CUTTER Strip build wiring questions

[diggs99]

Ok my son has a his baseball game today at 11am. They are playing for state championship in little league. This is his first year playing. After the game I'll draw it out for you.

Right on bro, thanks very much.

Best of luck to the young man, have a good day!

 

[diggs99]

Good thing im baked, or id probably be irate right now lol

I check tracking on my strips, they arrived in my province yesterday morning, went through the sorting depot here , checked back this morning and its saying they were sent back to Ontario, at that sorting depot again lol wtf...they going in the wrong direction!!!

im hoping its a mistake, cause it dont make much fkn sense lol

Everything else is here, will be picking it all up tomorrow at post office, tnutz stuff should be delivered in the morning.

@whytewidow so did the young fellas team win state?

 

[whytewidow]

Good thing im baked, or id probably be irate right now lol

I check tracking on my strips, they arrived in my province yesterday morning, went through the sorting depot here , checked back this morning and its saying they were sent back to Ontario, at that sorting depot again lol wtf...they going in the wrong direction!!!

im hoping its a mistake, cause it dont make much fkn sense lol

Everything else is here, will be picking it all up tomorrow at post office, tnutz stuff should be delivered in the morning.

@whytewidow so did the young fellas team win state?

They did. 6 to 4. They were down 0-4 until the top of 4th. And they just took over when they went to bat. My son got hits all 3 times at bat. On base twice and scored once. And pop fly out to right field. He did excellent. Had two big defense plays. He caught a infield fly ball. And the runner didnt tag up. Tried to steal, and tagged him out too. Proud father day for sure.

 

[diggs99]

They did. 6 to 4. They were down 0-4 until the top of 4th. And they just took over when they went to bat. My son got hits all 3 times at bat. On base twice and scored once. And pop fly out to right field. He did excellent. Had two big defense plays. He caught a infield fly ball. And the runner didnt tag up. Tried to steal, and tagged him out too. Proud father day for sure.

Thats awesome man, good stuff. You will all remember that day forever.

 

[diggs99]

what kind of shops would sell double sided thermal tape?

i ordered strips with it on them but they came without and i never ordered any tape because of it.

My little town dont have much , ill be surprised if i can find some. quickest i can find online is 4-8 business days

 

[Ryante55]

what kind of shops would sell double sided thermal tape?

i ordered strips with it on them but they came without and i never ordered any tape because of it.

My little town dont have much , ill be surprised if i can find some. quickest i can find online is 4-8 business days

Maybe a RadioShack or Fry's electronics getting screws is probably easier

 

[diggs99]

Maybe a RadioShack or Fry's electronics getting screws is probably easier

Ok ill try source or one of those type stores tomorrow.

Man i dunno about screws, these cutter strips are very narrow. only 1/2" wide. diodes running down the center. Dont leave much room for screws.

 

[diggs99]

Here's all my frame pieces and heatsinks along with the couple strips I opened .

No tape so no point opening the rest yet.


@Rocket Soul man I didn't realize just how big a 3x4 fixture was lol. I see what you guys were saying earlier in this thread now.

These things are gonna be huge lol

 

[whytewidow]

Amazon carries thermal tape. And it's cheap

 

[Isawthelight]

what kind of shops would sell double sided thermal tape?

i ordered strips with it on them but they came without and i never ordered any tape because of it.

My little town dont have much , ill be surprised if i can find some. quickest i can find online is 4-8 business days

Check the underside of those strips. Mark may have applied the tape for you, I hope.

 

[diggs99]

Check the underside of those strips. Mark may have applied the tape for you, I hope.

No, he was supposed to, I paid extra to have it done. Was pretty disappointed to see it wasn't done, and I hadn't ordered any tape.

He's sending me 2 rolls through dhl. Be here next week hopefully.

I'll build frames but can't wire anything until I get tape

Amazon carries thermal tape. And it's cheap

Ya I was gonna order some, but earliest delivery date to me was middle
Of next week. Mark is sending me 2 rolls through dhl, I expect it will get here quicker. No luck around my town finding any.

Did I mention how annoyed I was/am that he never filled the order correctly? I paid extra for that option just so I wouldn't have to do it lol

Now I'm waiting for tape and have to do it myself.

 

[whytewidow]

No, he was supposed to, I paid extra to have it done. Was pretty disappointed to see it wasn't done, and I hadn't ordered any tape.

He's sending me 2 rolls through dhl. Be here next week hopefully.

I'll build frames but can't wire anything until I get tape


Ya I was gonna order some, but earliest delivery date to me was middle
Of next week. Mark is sending me 2 rolls through dhl, I expect it will get here quicker. No luck around my town finding any.

Did I mention how annoyed I was/am that he never filled the order correctly? I paid extra for that option just so I wouldn't have to do it lol

Now I'm waiting for tape and have to do it myself.

I ordered 100 strips with applied thermal tape. I also had to apply mine after paying for it. Then he raised the price of the strips to a retarded price. No one was ordering shit. We give him big orders. Give him lots of free advertising. To thousands of people. Plus my IG. And now he raises the price. Just plain greed. After the next build for a 5x5 I will never use cutter strips again.

 

[diggs99]

I hear ya bro.

Im still waiting for the tape to show so i can do that extra work i paid him to do lol

it will be 1 month on june 13th since i placed the order. Craziness

frustrating for sure.

 

[diggs99]

Well i think its finally time. Wish me luck, i think im gonna need it.

Everything except the project boxes are here. Going to get all the tape on the strips and strips placed on the frame.

Then the wiring. fml the wiring lol

did i mention you should wish me luck? lol

 

[HardLuck71]

One fine day diggs, the culmination, the day this light goes online, operational....
It will then, qualify to be awarded the title of,
The mostest researched build ever builted.

I don't know, I can't be too far behind if I even am lmao

 

[diggs99]

I don't know, I can't be too far behind if I even am lmao

no trust me, i went way overboard on the research and overall lack of decision making lol

it was a sight to see and witness

Thankfully theres alot of good dudes on the led section who stuck with me through the madness lol

 

[HardLuck71]

no trust me, i went way overboard on the research and overall lack of decision making lol

it was a sight to see and witness

Thankfully theres alot of good dudes on the led section who stuck with me through the madness lol

I'm doing the same exact thing lol, overthinking it big time. Oh, you mean how you and a few other are sticking with me as well lol. You are def right about there being some good dudes on here, very patient and helpful! I was on another forum in the beginning and got nowhere near the replies/help like here! This forum is amazing and so are a lot of the guys on here, very thankful for everyone's help!