side.


DC side all the negatives to one wago and all the positives to another.
 
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