Lighting KIND K3 DIY Retro Build

[Jupiter]

Well first things first. You need to figure out what drivers are in there if you intend to reuse then before you settle on the COB's. The input voltage sticker on the outside means nothing till you crack it open.

True. I did get a glimpse of the drivers so hopefully everything works out. Might not be the perfect fit but we'll see. I'll have photos later on tonight because all the ones I have are sideways lol.

 

[BigSm0]

Looks like it says 30-46v each drive and 650ma? That should run 1 clu048 each driver.

 

[Jupiter]

 

[Jupiter]

Yeah @BigSm0 it looks like 30-46v @650ma. Each driver has two channels. So each Chanel powers up a group of leds. There are 8 groups with each driver supplying 2 groups giving us 4 total drivers. The fans run off of that 12v power supply. The drivers look like the get wired in series I guess but not sure. The power comes in and there is a set of black and red that goes to each side, basically splitting the drivers into 2 banks of two. So to the left is a black and red and on that it basically ties into the two drivers. Almost as if you wire nut the blacks together and the reds together. Same procedure is repeated on the right side. Yeah this is fun stuff!

 

[BigSm0]

So there is 8 clusters total And 4 drivers? Since the fans have a seperate power supply I think you could run 1 3590 or citi048 per channel since the drivers are 650ma. I'm not to familiar with dual channel drivers besides the Mars which has 2 outputs but one output is for the fan only.

 

[Jupiter]

So there is 8 clusters total And 4 drivers? Since the fans have a seperate power supply I think you could run 1 3590 or citi048 per channel since the drivers are 650ma. I'm not to familiar with dual channel drivers besides the Mars which has 2 outputs but one output is for the fan only.

I have 8 of the citizens coming Monday. I could fill the whole light up but I picked up extra just in case something goes wrong. At $20 a piece with the holder how can I go wrong. So I need to get heat paste, connectors, and the reflectors. Can't think of anything else right now. Oh I'm going to get drill and tap so I can mount those holders right to the heatsink.

 

[BigSm0]

Hopefully someone can verify fv required for these @650ma. But I think you should have everything else under control. Amazon is cheap and fast for the thermal paste.

Are you going to test a single cob or are you going to build it all and prey like most of us do?

 

[Jupiter]

Hopefully someone can verify fv required for these @650ma. But I think you should have everything else under control. Amazon is cheap and fast for the thermal paste.

Are you going to test a single cob or are you going to build it all and prey like most of us do?

LOL I'll do one first. Unless you want me to go for it... I do have two lights to screw around with. No gutts no glory.

 

[BigSm0]

To bad you didn't take any lux readings from one of those cheap phone apps. Would have been interesting to see the difference.

 

[BigSm0]

Have to say I'm pretty impressed with the light once it's open. selling expensive lights and claiming to be the best has worked out for them. I would actually think the opposite since newer growers don't want to spend thousands. If they only upgraded the LEDs themselves they could actually sell a lot more lights. It would cut into profit margins but the numbers aren't that for off either.