Milson
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I need to buy or rent another home before I can have a workshop. But damn it i want to playyyyyy.Combining my love of a smooth, chill beat
David Lynch
and, of course....
Damn fine coffee.
Morning, folks.
Well, I did something at 1AM...
And realized - after some damn fine coffee and typing this out a bit - I should probably get two more...
Thanks, diary.
I know I said I'd test Samsungs... but I guess I'm a brand loyalty guy... plus...
I had already mistakenly bought one of these...
And the specs just fell in line. So did some Samsung ones... I don't know what to say... I'm not going to try to justify myself.
Ideally, I'd like to run many more 2' strips softer.. but the configuration that I would have to use, paired with the need for some oddball series/parallel wiring to make it work just wasn't worth it to me.
So, that's where I landed.
I was just speaking about not getting the latest, greatest.... but, for what will be about $280 all said and done for a new-tech 240W lamp.. I can get behind that. Comparatively, the old gen Samsung stuff would have cost me pretty much the exact amount.
Check out that 4K spectrum....
That 5K, too, looks great. It's impressive to see those higher CCTs hit the reds with these new Thrive series. Almost makes me wonder what you're getting out of the 2700 - 3500K other than a slightly more consistent CRI rating...
I'm rather dubious about the luminosity and what the PPF/D will look like in application....
As far as I'm understanding, it's not really a great way to measure how plants use light anyway... so I guess I'll just chalk it up to my own results. That stuff's a little lost on me, but people with more seasoned LED/electrical tenure have insisted their excitement for this series... guess I'll see what that's all about.
Only thing left to plan is my fixture.
I'm gonna go with T-nutz extrusions again. I ended up loving them, despite my oversight with the imperfect hardware.
I'll try 3/8" screws this time. Or get some washers.
I'm a little worried about this configuration feeling flimsy... as flimsy as extruded aluminum can feel...
So, I might go with this...
TBD.
Happy coffee hour!!
Hmm.
I really need to just get a place in SW Michigan in the woods. Maybe a present for myself if I can grind out another profitable app....