GrassBurner
Well-Known Member
Shout out to @ilovereggae for all of his advice and information, couldn't have built this light without him.
I wanted to build something to go along with my 4 qb120's, in a 4x4 tent, and I wanted to do it as cheap as possible. Cost me $190 to build this light. I had some steel left over from a job, so I didn't have to pay for the frame. My first light frame was built using 1x3's, so use whatever you got that will get the job done
Specs for the light are (10) Samsung L09'S @3500K, wired in parallel, on a Delta LNE-48V320WAAA driver with internal lo/voltage adjustments.
Here is the frame, nice and simple. 1/2" x 1/2" x 16ga square tubing. 22" wide and 45" long. Weighs about 5lbs. Blue was the first color I found
I'm running these strips about half their rated amperage, so I went with 1/8" aluminum for heat sinks. Harbor Freight sells 48" long aluminum rulers, that are 1/8" thick and almost exactly the width of my strips. $25 for 5 of them and I had my heat sink material. Mounted them to the frame, and wired them in paralell. My main 14 ga wires come into the fixture, and each runs to a distribution block, then to each strip.
Thats about all there is to it.
I wanted to build something to go along with my 4 qb120's, in a 4x4 tent, and I wanted to do it as cheap as possible. Cost me $190 to build this light. I had some steel left over from a job, so I didn't have to pay for the frame. My first light frame was built using 1x3's, so use whatever you got that will get the job done
Specs for the light are (10) Samsung L09'S @3500K, wired in parallel, on a Delta LNE-48V320WAAA driver with internal lo/voltage adjustments.
Here is the frame, nice and simple. 1/2" x 1/2" x 16ga square tubing. 22" wide and 45" long. Weighs about 5lbs. Blue was the first color I found
I'm running these strips about half their rated amperage, so I went with 1/8" aluminum for heat sinks. Harbor Freight sells 48" long aluminum rulers, that are 1/8" thick and almost exactly the width of my strips. $25 for 5 of them and I had my heat sink material. Mounted them to the frame, and wired them in paralell. My main 14 ga wires come into the fixture, and each runs to a distribution block, then to each strip.
Thats about all there is to it.
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