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Re: Does this check out for a 2x4 area?
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:52 pm
by RadRiverOtter
Looking good! The black is a nice touch.
Re: Does this check out for a 2x4 area?
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 7:33 pm
by Nuggie
Perch the driver just above the fan vertically so it draws air across it lengthwise. Driver is about 30-50% better at removing heat vertically than when laid flat when in stagnant air.
Re: Does this check out for a 2x4 area?
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 2:56 am
by J.R.R.
Nice light.
Remember, if you're going to run odor control (carbon scrubber, exhaust fan) exhausting air with a passive intake, you shouldn't need to worry about heat or stagnant air. Passive vents low on one side, and exhaust pipe/scrubber/fan high on the opposite side is how I'd go; it makes for great cross-ventilation.
Re: Does this check out for a 2x4 area?
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:33 pm
by Roost
J.R.R. wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 2:56 am
Nice light.
Remember, if you're going to run odor control (carbon scrubber, exhaust fan) exhausting air with a passive intake, you shouldn't need to worry about heat or stagnant air. Passive vents low on one side, and exhaust pipe/scrubber/fan high on the opposite side is how I'd go; it makes for great cross-ventilation.
This sounds like the approach I will go with. I may even skip the carbon filter as it legal here to have up to four plants I believe. Depends if I can tolerate the constant smell.
Ive put the build on hold for now as work has picked up and I haven't had much time.
Re: Does this check out for a 2x4 area?
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 5:01 pm
by Roost
I was thinking of some ideas to balance out the spectrum without over complicating things. I'm looking at "CRM-3050-Optisolis" pucks on Cutter. They have roughly the same forward voltage as the Bridgelux strips im using. would it be a bad idea adding them in parallel to the same circuit?
Re: Does this check out for a 2x4 area?
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 9:56 pm
by TEKNIK
Best not to run parallel with different chips forward voltage of the bridgelux is much lower than the optisolis
Re: Does this check out for a 2x4 area?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:22 am
by Roost
Good to know thanks. A additional driver may be in order still undecided.