Give it a shot, I think you would be amazed. 3W of LED is plenty for a cloning box.3 Watts, total, seems way low, even for LEDs, even just for clones.
You can root clones without light too, so a minimal amount of light will work just fineGive it a shot, I think you would be amazed. 3W of LED is plenty for a cloning box.
Toaster - thank you for the suggestion on the Meanwell driver, I will check it out.
I re-posted the pictures as jpegs. The entire housing acts as a heat sink. I misspoke, it's actually a channel - not a pocket. The photo shows an extrusion with black anodize, but we have a lot of this stock that is simple silver (mill finish - no anodize). I am using a thermal adhesive paste, so the flat stock for the spacer is plenty flat enough as the paste fills in any gaps. I agree that it would be slightly preferable to have the channel shallow enough to not need the spacer plate, but as mentioned it was designed originally to be an LED light bar housing. The spacer is easy, just takes 5 minutes for the thermal adhesive to dry, I have the standoff pieces and can provide the spacer plate with the standoffs already attached. I could attach the spacer plate w/standoffs to the to the The other nice thing is that it has t-slots on the top, so (4) t-nuts can be used with eye-bolts to hang it, I have those too. The housing extrusion comes from the factory cut at 12' long, so I can have them cut to any length shorter than that. so if someone want a 48" or 60" light bar no problem
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you should re read the thread :)Also, from other people's experience, what sort of setup gives you the best vegging "linear" footprint? I'm undecided if i should do a 4x12 general area for veg, or like a 7x7 type deal. What sort of wattage draws can you get away with? prefferred spectrum or mix? What sort of growth rates? Would it be silly to consider doing like 10-20 single leds placed over/around an area i've made? All knowledge appreciated
down into itHey all
Starting my build
This may be a silly question but.....
I am going to be useing 2 cree 3070 cobs
On a 1 foot heatsink.
So-
Getting ready to mount my fan.
Which direction should the fan go??
Blowing down on the heatsink or blowing up from the heatsink???
Thanks
3500k seeds to flower,I recall reading one of those cobs had a 2x2 foot print for each one of the 100w cobs? I also get that it's not a cheaper alternative to an led light, but a better more effective one, if not more expensive. I'm just wondering what would be easier layout for both DIYing my led light, and the area i've got to work with. I also read about the full spectrum chips. For vegging would i be better off with 5k or 65k or full spectrum for veg? Its been a few years since i read into anything new in the led DIY world, so sorry if i miscommunicated what i was wondering..
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