Lighting Cobshop.net info, questions and answers

If your using new cobs, holders, and a driver ditch the mars frame. It’s worthless. Best bet is to grab a large heatsink or buy individual ones and start fresh. Or just grab some aluminum and pick up a Heatsink on eBay. You can make exactly what your trying reuse but you can do it at whatever size you purchase.
Thanks so how thick of a piece of aluminum would I need and also what would u recommend for a good driver for 6 1212s and would I need run a separate one for my fans.

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I’d skip the fans too. Some like active cooling but I don’t. It’s another failure point, extra work, unnecessary noise, wiring and money if you need to buy anything like the fans or drivers to power them. The heatsink will require you to do some of your own searching. It’s size is dependent on the wattage your aiming for and the space your trying to light up.
 
Where do you get our heatsinks BigSm0? I assume they must be custom made to order. Was always curious about that. They sure are key to the overall look of the autocobs.
 
Where do you get our heatsinks BigSm0? I assume they must be custom made to order. Was always curious about that. They sure are key to the overall look of the autocobs.
I get them from a distributor. They definitely are specific for the AutoCob
 
due to the low height of my grow room, is there any type of diffuser that could be used to get the autocobs closer to the plants?
 
I’d skip the fans too. Some like active cooling but I don’t. It’s another failure point, extra work, unnecessary noise, wiring and money if you need to buy anything like the fans or drivers to power them. The heatsink will require you to do some of your own searching. It’s size is dependent on the wattage your aiming for and the space your trying to light up.
It's 34/34/76 so I can do away with the fan all together if the aluminum is thick enough so how thick u say it should be..I'm going make a hanger about 32/32 and put the lights spread out on it...

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Here's how I'm wanting to build my frame I may need 2 more lights but for now I'm going use 6 cobs and what size driver would I need to get the most out of the 1212s without burning them out.Here's a sketch of how I'm planning on doing.Thanks
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Here's how I'm wanting to build my frame I may need 2 more lights but for now I'm going use 6 cobs and what size driver would I need to get the most out of the 1212s without burning them out.Here's a sketch of how I'm planning on doing.Thanks
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Please post this in the diy section. This is for cobshop questions.
 
due to the low height of my grow room, is there any type of diffuser that could be used to get the autocobs closer to the plants?
Unfortunately there is nothing I can get to decrease the intensity. Pretty much any addition will increase the intensity over a smaller area. It’s down to the wattage. What size is your space again?
 
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