beepotron
Active Member
Hello all. First time posting here, though been lurking and learning for a good while.
Just starting growing again after a few years off, and I want to go as cost-efficient as possible, and as I'm not a fossil, LED appeals to me and is the way I want to go.
I've designed a reasonably low cost, but hopefully effective LED lighting system (total cost about $350) based around the following parts list:
Emitters
6 x 100W COBs (Cheap chinese ones)
42 x 3w LEDs (30 x 640-660nm Deep Red, 5 x 620-630nm Bright Red, 4 x 460-470nm Bright Blue, 3 x 440-450nm Royal Blue)
Drivers
6 x 100W Cob Drivers
7 x 20W Drivers for the 3W LEDs
Cooling
5 x 300x140x20mm heatsinks
6 x 120mm computer case fans
2 x 4-channel fan controllers
Hardware
3m x 50mm Cable Tray
2m x 2.5mm Mains Flex 3-core
3m x 1.5mm Mains Flex 2-core
Nuts, bolts, hangers, cable ties, heat shrink, junction boxes, mains plugs, etc.
This is my first ever build. I'm splitting the circuits into 4 so that I can disable certain banks of lights by just turning off at the socket.
I've worked with electronics a fair bit on a hobbyist level, but never worked with high powered LEDs and certainly not drivers... I've put together the sketches below of my proposed design (total footprint 1m x 0.3m), and was wondering if anyone has any advice or ways to improve this. My room is 4' x 3'.
![top.jpg](/data/attachments/2515/2515796-aa11be943cab3feeabcd7cb1adb37003.jpg)
![bottom.jpg](/data/attachments/2515/2515797-8abdef7c7ce1c9101015b31c66d44d6b.jpg)
Just starting growing again after a few years off, and I want to go as cost-efficient as possible, and as I'm not a fossil, LED appeals to me and is the way I want to go.
I've designed a reasonably low cost, but hopefully effective LED lighting system (total cost about $350) based around the following parts list:
Emitters
6 x 100W COBs (Cheap chinese ones)
42 x 3w LEDs (30 x 640-660nm Deep Red, 5 x 620-630nm Bright Red, 4 x 460-470nm Bright Blue, 3 x 440-450nm Royal Blue)
Drivers
6 x 100W Cob Drivers
7 x 20W Drivers for the 3W LEDs
Cooling
5 x 300x140x20mm heatsinks
6 x 120mm computer case fans
2 x 4-channel fan controllers
Hardware
3m x 50mm Cable Tray
2m x 2.5mm Mains Flex 3-core
3m x 1.5mm Mains Flex 2-core
Nuts, bolts, hangers, cable ties, heat shrink, junction boxes, mains plugs, etc.
This is my first ever build. I'm splitting the circuits into 4 so that I can disable certain banks of lights by just turning off at the socket.
I've worked with electronics a fair bit on a hobbyist level, but never worked with high powered LEDs and certainly not drivers... I've put together the sketches below of my proposed design (total footprint 1m x 0.3m), and was wondering if anyone has any advice or ways to improve this. My room is 4' x 3'.
![top.jpg](/data/attachments/2515/2515796-aa11be943cab3feeabcd7cb1adb37003.jpg)
![bottom.jpg](/data/attachments/2515/2515797-8abdef7c7ce1c9101015b31c66d44d6b.jpg)