Tonka's Green Crack in soil under DIY Led

[Tonka]

Excellent work, can’t believe that was with a home made light, do you have a build thread by any chance?

Cheers @Vador ! It's a kit from cutter electronics in Melbourne, https://www.cutter.com.au/product-categ ... ft-by-4ft/

All I did was get a 600x600mm sheet of 6mm aluminium and attached the strips to one side. Wired them up with Wago connectors (dead easy, plenty of videos online) and drilled some holes for the bolts. Bush Mechanic style, but it works!
I'm about to make another one but bar style and much more refined. I was going to rebuild this one, but then I went and bought another tent so had no choice but to do another one
I'll do a thread when I start on the next one, but here's a couple of pictures

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[Vador]

I see @Tonka, still nice work though, I’m liking the look of that for growing a mother and some clones, quite expensive still though aren’t they

[Tonka]

Yeah @Vador, think this was about $550. If it's just for a mum and some clones, you could go way cheeper. This will apparently flower a 1.2x1.2 so way more than I need!
Half the fun for me is in the diy, Amazing how far the technology has come in the last few years!

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[Vador]

I know what you mean, I stopped growing for a couple of years and now I come back so much has changed

[Tonka]

Too true!

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[MrNice]

damm that alot of wagos dude

[Tonka]

damm that alot of wagos dude

Yeah definitely not pretty!

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[MrNice]

You not solder the cables and sleeve them......?

[Vador]

You not solder the cables and sleeve them......?

It seems the best way is to use ferrules rather than soldering, they are meant to give to a better connection that doesn’t break down and heat up

[Tonka]

That's the plan for the next one This was a bit of an experiment, and I wasn't too confident with the soldering iron. Plus I knew I'd be rebuilding it soon and wanted to avoid any hassles.
I've gone ahead and ordered another kit that I'll be setting up on bars rather than a panel, and have all the wires planned out. Once I've sorted that, I'll be rebuilding this one

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