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Old 07-12-2012, 06:17 AM
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All the LEDs gluded on. Time to wire them up tomorrow.

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Old 07-12-2012, 07:29 AM
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All the LEDs gluded on. Time to wire them up tomorrow.

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Good job. It looks like a lot of emitters on each bar... are the bars going to be enough of a heatsink or am I missing something?
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Old 07-12-2012, 08:15 AM
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Whoops just realized that Snaz wasn't the OP. sorry about that earlier strange question.

But.. I do have a question. Where did you order the parts from? I'm thinking of doing a build like this soon.
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Old 07-12-2012, 02:26 PM
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Have you seen examples of a similar heatsink being effective?
Are you intending on fan cooling it some how?
It looks good, but I question the effectiveness.
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Old 07-12-2012, 04:13 PM
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These LEDs were ordered from aquastyle. Do a search for them.... not sure if I can post an address here.

Other people used these u channels before as heatsink. Some use fan and some didn't. I do have fans ready if needed. I will do a temp test as soon as I get them up and running.


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These LEDs were ordered from aquastyle. Do a search for them.... not sure if I can post an address here.

Other people used these u channels before as heatsink. Some use fan and some didn't. I do have fans ready if needed. I will do a temp test as soon as I get them up and running.


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Old 07-12-2012, 11:01 PM
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I will make sure I have some sunglasses on Anyone know where I can find some 1 ohm 3-5W 1% resister? I went to 2 eletronic store and cant find any.... All I can find are 1 ohm 5W 5%.
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Old 07-12-2012, 11:42 PM
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Old 07-12-2012, 11:59 PM
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Thanks guys. That's a lot of stuff on there. Anything local like in Edmonton?


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