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TattooPracticeSkin

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Sorry if this is the wrong spot, I saw there was a thread that was to ask questions it but has been locked down.

I bought a kit on Alibaba for a set of 6 CXB3590s and was super excited to get it over here as they were so much cheaper than Digikey.ca (Canadian, so shipping gets to be an issue.)

Only problem. I bought the kit without heatsinks. Any heatsink on Ebay/similar sites is running about $40 per heat sink, which is a bit on the high side. I found a heatsink at 1.1 C/W and it looks pretty good to me. Would this be good enough for a passive cooling set up, or should I look into getting some CPU coolers and wire up the fans? Its my first time doing my own lights so I would prefer to do the passive heat sink, but I'm open to any suggestions.

Heatsink I'm looking at getting, has free shipping in Canada so a really nice perk+super quick shipping (at least it was free when I got my driver, should be comparable weight)


Thanks in advance!
 
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Sade

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TattooPracticeSkin said:
Sorry if this is the wrong spot, I saw there was a thread that was to ask questions it but has been locked down.

I bought a kit on Alibaba for a set of 6 CXB3590s and was super excited to get it over here as they were so much cheaper than Digikey.ca (Canadian, so shipping gets to be an issue.)

Only problem. I bought the kit without heatsinks. Any heatsink on Ebay/similar sites is running about $40 per heat sink, which is a bit on the high side. I found a heatsink at 1.1 C/W and it looks pretty good to me. Would this be good enough for a passive cooling set up, or should I look into getting some CPU coolers and wire up the fans? Its my first time doing my own lights so I would prefer to do the passive heat sink, but I'm open to any suggestions.

Heatsink I'm looking at getting, has free shipping in Canada so a really nice perk+super quick shipping (at least it was free when I got my driver, should be comparable weight)


Thanks in advance!
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Check out this site rapid led. They have exactly what you are looking for.
 
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TattooPracticeSkin

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I've checked out Rapidled and cobkits, and they both have them but with shipping, I'm looking at least $200 CAD, and that's if I don't get nailed with customs. So I was hoping it would be comparable and have it within a couple of days.
 
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Sade

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TattooPracticeSkin said:
I've checked out Rapidled and cobkits, and they both have them but with shipping, I'm looking at least $200 CAD, and that's if I don't get nailed with customs. So I was hoping it would be comparable and have it within a couple of days.
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What the hell Canada I heard has always been pro weed but god damn they are falling behind in new weed technology. No offence Canada is cool as fuck. When I went felt no different than American.
 
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TattooPracticeSkin

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It's just the shipping and customs that makes it unbearable to buy almost anything online. If I bought from the place with free shipping it would be ~$85 USD, whereas the other 2 sites (RapidLEDcanada costs more than RapidLED.com, figure that one out) it would be $115 USD+ without shipping and customs.

I'd really prefer the pin heatsinks but if these one did a fair job in its place, id rather not spend an extra $100+
 
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