Samsung f strips heat sink question

SpencerB

Member
So I had my whole cob plan layed out and someone showed me samsung F strips

Now I'm thinking 6 2ft F strips, single row on lrs-200-24

Question is this. I have roughly 100ft of 1x1x0.25 aluminum angle sitting around, would 26" sticks of this have sufficient mass to act as heatsink for F strip running at ~33watts ~1.45a ??
 

ANC

Well-Known Member
Yeah, you don't even need real heatsinking, just thermally conductive structural support so you don't build up heat behind the boards and they don't sag.
The boards themselves can function up to temperatures that would take your skin off. The cooler you keep them the more efficient they are of course. I run the double row 4' F strips at 45.9V which is 2. something amperes.
 

SpencerB

Member
Good to know! It was going to be used to frame a smoker but I figure with 6 runs at 26" and then 2 end cap pieces at 24", I'll have a 24x24 light with 17 linear feet of heatsink, should last forever and never get hot
 

GBAUTO

Well-Known Member
I used a 45" strip of 2" x 0.125" aluminum on my double row strips. Only supports are a couple of 1" strips used to mount the sammys to my vero fixture. They get up to 50degC @ 240w in their current configuration.
 
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