Shiggity Goes Mad Scientist: Paving The Yellowbrix Road With DIY Adventures!

Ice thanks man. About to build 1600w more with quantum boards. Gonna illuminate an 8x8 with 2200w at 12" or less.
 
Buckshot317 said:
Finally got good news shiggs, growmau5 just called, my controllers are shipped. I'll have tomorrow or Monday. I thought I was going to have to wait till next grow to add the new fixture.
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This is fantastic news Bucky! I am so stoked to see the magnificence.
 
Morning to you SF, well after reading your light info here and watching a few YT videos we ordered 2 of there two board light kits. Not sure when they will arrive up here but when they do we will probably be asking a few questions prior to us putting things together so we get things wired the correct way :-)

Thanks for all the info and being a great person!!!

Blessed Buds our friend and be well :passitleft:
 
You are going to love them. They run so cool.

In fact I just built the first rail of 8 today. Each rail will cover a 2x4 with about 260W.
I have 3 boards per rail and a HLG 240 c2100b to power them (or an HLG 480h c2100b for two rails).

I am running the same setup per 4x4 as an HLG550 light. 520W per 4x4 but I am adding an additional
Board so each rail will run a bit more efficiently (@700ma instead of 1050ma per board). The 12" square 1/8" thick aluminum I am using for heatsinks has enough space to add colored monos later under separate control.

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I'm hoping the next several rails go more quickly. I need to finish at least one tomorrow to flip my 4x8 of scrogs. Then I need 4 more to get the next 4x8 in a week or so.
 
Buckshot317 said:
Should go quicker, I hat building the frame, that take me longest. I'm quick at the wiring.
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Yeah the frame is always crazy. Everything seems light as separate parts but putting them all together is always a PITA.

Soldering can be a pain too. I only had to solder the wires to and from the fuse holders. They are the black circles next to the boards. Always hate soldering metal attached to plastic. Gotta get in and out fast lol.

These aluminum pieces are about the same price as the blue heatsinks I got. I kind of like that they have extra room for drivers and monos. Still don't look as cool as the blue ones do. The next rails will be with the blue heatsinks. So I will have to find an alternate spot for drivers. And these will be the big HLG 480s. (One per two rails)
 
I've received both the boards and slate 3s and heheh, the mounting holes don't quite line up - swell. :hmmm: :cheesygrinsmiley:

Lookin' good, Shiggs! :thumb: Can't wait to see them hung and working. :cheesygrinsmiley:
 
Graytail said:
I've received both the boards and slate 3s and heheh, the mounting holes don't quite line up - swell. :hmmm: :cheesygrinsmiley:

Lookin' good, Shiggs! :thumb: Can't wait to see them hung and working. :cheesygrinsmiley:
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Yeah I guess that was the "making thing slightly different thing. I got some to fit with a little bit of dremel. I didn't dremel where the circuits lay. We will see tomorrow if that worked lmao. Will you retap? Or just drill holes and use bolts?
 
ShiggityFlip said:
Yeah I guess that was the "making thing slightly different thing. I got some to fit with a little bit of dremel. I didn't dremel where the circuits lay. We will see tomorrow if that worked lmao. Will you retap? Or just drill holes and use bolts?
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I'm thinking dremel, too. I wish I had a mount for it - use it like a scroll saw, y'know? The wrong holes in the board are only off by a diameter or less. I was hoping there wasn't any circuitry around the rim and it looks like there isn't - good to have it confirmed by you - thanks. :cheesygrinsmiley: Retapping looks a lot harder - fins n stuff in the way.
 
Graytail said:
I'm thinking dremel, too. I wish I had mount for it - use it like a scroll saw, y'know? The wrong holes in the board are only off by a diameter or less. I was hoping there wasn't any circuitry around the rim and it looks like there isn't - good to have it confirmed by you - thanks. :cheesygrinsmiley: Retapping looks a lot harder - fins n stuff in the way.
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Yeah I didn't see any but I would wait till you see mine light up correctly tomorrow! I think in the future I may just use these 12" aluminum 1/8" thick scraps. It's like 38 shipped for 8 of them. I wouldn't go high wattage on them but I plan on staying below 1A. I like that the aluminum plate has enough space to mount things like the 1.6A fuse holders I have near the + terminal.

A note that when wiring parallel with these take a separate lead from the + and - of the driver for each board. Otherwise only wire 2 boards in parallel. I don't think the connectors are rated for 3+ boards without individual leads.
 
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