Danielson999
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I bought about 60 feet of 1" aluminum tubing, all cut to size and wrapped up for about $100. Angle is much cheaper. Guess I'm lucky I live near a Metal Supermarket. Their shops are located across Canada.
Been lurking for years. Now its time to build.
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nfhiggs
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Depends on where you're at. I can get 8 ft pieces of 3/4 angle and 3/4 channel for around ten bucks at my local Do It Best hardware store. Canadian prices seem to be about twice that.
So i should go with the longer strips? I was thinking smaller because i can play wth the spectrum a bit more... but its no time for me to be playing around. Thats for when i have a good light up instead of an hpsXD
DrBlaze
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I just posted that cuz zerotrousers was paying $50 for 12 ft
nfhiggs
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Yeah, that does seem pretty steep
nfhiggs
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I would go with the longer strips - less wiring to do.
Idc about wiring. Honestly rather wire more. Just not soo much drilling. But both are skills that could come in handy.
ZeroTrousers
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If I wanted to drive to an actual metal supply shop, i probably could have spent only about $25... but that would mean a one to two hour drive, and my time and sanity is worth more than a trip down the 401.
Danielson999
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10 560mm strips fit on the 240H-C1050 A or B series driver using 230v of the 238v available. Perfect match. You can get 2 of them and run them both into a junction box and have both drivers running off one potentiometer from 10%-100% using a 50k ohm pot and a 5k resistor so they dim at the same time. Or use the A series driver and dim with a screwdriver from 50%-100%. Will max out at about 500w or almost 42w per sqft.
Chip Green
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My DIY panels, built with the EB series, continue to exceed expectation.....
I have low expectations for everything to make sure im impressed
but even the low expectations of the p450 from platinum was bulllllshitXD
Chip Green
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I had my doubts, and yes Ill admit the expectation wasn't that hard to exceed.....
I followed the lead of those around here who really know the numbers, and on paper at least I became a believer, so I built some 3500k panels, with the 2footer EBs.
As far as growing TALL plants, I doubt they would impress. Penetration is definitely a drawback on this style of emitter, but they can definitely push enough intensity at canopy level to satisfy....
I followed the lead of those around here who really know the numbers, and on paper at least I became a believer, so I built some 3500k panels, with the 2footer EBs.
As far as growing TALL plants, I doubt they would impress. Penetration is definitely a drawback on this style of emitter, but they can definitely push enough intensity at canopy level to satisfy....
nfhiggs
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Keep your expectations low - you'll never be disappointed that way.I have low expectations for everything to make sure im impressed