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Yeah easily. Only running about 700ma through each. Good point also.

Something to be said about the simplicity though! Nice build! My build was fun but I sat there a few times thinking... this is way too much work for a light LOL. It was also my first so I was figuring out a lot of shit on the way.

they worked wicked! So simple. I liked this method to wire also. It’s really clean, but it uses a shit load of wire! I used 100ft on this one lol. I started with stranded wire and tinning the ends so I could stick them in the connectors.... GET solid core wire lol. I got like 8 wires in and...

And the little voltage regulator

good call on that, but yes the timer will kill the power to the whole plug, so that won’t be a problem. I just searched digital voltage and amps / current display and grabbed one. Here’s the screen shot. It runs on 5-30 vdc. So it depends on your setup or driver. My driver is running 39v...

Okay to hell with it. I can’t wait lol. My shitty Amazon ammeter doesn’t read. It’s flickered on a couple times... no loose connections or anything. I suspect it’s in the board, so I’ll get another one. I’ll rivet the control box on tomorrow and hang it. Initial PPFD was a bit...

Wiring was fun. I realized that little lcd screen was max 30v input so I bought thesis little buck lm317 (I think) voltage regulator to step down from 39v to 29.5 just to run the screen. I 3d printed a little base for it so it didn’t short out on my control box. I plugged it in it all works...

Nvm I see it, Good point. I didn’t know that myself

yep you can see on these strips clearly the open zone free from circuitry for fasteners. Who said superglue? lol

Well, I did some test rivets on some plastic 3d printed thin pieces to a scrap piece of aluminum and it didn’t crack or stress it very much with the thin 1/8” aluminum rivets so I went for it. It worked out great. Since I sanded my aluminum with 320 grit on my random orbit sander to get...

I was thinking that when I was designing but I hate the idea of just using tape alone. I know everyone does it and it holds up. But I like some mechanical fastener if possible. I bought the smallest diameter I could find and they are aluminum so they set and snap off with a lot less pressure...

Hey guys, so I’ve learnt everything I know from RIU so looking to give something back. maybe I can’t give any grow advice just yet but I’m a better fabricator than gardener I guess. I’m in the process of building my own led fixture for flowering my 2.5’x4’ area. I designed it using a mean well...

Thanks a lot for helping out. So I guess now I’m a little confused on spec’ing out a driver for my 10 1120mm eb strips (39v 700ma) So from what I gather, I should be wiring in parallel with a CV driver and multiply my 700ma x 10strips so I should look for a driver with 39v - 7a?? So I only...

Thanks for the reply. How would you suggest I run it? Also why would you discourage 400v from a grow room specifically? Potential water hazards? Humidity? Things like that?

Hey folks. Hope someone sees this! I have just read all of the information on this thread. I have just received the components for my planned led build so I’m just looking for some reassurance that I’m on the right track. I’m very mechanically inclined and feel pretty comfortable working...

Yes that pic is one That I “pre-labelled” as male to confirm later. Here are a couple fresh pics. I think the first 3 pics are fem and last 3 pics are male.

This was from a few days ago. So they are more developed now, I will take more tomorrow.

Nice man! Can’t wait for flower, Pretty exciting and addicting, I won’t lie

Okay , I was really wanting to keep them in these smaller pots until I could sex them. They are JUST showing some early preflowers. So once I can see, I want to ditch the males and pot up to 5gallon grow bags. I don’t have room to pot all of them up in a 2x4 tent so I might have to wait...

Yeah they have been great but slowly just a couple leaves have those brown spots that look to be getting worse. Does my soil need to be watered for it to be considered “cooking”. The compost was pretty wet when I mixed the batch on a tarp, and It’s been sitting in 4 - 72L totes for a...