What's the Best Currently Available Strip for a Self build?

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DukeFluke

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Hello folks, hope everyone's doing ok.

As the title says, what's the strip of choice these days for a self build? I previously used Bridgelux BXEB series but they're not stocked on Future Elec anymore it seems :(

What's the most efficient on the market atm? Samsung Evo?

I Need them in 4ft. That's about it really

Thanks in advance people
 
DukeFluke said:
Hello folks, hope everyone's doing ok.

As the title says, what's the strip of choice these days for a self build? I previously used Bridgelux BXEB series but they're not stocked on Future Elec anymore it seems :(

What's the most efficient on the market atm? Samsung Evo?

I Need them in 4ft. That's about it really

Thanks in advance people
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Why not use 2x 2 foot strips?
 
1212ham said:
It's more wiring, but shorter strips with some with space between them can reduce the center hotspot a little.
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Yea, but if they want to DIY, I'd assume wiring isn't a big deal. I guess my point is that it's better to be flexible with what you source so that you can get the best build for the $$.
 
Evo B's are available on general ighting strips from samsung.

Evo's H's are available only on the Horticulture module

All obtainable from samsung distributors. Specially the general lighting ones.
Example...

Oh and would you look at that...the horti ones.

Crazy for someone to say they "Not in any strips from general distributors". Took 30secs to google, hundreds are in stock.
 
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Rocket Soul said:
Not in any strips from general distributors, only in grow strips. Alibaba places have some offerings if you look around
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Diode.Dude said:
Evo B's are available on general ighting strips from samsung.

Evo's H's are available only on the Horticulture module

All obtainable from samsung distributors. Specially the general lighting ones.
Example...

Oh and would you look at that...the horti ones.

Crazy for someone to say they "Not in any strips from general distributors". Took 30secs to google, hundreds are in stock.
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Thank you i stand corrected :)
I guess i havent looked thru whats out there recently. Ill have a look thru these, very interesting.
 
DukeFluke said:
Hmm, am I reading that right; 178 lm/w, and £39 for a 56cm strip?

Jesus
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Lumens are for humans. They are 2.9something ppf/w which is approximately equivalent to somewhere around 200lum/w. Its the red supp; it carries much more photons than lumens. And this is at around 50w operation, a little more efficiency if you go lower watts.
 
DukeFluke said:
Hmm, am I reading that right; 178 lm/w, and £39 for a 56cm strip?

Jesus
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There is a good table on the efficiency of these things when more current is applied.

I have ordered several times from there and no complaints.
Pretty decent prices.

This would be better spectrum I think if you are wanting the LM301H ones?

I got in my growlights some 301H,B's and few EVO's, mostly 3500k's
 
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Rocket Soul said:
Lumens are for humans. They are 2.9something ppf/w which is approximately equivalent to somewhere around 200lum/w. Its the red supp; it carries much more photons than lumens. And this is at around 50w operation, a little more efficiency if you go lower watts.
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Yea but at £40 for 2ft, there's basically no saving on just buying a kingbrite
 
560mm Gen 2 Bridgelux EB strips are 175 lm/W and are only $4.82 each on Digikey. Way better value than the Samsung strips.


BXEB-L0560Z-30E2000-C-B3 | DigiKey Electronics

Order today, ships today. BXEB-L0560Z-30E2000-C-B3 – LED Lighting COBs Engines Modules LED Module EB Series™ Gen 2 White, Warm Linear Light Strip from Bridgelux. Pricing and Availability on millions of electronic components from Digi-Key Electronics.
www.digikey.com www.digikey.com
 
There are also some Gen 3 1120mm Bridgelux EB Strips on Digikey from $13.ish to $18.ish depending on color temp. Little better efficiency than the Gen 2 and only about an extra $1/per foot/strip

BXEB-L1120Z-35E8000-C-D3 | DigiKey Electronics

Order today, ships today. BXEB-L1120Z-35E8000-C-D3 – LED Lighting COBs Engines Modules LED Module EB Series™ Gen 3 White, Warm Linear Light Strip from Bridgelux. Pricing and Availability on millions of electronic components from Digi-Key Electronics.
www.digikey.com www.digikey.com
 
DukeFluke said:
Yea but at £40 for 2ft, there's basically no saving on just buying a kingbrite
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I dont really think theres much of savings in diy led anymore unless you get some type of deal on your leds. Maybe buying enough leds for a couple of lights? But for a single light its harder nowadays with ali prices gone thru the floor.
 
I think the main benefits of diy are going to be spectrum manipulation, if you wanted to deviate from the standard spectrum recipe, and also supplementing ready made fixtures. But it does seem like the desirable components are becoming short in supply, and harder to come by.
 
cdgmoney250 said:
I think the main benefits of diy are going to be spectrum manipulation, if you wanted to deviate from the standard spectrum recipe, and also supplementing ready made fixtures. But it does seem like the desirable components are becoming short in supply, and harder to come by.
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Most semiconductors trade at a higher prices after the pandemic.
 
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