diy very cheap nano LED light

madjoe said:
if u right he goona have loads of issues cause if u look it seems like he solders right to heat sink . he sould of used stars i have extra if needed least i think i do have to check
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Thats exactly what i meant as a suggestion and i have no idea why Mr.Jay muffin came marching on me .. :noidea:
 
tinman said:
Thats exactly what i meant as a suggestion and i have no idea why Mr.Jay muffin came marching on me .. :noidea:
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oh thought u guys were goofing around lol my bad . anyway id worry bout it little too never seen em soldered like that and didnt think of it till u mentioned it
 
madjoe said:
if u right he goona have loads of issues cause if u look it seems like he solders right to heat sink . he sould of used stars i have extra if needed least i think i do have to check
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I was wondering how he went straight to the heatsink actually without fakkin' up the circuit...dun dun dun :)
 
Hey I was wondering if you could PM me the link to be able to get ahold of the stuff to try and build this? I have never diy'ed anything before and will probably blow my house up but I wanna try it anyways. Do the lights have to be space a certain amount apart from each other and would you suggest 3w LED's for a 12g nano? How many also. Thank you in advance for any help you can give me.
 
OK so I read thru thread again and found where you had put up the link but I still would like to know if there is a certain amount of space needed between the lights. Also what are these "Stars" that people were talking about mounting the lights too?
 
most leds come on stars like this
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easier to solder, replace, and thermal dissapation. blah blah blah
 
The light still works lol. No issue with the solder yet. Like I mentioned before this was just a quick setup done in 20 min I did not use stars because I had none. If I did I would have used them of course. I didn't buy stars because I also bought a board were I can mount 28 LEDs on one circuit I will post a picture shortly
 
I got the board from dx.com it was 28 led in 4 parallel. I had to cut some of the copper on the board was very easy with a knife. I ran all LEDs in one series.

Thanks madjoe ill need to find a dc adapter
 
Not sure where u live but there is a awsome store american science and surplus on central and foster and milwalkee all kinda meet up that has all types if vool stuff for diy freaks like me they have tons of stuff cheap . Warning u can spend hrs in there thinking of cool chit u csn build
 
madjoe said:
Not sure where u live but there is a awsome store american science and surplus on central and foster and milwalkee all kinda meet up that has all types if vool stuff for diy freaks like me they have tons of stuff cheap . Warning u can spend hrs in there thinking of cool chit u csn build
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That is one of the coolest stores I have ever entered Joe.
 
Depends on how big of a heatsink you use and how many leds You use. For the first build I did the one with 7 LEDs I did not need a fan at all I run these LEDs all night as a moonlight. For my 28 led build I still need to hook up a fan to it as it gets really hot.
 
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