Alex281
Well-Known Member
Hey all!
so after a super long time of being interested with led lights and all the possible combinations of different spectrums, i finally decided i would take my learning one step further and make myself an led light. although my vipars are doing one hell of a kickass job i figured this would be a good opportunity to have a little fun.
now im not an expert by any means so if you have something to suggest or call me out on a critical error please do! we are all here to keep learning.
so here are the specs of the light.
-it draws about 51-53w from just the leds and another 7-8w from the 2 cooling fans
-i used a makers led heatsink and it made things a hell of a lot easier than i thought.(was going to make a diy tutorial but found it pointless since all i did was place the leds on the heatsink with a dot of thermal grease and solder them in series to the driver.)
- initially i wanted to fit all the leds i have now on a 6" panel but was afraid it was too small. i now realize it was the perfect size and decided that if this test goes well, i will buy the same amount of leds and double up since i have the 12" heatsink
For the Leds i used
2 Neutral white 5000k cree xml2's (running @ 1750ma)
3 warm white 2700k xml2's (running @ 1750ma)
6 cree xpe red's (running @ 700ma)
4 phillips rebel deep red's (running @ 700ma)
im a little concerned about there not being enough blue in the mix so if anyone wants to chime in about that please do!
the space ill be using for this relatively small grow is the bottom part of the cabinet where im flowering with my main vipar panels. usually it is where the buckets and all the wires are hidden but i pushed the bucket to the side and covered it with some panda film until i get a better lightproof bucket.
The strains are juicy fruit which i got for free from a friend(hoping its as good as he says) and tangerine trainwreck haze which i got 6 as a freebie from sea of seeds a while back. hoping the genetics are good so the only thing i have to worry about doing its job right is the light. the seeds are germinating as we speak!
hope this will be a good show!
Happy Growing RIU!
so after a super long time of being interested with led lights and all the possible combinations of different spectrums, i finally decided i would take my learning one step further and make myself an led light. although my vipars are doing one hell of a kickass job i figured this would be a good opportunity to have a little fun.
now im not an expert by any means so if you have something to suggest or call me out on a critical error please do! we are all here to keep learning.
so here are the specs of the light.
-it draws about 51-53w from just the leds and another 7-8w from the 2 cooling fans
-i used a makers led heatsink and it made things a hell of a lot easier than i thought.(was going to make a diy tutorial but found it pointless since all i did was place the leds on the heatsink with a dot of thermal grease and solder them in series to the driver.)
- initially i wanted to fit all the leds i have now on a 6" panel but was afraid it was too small. i now realize it was the perfect size and decided that if this test goes well, i will buy the same amount of leds and double up since i have the 12" heatsink
For the Leds i used
2 Neutral white 5000k cree xml2's (running @ 1750ma)
3 warm white 2700k xml2's (running @ 1750ma)
6 cree xpe red's (running @ 700ma)
4 phillips rebel deep red's (running @ 700ma)
im a little concerned about there not being enough blue in the mix so if anyone wants to chime in about that please do!
the space ill be using for this relatively small grow is the bottom part of the cabinet where im flowering with my main vipar panels. usually it is where the buckets and all the wires are hidden but i pushed the bucket to the side and covered it with some panda film until i get a better lightproof bucket.
The strains are juicy fruit which i got for free from a friend(hoping its as good as he says) and tangerine trainwreck haze which i got 6 as a freebie from sea of seeds a while back. hoping the genetics are good so the only thing i have to worry about doing its job right is the light. the seeds are germinating as we speak!
hope this will be a good show!
Happy Growing RIU!
). care to share more about the leds you are messing with? there is literally a shit ton of info on RIU i havent got to, mostly because its just speculations and ideas and not much has been done to show any actual testing and what not. id love to see where others are coming from though so we can all build on our ideas.
