My First DIY LED

medicinehuman · Aug 21, 2015

I'm watching with admiration, very nice looking.

BigYellowCob · Aug 21, 2015

We should have a yearly award for best or most innovative DIY COB light - from the looks of it so far this build would be in the running. JavaCo's robot light, Growmaus Spyder light and the Spacebins that look like alien spacecraft come to mind too.

SSJGemini · Aug 21, 2015

BigYellowCob said:
We should have a yearly award for best or most innovative DIY COB light - from the looks of it so far this build would be in the running. JavaCo's robot light, Growmaus Spyder light and the Spacebins that look like alien spacecraft come to mind too.

Wow, thanks! That means a lot.

I'm just hoping it performs as good as it looks. I should probably merge my other thread with this one. This new light will be going in this cab;

I had made a DIY cfl fixture to do a test grow in the cab while I designed and built the LED light. It worked better than I thought.

BigYellowCob · Aug 21, 2015

Ha, when I saw the pic of the ventilation fans i thought they were speakers. You'd have built the first grow cabinet that I've seen with a built-in home audio system, lol. Your plants could groove to some Marley all day, and you'd probably have the fattest buds ever grown lol.
The COBs will be a nice upgrade from CFLs - looking forward to seeing some plants under the new lights.

SSJGemini · Aug 21, 2015

BigYellowCob said:
Ha, when I saw the pic of the ventilation fans i thought they were speakers. You'd have built the first grow cabinet that I've seen with a built-in home audio system, lol. Your plants could groove to some Marley all day, and you'd probably have the fattest buds ever grown lol.
The COBs will be a nice upgrade from CFLs - looking forward to seeing some plants under the new lights.

It's funny you say that cause I'm going to put a little blue tooth speaker in there so I can play music for my girls. I'm going to make a little shelf for in and mount it on the back wall in the middle.

SSJGemini · Aug 21, 2015

I was thinking on how I want to hang this light. I came up with this. Using steel cable with a custom made piece where they attach.

Growmau5 · Aug 21, 2015

hard to beat laser cut, this is fantastic.

SSJGemini · Aug 21, 2015

Growmau5 said:
hard to beat laser cut, this is fantastic.

Thanks!

SSJGemini · Aug 21, 2015

I'm trying to think of a name for this light. I think it deserves one. But my problem is I suck at coming up with names. What do you guys think it should be called? If I find a name I like I might make a decal of it and stick on the light. Wouldn't that be cool?

PurpleBuz · Aug 21, 2015

SSJGemini said:
Wow, thanks! That means a lot.

I'm just hoping it performs as good as it looks. I should probably merge my other thread with this one. This new light will be going in this cab;

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I had made a DIY cfl fixture to do a test grow in the cab while I designed and built the LED light. It worked better than I thought.

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how many decibels does you subs put out ? LOL great looking cab!

Abiqua · Aug 21, 2015

@SSJGemini

thanks for the shout...You took the info and ran...Sick build....Play it forward...

Glad people are sharing their opinions on emulating this build...they should, highest form of flattery or something :peace:

Abiqua · Aug 21, 2015

I remember the music conversation....Swindle Shack had this little rechargeable Bluetooth speaker. Only thing worth something in the store

_MrBelvedere_ · Aug 21, 2015

SSJGemini said:
I was thinking on how I want to hang this light. I came up with this. Using steel cable with a custom made piece where they attach.

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Amazing CAD skills man, did you just give the cad file to the guy at work with the 3d metal router?

SSJGemini · Aug 21, 2015

_MrBelvedere_ said:
Amazing CAD skills man, did you just give the cad file to the guy at work with the 3d metal router?

Thanks, but I'm not using CAD to make my 3d models. It's a program called 3DS Max. All I gave the guy at work was a drawing on a piece of paper with some dimensions :rolleyes:

. He did the rest by making it into a cad file then loading it into the machine.

_MrBelvedere_ · Aug 21, 2015

Cool, you can export from 3DS to the cad file format also. Beautiful build.

torontoke · Aug 21, 2015

Great job man
:clap:

How many watts is this rig going to run? And how many watts were all those cfls? Im sure the difference in efficiency is night and day.
Keep up the good work while making everyone want one.

SSJGemini · Aug 21, 2015

torontoke said:
Great job man

How many watts is this rig going to run? And how many watts were all those cfls? Im sure the difference in efficiency is night and day.
Keep up the good work while making everyone want one.

This light is calculated at 139W. My cfl light is 312W

torontoke · Aug 21, 2015

Thats awesome.
Would you mind if i ask how much you have invested in this light?
I understand that the laser cut parts were free and would cost a fortune for someone else but excluding those.

SSJGemini · Aug 21, 2015

So far I've spent about 260. I've been keeping track just haven't added in my latest purchase of screws, bits,and taps. It would've cost me a bit less if I didn't make multiply purchases. Shipping costs are poop. Haha.

torontoke · Aug 21, 2015

Thats not to bad anyway tbh.
Ive been keeping an eye on the builds on here and supra and abiqua had me convinced awhile back. Its no longer a matter of if but when.

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