kapelan
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- Joined
- Jan 11, 2015
- Location
- Kitchener, Ontario
Switching to LED from t5 or power compact fixture.
Requirements:
That's my old project that has been working about 2-3 years.
aluminum bar:
fixture:
Expenses:
- LED CREE $20 for 10 LEDs 3Wt each. For 300Wt fixture would be about $200 for the best from the market LEDs.
Also we can find chipper LEDs from ebay for about $50 for the same power 300Wt.
- Power Supply $30-$50
- Drivers $30-$50
So total = $150 - $300 for 300W
300Wt - that's a lot.
The best part of it if more power needed - it's very easy to add more LEDs.
So basically we can build a fixture with unlimited power.
This project was started with cheap LEDs.
So initially for 300W fixture was spend about $150.
Then LEDs were replaced by CREE.
Requirements:
1. It must be cheep.
2. Quality of the light as good as possible.
Looks like we have a dead lock?2. Quality of the light as good as possible.
No, there is no dead lock it is possible.
The idea is simple:- find some old fixture
- remove everything inside
- find an aluminium bar
- glue LEDs to this bar
- connect these LEDs to a driver
- add a couple of coolers
- DONE
- remove everything inside
- find an aluminium bar
- glue LEDs to this bar
- connect these LEDs to a driver
- add a couple of coolers
- DONE
That's my old project that has been working about 2-3 years.
aluminum bar:
fixture:
Expenses:
- LED CREE $20 for 10 LEDs 3Wt each. For 300Wt fixture would be about $200 for the best from the market LEDs.
Also we can find chipper LEDs from ebay for about $50 for the same power 300Wt.
- Power Supply $30-$50
- Drivers $30-$50
So total = $150 - $300 for 300W
300Wt - that's a lot.
The best part of it if more power needed - it's very easy to add more LEDs.
So basically we can build a fixture with unlimited power.
This project was started with cheap LEDs.
So initially for 300W fixture was spend about $150.
Then LEDs were replaced by CREE.