REALSTYLES
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You will be more than ok you might have to dim them lol
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REALSTYLES DIY CXB3590 TUTORIAL
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Mine too
Bagseed grow (for fun) on day 21 of 12/12
Pic from day 16, with no adjusted white balance for more realistic color hint of my COBs :
REALSTYLES
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Mine are 3500k with i light that is 300k. My new light is 6500k DD bin CXB3590 72v super efficiency 70% @500maGreat looking plants guys!
Are these all 3500K cxbs? I'll be jumping on this wagon very soon, can't wait
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REALSTYLES
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I hit the same 1.04 gpw but the next run will be better no summer heat to deal with lol
John LOQUE
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And what about the smell, taste and potency ? Improved ?
REALSTYLES
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It was still good but it didn't get as frosty and I should have hit higher numbers. All due to the heat. Now it's cooling down my next run will be even better because I'll turn up the drivers.
Dion
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I ordered some cxb3590 3500K CD bin versions and they seem to have run out of stock the moment before my order was made. Very bad timing indeed!
If there are other CCT versions available, which should I get instead of the 3500K ones mentioned above?
I was thinking 4000K CD or DB bin, will there be enough reds in the spectrum for good bud production?
If there are other CCT versions available, which should I get instead of the 3500K ones mentioned above?
I was thinking 4000K CD or DB bin, will there be enough reds in the spectrum for good bud production?
REALSTYLES
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Still good in my book I only had 12 plants and it reached 100+ degrees where I live and I didn't even use any AC so I call it a win. Wait you are not growing so you can't really say anything because you have zero harvest lolpffft waste of good tech
REALSTYLES
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I still hit 3lbs off 12 plants 3 weeks veg lol
Seriousbuds
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Can you show a closeup of how you wired these?
I'm also not sure how you got the lenses on and the wires disappeared
I'm also not sure how you got the lenses on and the wires disappeared
REALSTYLES
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Seriousbuds
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Awesome. Can you show how they're wired to the drivers?
I don't want to wire these 'backwards' or something and blow up $600 worth of LEDs
I don't want to wire these 'backwards' or something and blow up $600 worth of LEDs
REALSTYLES
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Remember wire in series + to -, + to - and you need to see my youtube vid on how to wire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgFpGy6HuZsAwesome. Can you show how they're wired to the drivers?
I don't want to wire these 'backwards' or something and blow up $600 worth of LEDs
Awesome. Can you show how they're wired to the drivers?
I don't want to wire these 'backwards' or something and blow up $600 worth of LEDs
From the driver, wire positive lead from the driver to the positive pad on the COB, then from the negative pad of that first COB to the positive pad of the next COB and so forth until from the last COB in the series, when the negative lead from the driver goes to the negative pad on the COB. If you just have one COB then the positive lead on the driver goes to the positive pad on the COB and the negative lead on the driver goes to the negative pad on the COB.
If you use the COB holders that Realstyles recommends on his build list, it is very easy to connect the COBs since the connections on the holders are well marked and you do not have to solder the wires to the pads on the COBs. They are well worth the money.
You can go watch the YouTube video that Realstyles links, but it is mostly just Realstyles fooling around with wago connectors. He has to keep stopping the camera and getting his shit together. It is hard to learn anything from the video except that Realstyles is better at building COB lights than he is at making videos showing how to wire up drivers.
The main theme of his video is how to wire in a female end connection from an extension cord into your AC power in line, so that you can plug in a power supply for the fan. If you use a little 12 volt one amp driver that you wire up with line in screws on the AC side, you don't have to fool with the wiring in the plug end into the system.
Google SupraSPL to find the real Guru on LED lighting. That guy knows his stuff and he can make even an electrical neophyte like me understand the basics.
Realstyles asked SupraSPL what the top of the line components were to make a super efficient and highly reliable system. SupraSPL told him and credit Realstyles for taking that information and running with it.
Realstyles has pretty much perfected the big, powerful light, using low power adjustable drivers, which are very efficient and should last a long time.
You can build a less expensive light that would put out the same or more light for less money, but over the life of the unit, Realstyles has a really great light and one that if you simply copy what he has done, will get you up and running using LEDs using state of the art equipment.
As you learn more about LEDs, if you follow Realstyles build, you won't be saying in six months that you wished that you had used a different driver or COB, you will be saying that you are glad that you copied Realstyles, since it is a very solid design.
REALSTYLES
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Well got my Apogee PAR sensor with my Fluke multi meter today. I just got to wire it so it can go into the meter. I'll be test PAR soon.
John LOQUE
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interesting !
