How thick of aluminum?

So i finally made the order and got 20 2ft eb strips. Now for the aluminum. I found a bunch (for a steep price) but they are all soo damn flimsy. Im gonna have to order some.

So my question is how thick should the 2 ft flat aluminum bars be? I dont wanna get something super thick but i also dont want something thats gonna bend on me.

angle or c-channel is a lot more rigid than flatstock

CobKits said:

angle or c-channel is a lot more rigid than flatstock

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Wouldnt the L angle hang weird with more weight on one side?

People have run these at 700ma with no heatsink. You can use 1/16th or use 1/8th" if you're worried about it. If you use flatbar and 1/8th" it will barely bend with 2' strips.

Danielson999 said:

People have run these at 700ma with no heatsink. You can use 1/16th or use 1/8th" if you're worried about it. If you use flatbar and 1/8th" it will barely bend with 2' strips.

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I plan to run them at 1050. Would i benefit at all running them at 1400?

What about u shape angles or upside down T s?

I prefer c-channels, 1-2mm thick, 1x1x1" and cheap ebay thermal tape with no screws. It works great and you can go up to 1,4A with no issues.

Hillman Group. Aluminum Angle 1/16" x 1". Lowe's sells it in 4' and 8' sections.

SouthCross said:

Hillman Group. Aluminum Angle 1/16" x 1". Lowe's sells it in 4' and 8' sections.

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I actually ordered 20 2ft 2 inch c channel at 1/8th thick. Cheapest i could get. 95 bucks total. Getting it in town. Needed 2inch cuz of the eb strips being 24mm.

lotus710 said:

I actually ordered 20 2ft 2 inch c channel at 1/8th thick. Cheapest i could get. 95 bucks total. Getting it in town. Needed 2inch cuz of the eb strips being 24mm.

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Sorry why did you order 2" when your strip is 24mm? An inch is 25.4mm.

nc208 said:

Sorry why did you order 2" when your strip is 24mm? An inch is 25.4mm.

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I wanna put two strips on a bar. 10 bars. 20 strips. And later ill add another 10 bars.

Gotcha I ordered some samsung strips from Alibaba to do something similar.

nc208 said:

Gotcha I ordered some samsung strips from Alibaba to do something similar.

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I was wanting the samsungs but i can get two ebs for one samsung. When i add the extra bars i plan to use samsungs. Probably be cheaper then too

lotus710 said:

I was wanting the samsungs but i can get two ebs for one samsung. When i add the extra bars i plan to use samsungs. Probably be cheaper then too

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Really? I used samsung because they were very cheap. I picked these up for 7$ US each, each has 96 lm561 c s6 3500k 80cri diodes.

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Really? I used samsung because they were very cheap. I picked these up for 7$ US each, each has 96 lm561 c s6 3500k 80cri diodes.

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Could you send link where you bought that strips?

How are those Smausng chips? It's always shady buying something that the vendor/seller can spell correctly.

RandomHero8913 said:

How are those Smausng chips? It's always shady buying something that the vendor/seller can spell correctly.

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HAHAHAHAHAHA most obviously a knockoff huhXD cant even spell samsung

Lmao

lotus710 said:

HAHAHAHAHAHA most obviously a knockoff huhXD cant even spell samsung

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You obviously have never dealt with buying direct from China before if you feel a sticker a Chinese vendor makes a spelling mistake on it leads to immediate knockoff.

That's why I asked seller to send pic of leds being used. You can go to Samsung's website and verify the serial numbers to see they are legit. I also did a Google image search to make sure the image wasn't stolen.

Wasn't bashing you just thought it was funny. I like the strips I want to do something like this for my veg.