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I have plenty of wire and bits. I mod consoles so I'm pretty handy with a soldering iron. I'm not so great with the science behind leds but I've never had a problem wiring them up. This is a work in progress. I have bought 2 vipar panels to try with while I build this light. Would these be...

I keep seeing the term bin. What are the differences and what should I be looking for when buying cxa3070's

@SaltyNuts I would use a fin style heatsink inside the tube with a thermal compound between the 2 and have a fan mounted over heatsink pulling cool air across the fins. I also saw on digikey, cob heatsinks. Exact fits. I will have a look at cpu heatsinks but sure I read somewhere that they...

Thanks man. Heatsinks are expensive lol. Thinking of using an aluminium square tube http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aluminium-Square-Box-Section-x-12-pre-cut-Sizes-x-8-Lengths-/360941104777?var=&hash=item5409c42e89 If I get the 30cm long and have a cob at each end with a cooling fan mounted at each...

So I will only need the one driver? Would I be better making 4 individual cobs or 1 large square fixture? Also which letter should follow that driver c1400* Looking at this one Dimmable Constant Current LED Driver 151.2W 71 → 143V 1.4A Mean Well HLG-185H-C1400B

Have a 0.75x0.75x1.8m tent if that helps. Was thinking of making 3 individual square fixtures. Cooling Fan and heat sink for each light then

Tbh I don't know that much about them. I was hoping the 3 cobs would be enough if I made them individually. Which driver would you recommend . Hoping to pull about 200w? If I have been reading right the leds are 100w each Edit: these are the lights http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/products/8092212/

Ok so I'm planning a diy light. Got 3 cxb3070 3000k in my basket and wanted to know which driver I should buy to power them. http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/led-drivers/7736961/ Is that sufficient??

So my smart pots turned up today. Not as big as I thought but hopefully big enough to see me through flowering. Had to water heavily last night as their peat pots were really dry. Like to try and keep them moist

Lost one last night. Was limp all day. Another pic on day 4 :) EDIT: my other 65w cfl turned up today. I have a fan on them from a few feet away to stop temps going too high. So they now have 175w total light. We will see how they respond to double the light :)

I will see how they do under the cfl for a couple weeks. May do 2 weeks veg under 1 of the led units before adding the second panel and flowering them. They seem to do Ok in veg. Only time will tell I suppose. Been going through old equipment and have found a 45w red and blue cheap panel I got a...

Vipar have got quite a bad rap. Of all the generic panels they were best I could find within my budget. Even the 600w vipar panel only uses 310 true watts. At least this way I'm getting an extra 50w. I will see how they perform. If they don't do well I'm gonna build myself a 600w cob panel...

Reason being I have kids. Last thing I need is them coming in the bedroom and asking loads of questions about the noisy black box. I am gonna vent straight out the top into the non existent loft space. So fresh air from the room as passive intake. It might work. It might not. This is an all new...

Ok so here is a pic of seedlings and their box. Made from some spare cladding I had left from building a garden shed and painted white. Is only a temp home so not too worried. There were a couple light leaks but sorted them with some white mastic :). Will post updates daily if I can. There is...

Wow. Didn't think I'd be back here. Been 2 years. As the title suggests I'm starting a new grow. Fed up with buying shite. I have some gsc seeds from a friend. I have sprouted 10 seeds which I will veg under 2x65w 6400k cfl. I'm currently on day 3. I placed seeds straight into peat pellets...

just read through your whole grow and i have to say well done, i may well follow in your footsteps and stagger the harvest as it seems to have worked out well for you. i hoping that as i have a few grows under my belt i may well be able to get an oz but only time will tell.

hi emannn2010, i believe yours was one of the micro grows i looked through before i decided to go ahead. i remember your avatar :) honestly i think it may have been rabbits or foxs as everything barring tiny bits of stems. i was growing with a 250w hps/mh combo last year but the missus got the...

thanks, and i will surprise you, this is micro growing, its not meant to be loads.

hey blujayz, thank you for the elaboration. what i forgot to mention was that the ambient air temperature is 24.5c / 75f, this will be running through the winter months when there will usually be a avg tep drop of 7-8c so ambient temps are usually 16-17c / 61-64f. as far as i can tell this...

ive seen more than one person pull an oz+ with 69w of cfl. im not expecting huge amounts by any extent. if i feel it is necessary then i may buy a 125w envirolite but probably not. and worthwhile depends on the persons perception doesnt it?. dont really see how putting an exhaust fan on top is...