any regrets!!

I agree and yeah its nice when people come over and ask about the lights and you can say I made those, and they cant believe it,, AHHH feels good.

 

Happily i've never had it happen to me when i'm rebuilding computers. Now car engines, those have lots of spare bolts.

edit- go the DIY route and get a custom color balance.

 

i think you guys have made up my mind diy it is. so right off the top of my head i was thinking 14 cool whites and 14 royal blues per 8" x 22" heat sink times 3. not sure about the blue violet green and red yet. i think i am going to have everything dimmable so i can do sunset feature. and what is cyan color leds.

 

I bought a par bulb and i regret it because its not full spectrum and i got mine before DIY full spectrum's were big.

 

Watch your drivers and their max per whatever Cree's you choose. I'd also seriously consider running the lights in parrallel to eliminate some drivers. Also consider adding a few neutral whites in with the cool whites and a few blues in with the royal blues. I'd highly suggest adding some uv/violets to the mix.

 

i only want a few blues and neutral whites right. or should i put them on the same driver as the other white and blues

 

yeah, I'd do about 4 blues 8 rbs
4 neutral, 8 cw
on the same driver, just watch the max current of the ones you choose, ie, XL-e verse XL-g I think
for the colors violets uvs, reds cyan etc, maybe consider bridgelux as they all run at the same max current and will save ya some wiring hassles

 

from what i just looked at the meanwell driver for parallel is for a ton of leds 60 and i want the whites and blues on seperate drivers so i can dim them seperatly. as well as each color on its own or at least the reds.

 

ok so i just read evolved thread on his leds and might i say awesome dont know how i missed that. now i am more confused on what i want to do

 

so here is my list judging alot on other peoples. everything will be times three for all the heatsinks.
10 cool whites and 4 neutral whites dimmable driver
10 royal blue and 4 blues dimmable driver
3 cyan 3 green dimmable driver
6 to 8 violet on not sure if going to dimmable or constant driver
2 red 2 red/orange dimmable driver
something for the moonlights not sure what

possible move the 4 blue to its own driver for moonlights after lights out.