Lighting DIY skills are priceless.

[BigSm0]

I started a thread awhile back to help folks through the building and wiring process. 2 reasons I didn't finish it was one the machinist is a dick and I have waited months for the necessary brackets and now the second reason is this is even confusing me lol. It is massive 28"x48" in total.

Temporary mocked up but this will be the power. 4 meanwell drivers in total. There will be a total of 8 6500k cobs driven to 40 watts each at max power. The next picture is the icing on the cake! Samsung hard strips are a very efficient light source. They fit amazingly well on the frame I already built so I had to install them. They are close to 20w each so 80watts total on separate drivers. I am going to germinate the seedlings under these before turning on the cobs. They are 5000k and should blend very well.

 

[BigSm0]

Started assembly and already made a change. I love 6500k cobs but realized I will keep my plants under this light for close to 40 days so I think they would be limited by the veg only spectrum.

I ended up swapping the 6500k for 4000k and with the Samsung strips think they should get plenty of both veg and flower. I also thought about mixing cct's but blending would be an issue.

 

[BigSm0]

This bitch is going to take some serious work to build. I'll do my best to get it all documented so hopefully people can learn a little.

The light will be wired in parallel since the drivers have a low forward voltage but high amperage. In paralell the amperage is divided amongst the cobs creating less wattage per additional cob added. These should be close to 40w per cob, plus the driver has a built in dimmer which will be very helpful during the beginning stages of plant life. The Samsung strips I purchased forever ago, not exactly sure on the specs now but I do believe they are 12v and the amperage should stay below 1.4a. These drivers are 24v and 840ma so they will be run in series to divide the voltage of the driver and not the amperage. 4 drivers on an open frame and OCD don't go well together lol but I assure you guys it will be pretty nice when done.

 

[Rapha El]

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[BigSm0]

Let the fun begin.

I always soldered and heatshrinked my connections till I saw these. They do make things much simpler but you do have to give each one a tug to make sure the wire went in properly. The newer wago's help this situation since they are clear.

Fml 4 drivers isn't an easy task

 

[BigSm0]

40 minutes later. Just need to wire up the power cords. No room in the box for more wire glands. Guess I'll have to go through the top.

 

[BigSm0]

Finishing details.

 

[BigSm0]

Still have 8 cobs to mount on this pig. She is already one bright light.

 

[iampepe]

I started a thread awhile back to help folks through the building and wiring process. 2 reasons I didn't finish it was one the machinist is a dick and I have waited months for the necessary brackets and now the second reason is this is even confusing me lol. It is massive 28"x48" in total. View attachment 677829View attachment 677831


Temporary mocked up but this will be the power. 4 meanwell drivers in total. There will be a total of 8 6500k cobs driven to 40 watts each at max power. The next picture is the icing on the cake! Samsung hard strips are a very efficient light source. They fit amazingly well on the frame I already built so I had to install them. They are close to 20w each so 80watts total on separate drivers. I am going to germinate the seedlings under these before turning on the cobs. They are 5000k and should blend very well. View attachment 677833

That's cool, nice find. I was looking at something similar, rolls of led's, I don't know much about them yet.

 

[iampepe]

Finishing details. View attachment 679259

Very clean, nice work, I like it!