im planning on on building a light based on 1 inch sqaure alloy tubing about 2 metre's long im going to put 10 p4's along the tubing, first question will the tubing handle the heat at 350mA and 700mA and 1000mA, second the stables is 4 metres long 4 metres wide and the light will be 2.5 meters off the ground, will the led's have enough angle of light to light the stables.
home made light for stables
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LukeA
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Will the tubing handle the heat (even at 1000mA)? Definitely.
And the light will be of a wide enough angle to light the entire stable.
When you say p4, are you talking about SSC P4s or Cree P4s? You should use the Crees, as they have glass rather than soft silicone domes. Get these if you haven't already got the LEDs, they're a higher bin, and still cheap. Plus they're star mounted, so all you have to do is drill two holes and drive in a pair of small machine screws per emitter.
And the light will be of a wide enough angle to light the entire stable.
When you say p4, are you talking about SSC P4s or Cree P4s? You should use the Crees, as they have glass rather than soft silicone domes. Get these if you haven't already got the LEDs, they're a higher bin, and still cheap. Plus they're star mounted, so all you have to do is drill two holes and drive in a pair of small machine screws per emitter.
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i was going to use these i found on dotlight http://www.dotlight.de/shop/product_info.php/cPath/296_292/products_id/909
SafetyBob
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After you build you may want to make some sort of reflector in a 'V' shape to control the light a bit. I think you will find that you will be having a lot of spill from the Seoul led and may want to direct it into the stables a bit more. White painted sheet metal, whatever you have around I would think would be good.
Another option if you haven't purchased tubing yet is to find an old 8 foot or perhaps three 4 foot flourescent fixtures and put the leds in it/them, then you will have protection for the leds too.
Bob E.
Another option if you haven't purchased tubing yet is to find an old 8 foot or perhaps three 4 foot flourescent fixtures and put the leds in it/them, then you will have protection for the leds too.
Bob E.
