Strips too long for frame diy help!
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HydroKid239
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Can the boards be flipped to run along the 4' side of the frame, so the strips can fit in there?
Rocket Soul
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Putting them on the sides, with separate drivers, would be a nice way to even out intensity if you have a wide cannopy. Edit: scratch that, i realise this is red sup and similar and not more white.
Another thing would be replacing your side profiles with a wide base t-profile and have both boards and strips fastened to the longer bottom. Should allow you to have space with wiring.
Another thing would be replacing your side profiles with a wide base t-profile and have both boards and strips fastened to the longer bottom. Should allow you to have space with wiring.
So are you saying replace the 3ft side with a t profile wider metal. I’m driving now I’ll look up more what your referring to. Confused right now
They are only 3ft long boards so they would need 4ft alum backing
Rocket Soul
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Wait, i think you could do it on the same frame, but youd need to turn it over and rest boards and strips on the other side.
HydroKid239
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I'm pretty sure the 3ft boards can have 3ft aluminum backing, and be mounted to a 4ft frame somehow.
Is it a DIY.. like can you move the cross bars? Then mount the panels themselves along with the strips running the long way of the frame?
HydroKid239
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That's what I'm sayin.. in other words. Should be doable.
Uhhhhh duh thank you bro yea that should be able to work. I may have to just use some backing for only the strips which is cool. The end of the strips have the connectors there.
And btw is there any reason you dont run 3 fotops in series
Rocket Soul
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I try to keep the voltage down.
Good point, ok no cutting corners I’m dreading all these lights I have to build. My 626 meter coming in tomorrow so I’ll start some of the boards I already have and play around with it this weekend
