Ok, so I have been doing research and pricing LED components heavily the last couple days and I need some help. I was an electronics tech back in the air force and I feel like I more or less know whats going technically, as far as putting them together. I mean, I think I can figure that part out. I will probably have questions, actually..
Point of post being, I need some help. I know myself, and I don't want to spend the next 3 days researching the long history of LED parts and drivers and boost drives etc on the computer. I will get fucking obsessed and I am already getting weird looks from the gal concerning my most recent internet binge. A lot of you guys have been doing this shit for years now and you know these part numbers like the back of your hand, I beseech you to assist me. I will smoke you out upstate NY! So this is my space...
Basement flower box. Its 3 x 3-5' depending on the height. I have been using a 400W HPS down here thus far..
I will be in this space for another few months, I am now doing my last grow here for awhile, at least two years. I have also recently acquired an almost identical space which is just waiting on me. I want to make a light that is 3'x3' in size, with 9 100w cobs, dimmable .
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9 cobs. Id like to be able to use it a lower brightness in a smaller space 35-40% eff, but also raise it a foot or two if I need to and thus run the led's @ 70% as needed. Is there a driver that fit my needs? Cobs? Also, I would like to keep the lights usage under 300 kwh/month, like 250 would be better, thats @ 12/12.
That's it really. I'd like to do this as cheaply as possible so of course cause I am a broke ass college student trying to live off the GI Bill. is there a easy or cheap DIY heatsink you can think of? I am open to vendor suggestions as well if you know a place.
