The Tardis-jacks rainbow šŸŒˆ

Not actually drilled for the m5ā€™s yet but Iā€™m trying to get an idea of how it will look.

The potentiometer is to be fitted to the front of the box section somewhere yet to be decided. But thatā€™s why I want a B type driver.

100k ohms resistance potentiometer if youā€™re using as an external dimmer on a meanwell.

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Not a bad price. Stick a watch on that :sunglasses:

With 4 chips in series this will only give me 100.4w before driver loss so it may be worth looking at a 1050b? What you reckon @Albannach.
All I have chip wise here at the moment are 2 royal blues.

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Thatā€™s looking dam good bro :sunglasses: how many chips do you need cos i have a few here, i could chuck a couple in the post if you want and i could spare a few holders too bro :thumbsup:

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I think if your using a blue chip you could maybe have four 2700K chips with the blue in the middle. You could run all 5 at around 35w each so a meanwell HLG-185-C700B would probably be the best option eh. I have a bunch of chips with leads pre-soldered to them. Iā€™m pretty sure there will be four 2700K among them but the leads will need to be de-soldered for the holders you have there. Iā€™ll send them to you if you want them bro and i could also maybe do a mix and match if youā€™d rather have that cos i also have some 3500K also with leads attached.

:thinking: Since you have the 4 holders fitted and it would be a shame to start moving things around and drilling more holes so how about i send a few of each and you can decide yourself what ones to fit :thumbsup:

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Thereā€™s 4 holders on there albannach you been at them cookies again bro :joy: 2x3500ks will do the trick and 2 blues you reckon? Should keep them short enough in there too

But yeah what you said works bro :sweat_smile:

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Yeh bro those things are dynamite :laughing: anyway i fixed it for ya lol

btw if your going with 2 blue chips iā€™d probably use a couple of 2700K to balance out the spectrum but itā€™s up to you and i can send you a mix :thumbsup:

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@Albannach Iā€™ve found a few cobs with tails on in my shed. Gonna attempt a desolder on them. And use 2 royal blue cobs. Being as I have them here

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Speaking of drivers, will this one work for you?

I picked it up to run 4 qb120ā€™s though changed up the lights a bit so have it just laying around collecting dust

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I think that would need to run a cluo58s but it would be a touch overpower for 38s. Makes me sad cos thatā€™s a good driver :yum:

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Ahhh ok

Its a great driver though canā€™t fit 4 boards in the smaller cabinets so itā€™ll just sit til I find a use for it

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Just had a play with a filter to make it a bit more spacey.

What were actually looking like. Tested each cob individually with a 50w driver. (Wouldnā€™t emit enough power to light them all in series) but we know they work. Drilled and tapped the m5ā€™s for the channel and used a 6mm hss bit to make the hole for the potentiometer. Plus another hole just above that for the ā€œnogginā€ on the pot to stop it freely spinning when trying to adjust. Lifting eye bolts should be here next week. Just a driver and fan and filter to finish.

There is 2 royal blue. 1 x 3500k and 1 x 3000k.

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Thatā€™s coming together nicely eh bro. Iā€™d love to see a bunch of those with CLU048ā€™s and wee dome lenses lighting someones commercial grow :thumbsup:

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@kushyhaze came today and said ā€œhow much do I have to pay you to make me one of thoseā€ ffs here we go again. :rofl: Itā€™s turning out a lot nicer than I first thought it would tbh bro. Still got another length of the box section too

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These deserve a bit of attention cos they could solve a lot of peoples problems with none of the drawbacks of traditional cooltubes. No big light loss through glass with that bit of kit and a single 4" inline blower could cool several of them :sunglasses:

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Well. Potentially youā€™re right. Just need to get to testing now lol. But for that we need to get the tardis built :sweat_smile: think this is gonna fit the bill for lighting and filtration though.

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Woke up to a donation off @Esrgood4u this morning the beautiful man. Thatā€™s 2/3rds of the driver paid for. Thank you brother

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Your welcome mate. Like I said youā€™ve done plenty to help me out so itā€™s the least I could do. Now get building :laughing:

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Fortunately my child is very much like his mother and loves sleep. So until about 10am I canā€™t start. I can get some framing done today when they do wake up though :wink: I could do with a massive dump of timber dropping by my shed lol

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wale and bake says

can you do :rainbow: anodizing? :thinking:

hmmm

:evergreen_tree: and paint the fastenters :nail_care:

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I donā€™t have the means to anodize here mate. And paint the fastenerā€™s?

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