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https://www.amazon.com/9448A-Double-Coated-Tissue-×55Yds/dp/B01CZGLIAC They can withstand high Temps but this light won't get even warm with the active cooling. https://www.ebay.com/itm/48Pcs-Double-sided-Thermal-Adhesive-Tape-for-Heatsink-25mm-X-25mm-/262246455346

The double sided tape is used as a heat sink adhesive for low watt led. I've used them several times for this exact purpose.

As you can see in my last pic the fans leads were too short so I soldered extra to it, pull tied all the wires together and secured them to the frame with pull ties. Don't mind my weird wiring. Couldn't find my black wire so green is - and red is +.

No problem at all. Next you want to get an aluminum angle. This will be used for framing your light. Now I was just going to drill holes and use the plastic push through on the fan and push them through the holes. I decided against it, removed the plastic push through and tapped and screwed...

Now you have a chip mounted to an active heatsink. To be continued...

Take your double sided tape and place it on your heatsink, stick your chip to it, making sure your holes line up. Take your time because the tape is crazy sticky. Put your screws in and put your fan back on.

Adding threads is a @#%#@$%!! You need to be very careful because the bits break very easily. What you have to do is oil your bit, start drilling very slow and at the least sign of resistance, stop and back the bit out. Clean the metal from the tap and repeat until your threads are in.

Now, the aluminum is slippery so you'll need to put impressions in the metal for your drill bit to go in to avoid it sliding offline. I used a hammer and a nail. Then drilled the holes.

Next position your chips on the heat sink, making sure to avoid the fans mounting holes, and mark the spots you want to drill.

Mounting your chips I'm going to use some 3m double sided tape and a couple 1/4 inch 4 40 screws. First I have to remove the fans to drill the holes for the chips to be mounted. I'm removing the fans so they aren't damaged by my drill.

A quick word on the chips and holders. Each chip has a + and - side. The holders are made so the + matches with the +, - with -. If you look closely in these pics you can see the +- on the chip and how I have the chip positioned in the holder with + to + and - to -. This is also how your chips...

COBs are killing it on veg. Plants are just so happy under them. I do have to water a lot more but stems and stalks are so thick, plants are so happy and green.

So, I'm going to put one together and let you all follow along. I'll be using 5 Cree CXA1304 9v chips https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cree-XLamp-CXA1304-led-3-7-10-9W-COB-Natural-White-5000K-9V-LED-Chip/321634797906?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 They'll be...

Thank you rose!

Thank you THG but, I promise, anyone could do it. You can make one without touching a soldering gun. I'll show you how easy it is.

So, here's my latest light. Using 3 36v chips. In order to find the right driver to run three I had to multiply 36 x 3 which gives me 108v. So, I needed a driver with, at least, a 108v output. I went with this inventronics driver with an output of 142v at 1050ma. Since I'm using active...

What you'll need- COB led chips. Cree CXB3590 and Vero29 are the most popular. I haven't used either so I'll just use for an example what I use. I use the citizen clu048 1212 chips. They're rated at 36v, 2800ma max. Led driver. My chips are rated 36v, 2800ma max but typical or preferred ma...

Latest build. 3 citizen clu048 1212 chips running at 1050ma on a dimmable inventronics driver. Pulling 30w from the wall fully dim and 140w from the wall turned up 100%. Using three active heatsinks driven in line by some lil 12v drivers.

Cannachar Biochar made from weed stems and stalks.

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