OzoneParkGuy
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Well I finally got everything situated and began my project yesterday...
My DIY LED setup consists of 84 LEDS.. 42 Cool White & 42 Royal Blue with 65* Optics running on 6 Meanwell Dimmable Drivers with speed controlled cooling fans and a DIY dimmable kit to control the white and blues independently.
They were all mounted on a 36"X8.5" Heatsink.
The two issues that I faced was figuring the spacing requirement needed to
mount the LED's withut causing the spotlighting effect. So I had them placed 1 3/4" apart diode to diode @ 21 LEDS per row, creating 4 rows. Each row is spaced exactly 2" apart from diode to diode.
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The second issue I'm facing now... is how to go about soldering the led's... do I mount the leds 1st to the heatsink causing the dissapation of heat like I have encountered or do I wire them up 1st then mount. LOL!!
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My DIY LED setup consists of 84 LEDS.. 42 Cool White & 42 Royal Blue with 65* Optics running on 6 Meanwell Dimmable Drivers with speed controlled cooling fans and a DIY dimmable kit to control the white and blues independently.
They were all mounted on a 36"X8.5" Heatsink.
The two issues that I faced was figuring the spacing requirement needed to
mount the LED's withut causing the spotlighting effect. So I had them placed 1 3/4" apart diode to diode @ 21 LEDS per row, creating 4 rows. Each row is spaced exactly 2" apart from diode to diode.
Pic 1
Pic2
Pic3
The second issue I'm facing now... is how to go about soldering the led's... do I mount the leds 1st to the heatsink causing the dissapation of heat like I have encountered or do I wire them up 1st then mount. LOL!!
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