Bridgelux EB Series Build

I'm really close to done. I've broke all the little white terminal caps off my strips, damn those things suck lol. Got them all covered in liquid electrical tape now. Should work, I tightened all the contacts around the wires before I loaded em up with the goop.

About to wire it all up then let it sit for a few hours and dry before I put power through it.

Wasn't really expecting one panel to take this long. I should just be able to set this one ontop of the other two and use it as a template for all the holes.

Mr.Head said:

I'm really close to done. I've broke all the little white terminal caps off my strips, damn those things suck lol. Got them all covered in liquid electrical tape now. Should work, I tightened all the contacts around the wires before I loaded em up with the goop.

About to wire it all up then let it sit for a few hours and dry before I put power through it.

Wasn't really expecting one panel to take this long. I should just be able to set this one ontop of the other two and use it as a template for all the holes.

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lol yeah having used both the Samsung and the Bridgelux strips, I can confirm that the Bridgelux solderless connectors suck!!

"Mr.Head, post: 13475807, member: 636380"]I'm really close to done.

I've broke all the little white terminal caps off my strips,

damn those things suck lol. Got them all covered in liquid electrical tape now.




>i am getting one size larger and stronger wagos with any strip or panel i get made..
i do not like the samsung wagos either..too small for DIY people like me

20-24 gauge single strand copper wire will eliminate breakage on the BLux terminal caps.

Will make your life a lot easier. If they are breaking, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG, OVER!

Iv

Mr.Head said:

I'm really close to done. I've broke all the little white terminal caps off my strips, damn those things suck lol. Got them all covered in liquid electrical tape now. Should work, I tightened all the contacts around the wires before I loaded em up with the goop.

About to wire it all up then let it sit for a few hours and dry before I put power through it.

Wasn't really expecting one panel to take this long. I should just be able to set this one ontop of the other two and use it as a template for all the holes.

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Ive broken 3 EB connectors myself. I started using a ball point pen and pushing straight down with a gentle touch and have had better luck. Ive broken zero Samsung conectors.

Do you guys think those bars would work for the dwc so we can move the heliospectras to the ebb and flood beds.
Also how many will we need? Each dwc bed is 3.6x1.2 meters.

So there she be's. Like I said I'm waiting on parts to clean it up a bit and make it daisy chainable to the other ones I'll be making. The lens** might be coming off the cob too, I haven't decided yet. It looks neato and all but I don't know that it's doing anything, or if I even have it mounted properly.

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So there she be's. Like I said I'm waiting on parts to clean it up a bit and make it daisy chainable to the other ones I'll be making. The lens** might be coming off the cob too, I haven't decided yet. It looks neato and all but I don't know that it's doing anything, or if I even have it mounted properly.

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I would remove it(the lens) to eliminate the hotspot as far as possible.
Better spread the light from the COB as much as possible to get an even par map..
The edges of the pan allready acts like a reflector, which should help to improve the intensity at the sides...
Maybe check with and without lens with a cheapo 10$ luxmeter..

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So there she be's. Like I said I'm waiting on parts to clean it up a bit and make it daisy chainable to the other ones I'll be making. The lens** might be coming off the cob too, I haven't decided yet. It looks neato and all but I don't know that it's doing anything, or if I even have it mounted properly.

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The baking sheet that helps you get baked. Good job! And nice find

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So there she be's. Like I said I'm waiting on parts to clean it up a bit and make it daisy chainable to the other ones I'll be making. The lens** might be coming off the cob too, I haven't decided yet. It looks neato and all but I don't know that it's doing anything, or if I even have it mounted properly.

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Do you know the viewing angle of the lens?

no idea. I ordered these on amazon a long ass time ago, prolly 2 years. They've been sitting in a drawer.

PicklesRus said:

The baking sheet that helps you get baked. Good job! And nice find

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Thanks dude. Hopefully it's useful for folks.

PicklesRus said:

The baking sheet that helps you get baked. Good job! And nice find

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I don't know about you but if a guy had $30 to spend on the QB sinks that are 8" x 36" you'd have a very sexy looking strip light. One sink for every 2'x4' area would be kickass.
But for a Canadian like us, those things would be $50-$60 each once they get to our house.

Yeah, looks really nice and the anodisation adds to the nice look an improved cooling, similar to a roughened surface ...
Unfortunately there are no 3'/90cm strips to fit it perfectly.
But 2 slate2's connected together would fit with the 2ft strips.

Right but a 2ft and 1ft would combine to fill the space.

Yepp, but more complicated to wire!
You need to connect each two 1ft strips(350mA) in parallel to match the 2ft strip current(700mA) otherwise the 1ft's strips LED's would be run at double the current when simple connected in series..
1ft strips needs only half the current of the 2ft's..
It would be easier if they only had different voltage, but unfortunately the strips have a series / parallel circuit (8 smd's in series, 3 in parallel for the 1ft strips, 6 in parallel on the 2ft strips and so on ..) Same with the H-Series from Sammy.

For all the cookie sheet commandos - theres an aluminum cookie sheet 13x18" for 17$cdn at canadian tire.

3 of those fit in a 2x4 tent.

Here are some configs that let you mount one driver and the 1' (280mm) strips to a cookie sheet. These are like budget quantum panels lol. This cracks me up.

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View attachment 3927741 For all the cookie sheet commandos - theres an aluminum cookie sheet 13x18" for 17$cdn at canadian tire.

3 of those fit in a 2x4 tent.

Here are some configs that let you mount one driver and the 1' (280mm) strips to a cookie sheet. These are like budget quantum panels lol. This cracks me up.

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So you could run two hotter panels at 20,000 lumens on the sides and a 12,000lumen panel in the middle.

Total lumens per baking sheet

For Canadians the struggle is real. I'm going to get started running numbers for my Mr Christie build.

Danielson999 said:

Total lumens per baking sheet

For Canadians the struggle is real. I'm going to get started running numbers for my Mr Christie build.

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you gonna grow some good cookies?

Mr.Head said:

you gonna grow some good cookies?

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As funny as it sounds, these are probably the most cost efficient builds available today.