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Thanks a lot! A lot of people were Recommending the Samsung strips but I had the same problem as you , I couldn’t find any over 5k. I’m super pumped to observe the effects this blue has ! I’m expecting some decently tight internodes .

Sorry to bump this, I thought I’d share what I’ve been up to since all your suggestions :) https://www.rollitup.org/t/my-3rd-diy-build-using-eb-strips-veg-light-thanks-riu-you-have-me-hooked-building-lights.981703/

I started building DIY lights using cobs last year after being suggested that route on these forums. I am now onto my 3rd light . This one is a dual spectrum veg lamp . With 5700k and 3000k eb Gen 2 strips. For this build I gutted an old fluorescent lamp and used the steel frame to mount my...

Haven’t heard of those , I think those are right up my alley !

Looking for suggestions for my vegatation light I’m making with Bridgelux EB strips . I want to add a bit of red light , but how much is the question ?

Sorry to bump this guys , I’m slowly planning this build. I really want to add some different spectrums of light. How do strips like https://www.ledworld.ca/led-grow-light/led-grow-strip-triple-bright/ compare to the Bridgelux EBs? I have seen some very nice vegetative growth from blurples and...

Hey glad to hear from someone with a similar idea. I plan on making my box frame out of wood . Then I was going to have almost an inner frame a few inches away from the wood made of aluminum with strips running vertically . I think adding the vertical strips would be interesting since side...

i feel the same way brotha! I think the strips are the way to go for me since safety is my main concern .

2 parallel strings of 4 cobs on My HLG 320 2100 is what I’ll try. I just really wanna be able to get good lights in a box without needing active cooling on each sink.

I have some extra artic alpine 64 plus heatsinks with no fans . I’m gonna see if running my vero 29s at 37W will be alright with no active cooling on these sinks .

Thanks man that’s what I was looking for . I have vero 29s I’m running at 75w each atm with active cooling , there’s just no way I’d feel safe putting them in a box if a fan ever failed . Buying more sinks and cobs running them less power will run me the same if not more than just buying some...

I was thinking of running the BridgeLux EBs. They run .7A 19V so 14W. I have 2 HLG 320 2100 , so I plan on running 3 parallel branches of 7 strips off each driver . What temperatures can I expect the aluminum they are mounted on to reach?

I want to make a grow box using strip lights . I have a vero 29 and really dislike needing active cooling and want a cleaner setup. I want to surround the perimeter of my box with strip lights with an adjustable “top” light . As the plants grow vertically I can switch on more of the lights...

Yup was quite worried as I can literally touch the artics with the fans running. Without they get hot hot .

Yea I’m thinking possibly a loose connection was somewhere in the circuit . The gauge of the cpu fan wires Are like 30 gauge making it super frustrating wiring in parallel.

Thanks again I’ll defiantly order some seeings how I’m making 1 more fixture. I’m not sure if it was the DC adapter I tried using , or if 1 dud fan caused the whole circuit to be imbalanced and wreck my fans. Which ever active cooling has turned out to be a bigger pain in my A then I bargened...

Do the Pinfins require active cooling?

The sinks are getting about 50 C atm they were 30C with fans .

Thank you for the suggestion . With the fans with the system was staying very cool the heat sinks barley got warm to the touch . I’ll check out those other sinks I might have to salvage this project. Defiantly not ordering anymore alpine 64s as the Hair thin wires were a pain .

My articic Alpine 64 plus fans broke while connecting to my DC adapter. I had my first set of them working fine on the 1st adapter the 2nd set of them must have fried. I regret choosing this as my heatsink option. My question is now, what temperature should my aluminum sinks be sitting at max...