leds at work

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Took a temp reading with a thermometer laying on the array.  Ambient air was read at bout 78 degrees.   After 24+ hours the thermometer was showing 84 degrees.

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Been awhile and lots and lots of revisions but now have a solidly working unit.

Base specs:


14 x 9 container that holds 24 - 2" net pots for seedlings

264 leds with an average mcd of 5k

Overall has a light level of ~1320CD,  spectrally balanced for plants.

Hang on to your power meter,  uses a whopping 100ma.

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The white mat is a thin piece of material to hold the net pots in place.

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All that remains now is to do a bit of finish type clean up. 

Pumkin and petunia seeds head in there today to be followed by sunflower and tomato seeds.

With seedling cycles on a 10 day basis, this unit will provide over 850 seedlings per year.

Temps inside the unit are controlled with 2 vents in the top.