I'm ready to build my own light

goodro wilson

goodro wilson

Well-Known Member
I love led
I'm ready to make my own light
I want to go with
vero29s
pico ez mates
kapton tape
and Arctic 11 cpu cooler
I'd like to buy 4 of everything (cpu coolers/cobs) so which driver would be best to run all four cobs? And where to buy.
Also I'm confused ...if I have 4 artic 11s can I wire them together and use one power supply to run all four... ? What power supply should I buy??
I'm decent with electrical like I used to like to hook up car stereo/video but never made a light lol
I guess after I buy all of that I would need some kind of frame for it all .. From Home Depot maybe? What do I buy for that? Wonder if there is any frame I could use that didn't require a drill????
Y'all are gonna have to help me Please!
 
Airwalker16

Airwalker16

Well-Known Member
Ya apv 12-12 has 1amp on it. So find out how much your fans need and go from there. Most are 0.25/0.5 amps.
 
thetr33man

thetr33man

Well-Known Member
If you get fans that have thermal sensors attached to them, you can cut those off and wire in a pot. Thats what I did and I can control my fans from all the way off up to full power very easily. In this pic I have one pot for my led power and 1 wired to 2 fans.
 
Airwalker16

Airwalker16

Well-Known Member
goodro wilson said:
I love led
I'm ready to make my own light
I want to go with
vero29s
pico ez mates
kapton tape
and Arctic 11 cpu cooler
I'd like to buy 4 of everything (cpu coolers/cobs) so which driver would be best to run all four cobs? And where to buy.
Also I'm confused ...if I have 4 artic 11s can I wire them together and use one power supply to run all four... ? What power supply should I buy??
I'm decent with electrical like I used to like to hook up car stereo/video but never made a light lol
I guess after I buy all of that I would need some kind of frame for it all .. From Home Depot maybe? What do I buy for that? Wonder if there is any frame I could use that didn't require a drill????
Y'all are gonna have to help me Please!
Click to expand...
You're frame will be aluminum angle "L" bar to sit the cpu coolers in
 
GoRealUhGro

GoRealUhGro

Well-Known Member
June yards bro..look for ol heavy screen doors too...I have a junk yard close by and he let's me pilfer through junk ppl drop off...that's where all my chicken wire and chain like fence cane from... .Ido wtf it was from buy someone just dropped off a pile of aluminum angle iron type shit...it has holes drilled in it and pop rivit's in it...Musta been the frame of someone's old grow set up lol
 
goodro wilson

goodro wilson

Well-Known Member
I'm sure I'll order in all online shoot me the link if it works out i won't be ordering all this until next paycheck probably
If it works I would want to make two more and use three total on a 4x4 area
 
goodro wilson

goodro wilson

Well-Known Member
So four four vero and four artic ll would I just need 2 four foot lengths of angle bar?
Idk if I'm making sense I'll try to make a sketch I wanna get the list ready so I know how much to spend
 
testiclees

testiclees

Well-Known Member
Bro maybe delay your final purchases till summer. I read on another thread about a substantially improved v29 due out 6/16. Im planning to swap out the vero29, first gen that ive been running.

"Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies, will debut several new products at this year’s Light + Building in Germany, including its seventh generation of Vero and V Series products now featuring nominal efficacy ranging from 155 to 180 lumens per watt warm white efficacy - See more at: http://www.bridgelux.com/resources/...-lumens-watt-performance#sthash.IvoIy2dG.dpuf"

https://www.rollitup.org/t/help-me-understand-about-the-new-veros-v3-coming-6-16.904297/
 
goodro wilson

goodro wilson

Well-Known Member
testiclees said:
It's really fun and rewarding to build your own. Plus you can configure it complement your particular space very precisely.
Click to expand...
It seems like I can do it a little cheaper than their kits and the ones I saw were sold out
The vero aren't as efficient but in on a budget even if it only saves a little I'm trying to build one for as cheap as possible
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top