I'm looking to build my first DIY COB and after looking at the price of heat sinks, and reading about some others ideas, I'm looking to RIU for some input on liquid cooling.
The build will be 2 fixtures for a 4x8
Each fixture will contain 16 citi 1212s powered by a HLG600.
I'm looking for insight on sizing the heat exchangers/heat sinks to ensure they are efficient enough.
As far as a chiller for the water, I had 2 ideas. First would have the lights drawing water from a storage tank(55+) gallons through the exchangers, back into the storage tank in an open loop style cooler. If that amount of water was unable to keep the lights cool, the second option would be to utilize a closed loop system with either a radiator and fan, located out of the room, or a wort style chiller submerged in the head bucket of my DWC which is attached to a chiller.
Again, I'm new at this, so take it easy on me!
What do you guys think?
The build will be 2 fixtures for a 4x8
Each fixture will contain 16 citi 1212s powered by a HLG600.
I'm looking for insight on sizing the heat exchangers/heat sinks to ensure they are efficient enough.
As far as a chiller for the water, I had 2 ideas. First would have the lights drawing water from a storage tank(55+) gallons through the exchangers, back into the storage tank in an open loop style cooler. If that amount of water was unable to keep the lights cool, the second option would be to utilize a closed loop system with either a radiator and fan, located out of the room, or a wort style chiller submerged in the head bucket of my DWC which is attached to a chiller.
Again, I'm new at this, so take it easy on me!
What do you guys think?