New Grower The F'ing Finally Grows - first time grower, semi-perpetual
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Welcome y'all!
@Santos23 I'll make sure to check out your thread. Thanks for dropping by!
I love Hafez, @Doogal - good one
Anyhow, I'm apparently an utter idiot. Been putting off putting together my COB light. Predictably, the cables kingbrite sent are too short for my frame, and, even more predictably, my local electronics store is closed due to a death in the family (the downside, I suppose, of living in a town where most businesses are still small and family owned). So I probably won't have it done before tomorrow. Good thing I have a few Cree screw-ins kicking around - if the seed/s pop I can at least give them a little something to photosynthesize.
@Santos23 I'll make sure to check out your thread. Thanks for dropping by!
I love Hafez, @Doogal - good one
Anyhow, I'm apparently an utter idiot. Been putting off putting together my COB light. Predictably, the cables kingbrite sent are too short for my frame, and, even more predictably, my local electronics store is closed due to a death in the family (the downside, I suppose, of living in a town where most businesses are still small and family owned). So I probably won't have it done before tomorrow. Good thing I have a few Cree screw-ins kicking around - if the seed/s pop I can at least give them a little something to photosynthesize.
Someone (I think I'll call her Goldie) wants to say hello:
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I am thinking of going down the cob route myself so I am subbed for this and also have a few questions for ya 
Where did you order from Kingbrite? Alibaba?
How were they on shipping charges?
Any import duty?
Mind linking the actual kit you purchased?
Sorry for jumping in here, and GL with the grow.
Where did you order from Kingbrite? Alibaba?
How were they on shipping charges?
Any import duty?
Mind linking the actual kit you purchased?
Sorry for jumping in here, and GL with the grow.
First, don't worry. I'd rather people jumped in than didn't.
Anyhow, yup, kingbrite on alibaba.
I paid some sort of duty but it was marginal (something like 20-30$, paid the fedex guy cash and I can't remember the exact sum) and while I won't share where I am, I'm quite certain that's relatively high. Shipping was the big spend, but all things considered it was an ok deal - wound up paying 280$ all told, or just over a buck a watt.
All that said, if you can find a local supplier for the heatsinks, I doubt kingbrite makes too much sense. If you're in the States/Europe, I'm pretty sure there are better deals.
I didn't go for any particular kit, I just put together an order and communicated with them via mail. They're pretty prompt and very helpful. But I think they do have a similar kit.
Anyhow, yup, kingbrite on alibaba.
I paid some sort of duty but it was marginal (something like 20-30$, paid the fedex guy cash and I can't remember the exact sum) and while I won't share where I am, I'm quite certain that's relatively high. Shipping was the big spend, but all things considered it was an ok deal - wound up paying 280$ all told, or just over a buck a watt.
All that said, if you can find a local supplier for the heatsinks, I doubt kingbrite makes too much sense. If you're in the States/Europe, I'm pretty sure there are better deals.
I didn't go for any particular kit, I just put together an order and communicated with them via mail. They're pretty prompt and very helpful. But I think they do have a similar kit.
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Cheers for the info bud.
Much appreciated
OOH! Didn't think this one would pop as quick. Fighting out of the dirt-brown corner, straight out tha jiffy, introducing Mrs. Pepe Le Pew, a sweet sweet Sweet Seeds Sweet Skunk:
Like I said, she'll be going into a local coco based potting soil, with 10% added humus in the top half, 20% in the bottom. Probably gonna put her in a smaller container so she doesn't eat up too much space, plus I understand it should finish quicker that way.
Like I said, she'll be going into a local coco based potting soil, with 10% added humus in the top half, 20% in the bottom. Probably gonna put her in a smaller container so she doesn't eat up too much space, plus I understand it should finish quicker that way.
It's exciting how fast they're moving. I've grown veggies on and off for years and I've never seen anything quite this vigorous. FUN!
Finished the frame, everything connected and working, even set up the dimmer so the marking makes sense when viewed from the front, and then, as I'm ratcheting it up, one of the chains i was using snaps. No worries - I was holding the frame, nothing fell, still works - but aggravating as fuck. Another day's wait. Considering just buying in another pair of ratcheting hangers instead of running chains between the d-rings and ratcheting from those.
Anyway, this is the thing itself if anyone is curious. Big takeaways for the next one (just being honest - there's definitely gonna be a next one) are:
1) Cable management, which I didn't really plan(read: drill) for. Mostly for aesthetics, but I'm sure there's some technical upside too. I'll be replacing the wagos on the mains power with something like this - less janky with better strain relief, and waterproof which may not be necessary but is never bad.
2) Spend more time getting the bars at the exact right length and sanded down to a perfectly flat end - the shop that did the cutting did an okay job but one of the bars was shorter by about an inch, which actually works here because it left exactly enough space on one corner to fit in the dimmer. Sanding them down would've made for more perfect connections and the whole frame would've been more rigid and sturdy (it's fine, but it could be better).
3) Not sure about the spacing yet. They're a smidge further from each other than I've seen recommended, but hey - that just means more space for additions.
Employing the Pareto principle (80/20), I'd wager this will be a moderate success.
@Boradan
Anyway, this is the thing itself if anyone is curious. Big takeaways for the next one (just being honest - there's definitely gonna be a next one) are:
1) Cable management, which I didn't really plan(read: drill) for. Mostly for aesthetics, but I'm sure there's some technical upside too. I'll be replacing the wagos on the mains power with something like this - less janky with better strain relief, and waterproof which may not be necessary but is never bad.
2) Spend more time getting the bars at the exact right length and sanded down to a perfectly flat end - the shop that did the cutting did an okay job but one of the bars was shorter by about an inch, which actually works here because it left exactly enough space on one corner to fit in the dimmer. Sanding them down would've made for more perfect connections and the whole frame would've been more rigid and sturdy (it's fine, but it could be better).
3) Not sure about the spacing yet. They're a smidge further from each other than I've seen recommended, but hey - that just means more space for additions.
Employing the Pareto principle (80/20), I'd wager this will be a moderate success.
@Boradan
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