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How can you do that? just run a driver ma that wont blow the monos and use up the "slack" with them?

ok so my understanding is that you can run these up fairly high but 1400 ma drivers is what most folks use as a power/efficiency balance. You get more efficient driving them weaker but then each ones produces less total light, meaning for a light the same brightness with better efficiency you...

Hey man just read thru this thread, Growmau5 just helped me step by step lots of info in this thread and growmau5 also linked a couple in a reply to me that are full of info. Workin on mine right now (rough build), hopefully will have it turned on and working shortly! No go- cant find my meter...

I have a little one goin going that was a freebie, but never done one before.

Precisely my friend. Hopefully someone sparky enough can tell me :). EDIT: on second thought im just gonna go wago, they look plenty easy and reliable.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G6GNREI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2O3HJ2SS65BTV here is the switch to match, could be installed per driver or assembly if my idea is valid (which it may not be). Maybe I am just off in the weeds and should just do the lever clamps.... idk lol

Not often hopefully, but I know I will be adding 2 more COBS/Drivers to this build later on, I overdid my heatsink to have the extra capacity set aside. So putting this much money in the light I would just prefer to make things simple to work on going forward (wither the camera power plugs or...

Do you use the lever connectors? I am trying to make it easy to change up, replace drivers etc, so I dont think I want regular wagos. Another solid option though if my modular/QC idea wont work.

drill/dremel I would think the face of the receptacle will cover some imperfect cuts

Edit: Now that im looking at all those connectors (the green/black quick disconnects) would it be possible to use a normal ac receptacle like you posted, then go to a male connector then add this splitter, then each driver would have its 2 wires going into a male connector? This would make it...

OK. WIll my drivers be ok if they are underneath like in the mock up, or should I just screw them to the top of the housing (and make the houseing only maybe a half inch off the fins)? Know of anywhere that sells the holders in the US so i could have them friday? I was gonna just go the kapton...

I was thinking of doing this angle along the side with drivers underneath( or mounted on top of) the housing. I could put angle on either side of the heatsink then use a roll of 8 inch flashing to go over the top. Then cut a whole in that for the fan. Here is a mockup of what I was thinking...

ok tell me how this works so I dont blow these up. how do I wire the luxeon 3Ws? I have a yellow wire on the input side of that Chinese driver for the lux 3Ws but the cord is 2 prong with blue and brown which match the driver. Is yellow just unused grounding or something else? Also just realized...

OK cool , I will go minimal this time then. I will probably work on a new housing and then add my other 2 COBs. It needs to hurry up and be Friday lol.

Ok so just in time for me to have to go to work, all my light parts have showed up. Got to thinking while looking at components. Do I need an actual housing over the fins for my fan to push air thru? just wondering if i can go fan on heatsink and the channels will be fine or if I need a...

updated pics and a question: these look like hairs? is this thing starting to flower? Packages for DIY light are starting to on monday so lights pics starting in a week hopefully!

OK a little update. Got my old tent set up with with a propagation dome and took 2 clones each of the blue thai and the pineapple express 2. The pineapple express has good side branching and seems to be fairly robust. The blue thai seems a touch slower growing and less big side branching but...

200mm Computer fans are a good size for the 8.46 profile, sink is about 3/4 of an inch bigger, but those fans can move double the air of a 140 ( a decent one, bitfenix, corsair)

(30x2.54x260)/110=180w active cooling according to the figures Growmau5 has shown me. for 4 you need to go a bit longer. a 140mm computer fan fits this profile which should be all you need. Im not sure enough on the rest to answer any for you.

Yeah i mean paste lol, good catch. OK sounds good I am gonna go ahead and order the rest. Can I use hooks with those ratcheting ropes to hold this up or do I need to use chain because of the heat?