Dirt cheap LED light build

[Joe Brewster]

Bought these on sale for $2 a pkg.

 

[Joe Brewster]

Bought 10 pack gu-10 bases on e-bay $2.68 us
gutted old dvd player , pop riveted bases in dvd case & wired it up

 

[Joe Brewster]

Drilled holes in top of dvd player, put back together & added lights

 

[Joe Brewster]

less than $20, a few hours work & I have a 400 watt incandescent equivalent light drawing 48watts of power

needed a light to grow out a male Blueberry, to save some pollen

 

[Stunned]

isn't there a bit of a contradiction?
400 watt grow light drawing 48 watts of power

 

[Edzzed]

sounds more like you only have a 48 watt light. It's kinda like my truck, I can get 100 mpg easily on the back of a tow truck or I can fire up the engine and push the tow truck in which case we are getting 10 mpg. It's all in how it you look at it.

 

[Joe Brewster]

That's 400 watt incandescent equivalent just like the cheap china lights are rated

 

[Stunned]

well I suppose for what you paid....
you're in perfect company with cheap china lights

 

[JimSaskFarmer]

Slick little build my friend.
Dont listen to the light snobs.
Definitely looks neater then my cpu cooler/AC cob monstrosities. They are 50w each and cost about $17 CDN now im testing out some plain old A19 led bulbs with the dome cut off in my veg tent

 

[Sofa King]

Nice build pal, $20 can’t go wrong if it works for you!

 

[Joe Brewster]

Slick little build my friend.
Dont listen to the light snobs.
Definitely looks neater then my cpu cooler/AC cob monstrosities. They are 50w each and cost about $17 CDN now im testing out some plain old A19 led bulbs with the dome cut off in my veg tent

Nice build pal, $20 can’t go wrong if it works for you!

Thanks guys, It was just for a male plant I wanted to get away from the flower room.
when I saw these go on sale for $2 reg 16.99 figured they would be better than cfls
being spot lights I didn't need any kind of reflector

 

[Sctanley007]

Love it. Great job man!!!

I love when people get a concept to solve a problem and McGuyver it perfectly.

 

[JimSaskFarmer]

I smell a breeding project in the near future

 

[Joe Brewster]

It helps when you are frugal & patient
I would not run out pay $50 & tax on t5 light like some

 

[Joe Brewster]

I smell a breeding project in the near future

Thinking about it, I have breed my own pot seed long time ago & lately petunia seeds
from sask also

 

[JimSaskFarmer]

This is can be a very fun and expensive hobby

 

[JimSaskFarmer]

The good thing is its only as expensive as you let it be....the fun is never ending though.

 

[Joe Brewster]

I was just going to say that
check my cucumber grow out

 

[JimSaskFarmer]

I did. The roots on that thing. Your pot plants must be monsters!

 

[Joe Brewster]

still not in hydro completely for pot yet
not sure what set up to use

I do have a plant in veg as a mini hydro in a peanut butter container