Serva
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Too many strips isn‘t possible!
I just did a panel with 18x 1ft strips (gen1) @30-60w
Bridgelux EB Series Build
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I just did a panel with 18x 1ft strips (gen1) @30-60w
Cold$moke
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Sweet
I only wish they had the 4 fters in stock
Free shipping is pricless to a guy past canada
Thermal tape would be easier to manage with I think
reading the thread about eb2 thermals it does seem I could be ok with a fan pointing at the strips and no aluminium profiles to mount the strips on. Like @Serva did. Atm I only have access to alu. square tubes or L shaped cause I would get them already cut at the length I need, I want a better clean job than what I did with my actual cob fixture lol. Using square profiles to attach strips on would be heavy and pricy, probably not necessary cause of the low current.
Serva
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I have done it diffrent ways... which one do you mean?
I have panels with a wooden frame and panels with alu frames (post #6 of my thread) and air contact. Both just use 2x self-tappers to mount the strips to the frame (left and right).
https://www.rollitup.org/t/bodhi-seeds.518143/page-1681#post-13655773
https://www.rollitup.org/t/bodhi-seeds.518143/page-1683#post-13657118
I used a really thin alu sheet, which was pretty flexible, and mounted the strips with thermal tape on the surface. On the other side of the sheet I mounted small c-channels crosswise (!), so it became a stiff board. https://www.rollitup.org/t/eb-strip-panel.954018/#post-13962519
For my first panel I used c-channels and self-tappers (post #4 of my thread).
From my experience the 1ft strips are always twisted and when you mount them with screws to a channel, they never have good contact. So thermal tape was way better in this case.
But mostly I like alu tubes as frame (post #37 of my thread), self-tappers (which are also hidden in the tubes), and air contact for the strips (50-100% nominal current). Tubes, because I like to hide my wiring. Tubes are easily re-used 1-2 times, when changing your initial design.
If you are looking for a really clean build, you will need either a sheet or some tubes.
https://www.rollitup.org/t/bodhi-seeds.518143/page-1723#post-13714478
I was able to replace these 2x75w fl tubes with 50w EB strips (12x 1ft), because the light spread was way better.
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Since I want to drive my strips soft around 500mA I suppose it is not needed to use aluminium profiles as heatsinks.
Because of this I thought to only use x4 L-channels to make the frame. Screws to secure strips.
I love clean builds but using square tubes I would have to find longer screws and drill more holes for the wires but i would still have to keep wagos outside the tube. No?
Because of this I thought to only use x4 L-channels to make the frame. Screws to secure strips.
I love clean builds but using square tubes I would have to find longer screws and drill more holes for the wires but i would still have to keep wagos outside the tube. No?
