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Thursday 4-21 Pink Peppers

4/19/2016
Carnation gone. Pepper plants sprouted no reaching. Making special COB Led light for hot peppers. Tulip Festival

Azealia - Coming back to life Carnation - Think it is dead, broke in half this half isn't responding but used rooting compound. Plant next to Azealia supposed to be Lavender but does not look like one. Dianthus - Mix Several Calibrachoa Some type of jungle plant got cutting from friend Germinating C...

ledlenses.jpg Center Lux @ about 21.5" 13,780 was around 5,500 middlle3.jpg Side Lux @ about 22.5" 6,260 was about 1,600 lux edges.jpg EBay Lenses 50mm, adds about $10 but now only have 3 9-10w lights and 1 4w light. ebay50mmlenses.jpg I'm thinking 3 bulb system with lenses - 2 5000k 60w ...

New Toy infaredthrem.jpg Playing with thermometer I was getting 200f at LED heat sink and 150f at top of Devobowl. Bowl is rated dishwasher safe on the top rack that's about 150f. I think this is cutting it close so I drilled a 1" inch hole in the center top of bowl. Now only 132f at top and LE...

Coming soon based on this oscillating fan. Don't need to move light much. Will probably remove everything except motor and base. Can always attach stick to move light more, will be arc motion. Comfort Zone Oscillating Desk Fan runs off USB 5v or batteries.

I was thinking about how to use the my Lux meter to get a general idea of what my led lights are putting out. You might know or not know that Lux is waited on the sensitivity of the eye. Green being the most sensitive and blue/red about 70-80% less sensitive. Here's a CIE chart. cie.jpg Now I was th...

Ordered 4 one came with bad LED other with broken wire (I fixed). KillaWatt meter only reports 4 watts. Buyer beware.

Yeah, will take some temp measurements. Ordered new toy today.

So far heat not a problem plastic bowl part gets warm but not hot to the touch. Bulb base/heatsink material gets pretty warm. If you want you could drill a couple of 3/4-1/2 holes in the top. But I don't think that is needed the bulbs are made to work in sealed enclosures and would get really hot in...