Recent content by svltrack

Fan, I tried asking via PM, but it won't let me because of my post count. Are there better deals to be had besides Mouser and Digikey for the drivers/arrays? Care to send me a message?

Neat, but I have seen similar equations, and they seem generic to me. I've also seen where the conversion factor has been debated. At least since a few of us have the means to measure, I'm going to hold off for real world tests. Dude, that setup is sick! Provided the sensor is placed...

Fanleaf, have you by chance used the apogee to do any tests of individual assemblies, or tested at various plots, allowing a sort of PAR map? I was posting in another thread, and was referred to this one. Your builds are nice! I just ordered a slew of smaller Cree COB's, and have an apogee...

Thanks Graytail, I actually picked up a Apogee SQ-520 last week, and am waiting to build a couple assemblies before doing tests. The new USB model is relatively cheap, and I suffer dearly from a tool obsession. I'll be doing individual tests of some of the smaller COB's, so that I can...

Good thread. After playing around with some various "retail" solutions to lighting, I decided to get building. When I add up the cost of good quality components, and compare to my platform size, I am saving roughly 60-80% overall from "full spectrum", and 30-40% from basic r/b combo setups...