crimsonecho
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Thanks for all the inputs farm,
I am going with option 4 as it got the most votes and i wanted to try that anyway too :)
I did put together the veg bar once with arctic silver adhesive but it didn’t light up, so i dismantled it and drilled some holes. I screwed the holders down. Used arctic silver ceramique thermal paste. Not sure if i used enough, just a thin, flattened layer of it, well we will see when i hung them up. If any of them fails probably not enough tim :)
Now they are screwed down, its lighting up. They are wired in series, 3 cobs 2 series, 6 cobs total. Will post some pics. Now i am giving a dark period to my Nl’s. Now it has been about 24hrs. Then i will let my Dinachem go a bit more 4-5 days. After that i will change the whole setup of my grow tent to suit the new bars. Then the pics :D
The “Achille’s Heel” of my setup is the drivers tho. I am using meanwell lpc 100-700. 6 of them will be placed outside the tent and each will drive 6 cobs. Would love it if i could get my hands on a more efficient driver with higher voltage output. But i already had 4 of these from a prior project so i thought why not just order two more, they are cheap.
I also cracked one of the holders, no biggie tho, it looks like it works :)
Oh by the way, just tested with a watt meter and dirver is pulling 84 watts for each series. So total wattage will be 84X6 when in flowering. Lets say 500watts total.
I am going with option 4 as it got the most votes and i wanted to try that anyway too :)
I did put together the veg bar once with arctic silver adhesive but it didn’t light up, so i dismantled it and drilled some holes. I screwed the holders down. Used arctic silver ceramique thermal paste. Not sure if i used enough, just a thin, flattened layer of it, well we will see when i hung them up. If any of them fails probably not enough tim :)
Now they are screwed down, its lighting up. They are wired in series, 3 cobs 2 series, 6 cobs total. Will post some pics. Now i am giving a dark period to my Nl’s. Now it has been about 24hrs. Then i will let my Dinachem go a bit more 4-5 days. After that i will change the whole setup of my grow tent to suit the new bars. Then the pics :D
The “Achille’s Heel” of my setup is the drivers tho. I am using meanwell lpc 100-700. 6 of them will be placed outside the tent and each will drive 6 cobs. Would love it if i could get my hands on a more efficient driver with higher voltage output. But i already had 4 of these from a prior project so i thought why not just order two more, they are cheap.
I also cracked one of the holders, no biggie tho, it looks like it works :)
Oh by the way, just tested with a watt meter and dirver is pulling 84 watts for each series. So total wattage will be 84X6 when in flowering. Lets say 500watts total.
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