LED Grow Light
Intro: LED Grow Light
This is my first instructable, I've done a lot of things in the past but have always forgotten to photograph the steps.
STEP 1:
What you need:
Some type of board that will be the base of the lamp.
LED Stripe with power supply.
Cats are always eager to lend a helping paw :P
STEP 2:
Attach the LED stripe to the board, I hot glued the stripes to the board.
STEP 3:
Solder connection cables to the LED stripes.
STEP 4:
Hot glue the cables and soldering points for extra protection.
STEP 5:
Check so that everything works.
STEP 6:
Add a hanging device, I used 550 Paracord.
STEP 7:
Hot glue the power supply to the top of the board and you are done.
22 Comments
JakAminin 7 years ago
any diagram
RuneG1 8 years ago
Hi. No use in white,green, yellow or purple. Only blue and red.
Wavelength on the led should be RED: 620-630Nm and BLUE: 460-470Nm
Normaly there is a datasheet for the led`s so you can check out if its correct for growing. Normal grow light have 66% red and 34%blue. But you should be able to change that depends of wicth period your in. Growing,Flowering, harvesting or sleep. You can check the fact by Google "LED Growlight" Good luck
Jednorozec 8 years ago
Thanks for the input! It will come in handy :)
And thanks for the good wishes, It's already started to grow things in the pots :)
diy_bloke 8 years ago
ledstrips dont have a high penetration potential. I wonder if it would be a better idea to glue them on sticks that you stick in between the plants
Jednorozec 8 years ago
diy_bloke 8 years ago
i'd be very interested in yr results. Currently I am testing a mixture of cool white and warm white CFL lamps (100 Wat total) in one setting and a single 25 Watt White LED in another setting, all on tomato, chilipepper and basil.
Jednorozec 8 years ago
Ok nice, we have sowing soil (is that the correct term in English?) that we have taken inside to defrost, when it's warm enough we'll start the seedlings :)
windkissed 8 years ago
lol. Very good attempt... Potting soil. Yours makes more sense!!
diy_bloke 8 years ago
not sure it is the right term in English, but i understand what you mean
msanders19 8 years ago
it sure does look nice!
gunguru 8 years ago
Jednorozec 8 years ago
Thanks for the input! This was just a first try at a Grow light and I'll probably do more later. I'll try one with Arundio at a later time.
gunguru 8 years ago
Jednorozec 8 years ago
Ok, well with this particular LED strip I can change the colours on :)
And about Arundio, I'm very interested in trying it out since I've never done it at least not yet :P
gunguru 8 years ago
Jednorozec 8 years ago
Ok thanks for the tip, I'll try it out soon :)
KevinJ80 8 years ago
Does it have to RGB, seperated LEDs or will White LEDs do fine?
Jednorozec 8 years ago
This one har RGB stripes, But I think white LEDs will work too.
KevinJ80 8 years ago
Ive been using white leds. One 1m white smd led strip and two high power white led components. The plants seem to be dropping their clorophyll. Most leaves has been turning white/transparent.
Just installed a 5m RGB strip and let it run for a week or two and see if I notoce any comeback in the clorophyll.
Jednorozec 8 years ago