PC grow led question

[doronx]

Hello everyone I'm looking into a micro grow

I want to start to grow in my PC box with led lights I read in this forum and my English is not so good so if someone could help me understand about specifically the led lights.

As far as result which is better a lot of DIY lights or one led fixture. Also what is the difference between if I grow with a lot of little 1w or 3 w or if I grow with just one 100w light.

What amount of wattage is needed to grow in the PC box to receive as much results as possible?

How much of the red, blue and warm lights when split up, does anyone have any advice on what works well?

What is a heatsink and would I need to buy this separately or will it come with it built in?
What other things do I need to buy such as a converter or connector for wires just so i won't start and get stuck.

 

[aridbud]

Get an outlet that supports 2 LED bulbs. In a PC box, 150w will work.

A heat sink is a passive heat exchanger that cools a device by dissipating heat into the surrounding medium. In computers, heat sinks are used to cool central processing units or graphics processors. Get a computer fan....it'll work.

Check out the Micro Grow forum section here. You'll get the info needed.

Good luck!

 

[doronx]

My English is not so good I get help with translating what is written but I can't have him translate the whole forum, if you could help by answering the questions so that my friend can translate so I can understand that would help me out.

 

[rik78]

what is your language?

where are you from?

 

[OueaS]

Hello

I have DIY led pc box and i did some serious research before.
You need to have covered at least 3 spectrums of light and its deep red 660nm, other red 610-630nm and royal blue 450nm, its complete basic, its also good have few warm and cool whites, because they have a litle from all waves. Look into my thread for more details https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=285614 especially for proportion of leds. Im using 3w epistar chips, so they dont produce so much heat and as heat sink for led beds i used walls of the box. Its also better to have more leds of low wattage because you can cover more space. Its why i expect nice buds also in lower parts of the flowers, but it will see if will work if you will use higher wattage leds, you have to attach them to some real metal heat sink and maybe ventilator to it because when they are hotter, they life expectancy is lower. Im using 30x3w in big tower pc box and 18x3w in middle tower box. You can controll wattage of whole box if you have led driver with adjustable voltage as i have, now im suppluying 12v and big tower box consumes 70w and middle t. 50w... its also how you can operate temperature.

 

[doronx]

thank you for your answer.
tell me please if 1 of them good for me:
1-the 180w
http://www.ebay.com/itm/135-180-270...76?pt=US_Hydroponics&var=&hash=item48540917d0

2
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blue-Red-Or...61?pt=US_Hydroponics&var=&hash=item54058b54d1

3
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120W-UFO-LE...Seed_Starting_Hydroponics&hash=item4acc494ba6

4
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Blue-Re...6258121?pt=US_Hydroponics&hash=item2a36195c49

remember that i grow in pc box

 

[OueaS]

all too big for PC, make DIY
i have something like these http://www.ebay.com/itm/10PCS-3W-Re...604?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33890a7374

but remember, you need also other wavelenght LEDs, i use Epistar 3W and have them with that base

or you can buy 1W chips and more of them

 

[doronx]

all too big for PC, make DIY
i have something like these http://www.ebay.com/itm/10PCS-3W-Re...604?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33890a7374

but remember, you need also other wavelenght LEDs, i use Epistar 3W and have them with that base

or you can buy 1W chips and more of them

thanks for your help.

i want to put in my case 150w total,its mean i need 50 bulbs of 3w Right?

I see that on ebay please tell me if they good for me:
1-deep red
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1pcs-3W-Dee...814?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35cc2df9c6

2-other red
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-pcs-3W-R...892?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33836af8c4

3-royal blue
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10x-3W-Roya...736?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ac64cfb48

4-Warm
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5pcs-3W-War...244?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d013ca14

5-Cool
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-PCS-3W-H...057?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item257fbf89e1

how much from each one i need?
i need more kinds of colors to have beter spectrum?

 

[OueaS]

yes, these i have in my big tower .... im not sure if 150W will not bee too much, because they produce some heat too...

12x3W DeepRed 660nm,6x3W Red 610-630nm, 6x3W RoyalBlue 450nm, 4x3W CoolWhite, 2x3W WarmWhite

total 90W max

 

[doronx]

thanks man.

i will buy them tomorow.
what more i need to make it work? i need power supply,power driver? any Cables or wires?
i got also 2 pc fan i need a power driver for them to?

please help me to understand that cause im done some outdoor grows befor but i never do an indoor grow.

 

[OueaS]

use youtube... write DIY led grow light

dont be idiot

 

[doronx]

lol

this will be good for me ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC12V-5A-8A...urement_Equipment_ET&var=&hash=item58a6acda48

 

[OueaS]

yes and there is no problem if you have for example 100W led panel and 150W driver, it takes only 100

 

[doronx]

thank you very much.
I got a pc case Size
40*19*40
I will order the bulbs and driver Today.
I also got 2 pc fans.
do i need to order more equipments?
do i need a heatsink?

 

[OueaS]

I have 3w chips attached to walls of case and its working fine.... but i have some leds on the top and then other on one side(that one whitch i use for opening)...just made holes into reflective folia and attached them by thermoglue http://www.ebay.com/itm/181341441228?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT