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love micro shots :D

Ok man get in there with your multimeter and have some fun. Not the fireworks kind tho.

looks like a residual flash was it from your cameras reflection or did bulbs lite up?

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good eye! they do light up

that was hard to show/explain in a picture so I shot the video



the problem is quite obvious once a few screws were removed:





BAD contact patch = BAD heat transfer = burnt-up array

I'm quite sure once they see this pic a new array will be in the mail but I don't have confirmation on that just yet.

each part; Switch > PSU > LED are modular and have plugs on the wire ends so it will be a "plug-n-play" swap




funny how this all circles back to my PC overclocking days
I've lapped heatsinks and CPUs for better contact

working array is MUCH better but still not great

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started out a little concave but it's almost flat now

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I've done better but this should be just fine






this was a seed sized ball of thermal paste that was squeezed out to this size by contact / pressure .... NO WAY this is going to overheat!!!

Make sure you get it on the whole base,if you did not already know that.

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LOL

your a funny one MR1

yes my friend, that was just a VERY small dab of paste to test center contact

final install had 100% coverage

Don't take off any bud sites... They look really nice...sorry for the angst.... stress.

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being able to share it with all of you helps A LOT!!

thanks for the plant input too

<3

just a heads up, when it comes to thermal paste, dont use anything that's white, use a paste called arctic silver. this is one thing i know alot about, and thats thermal paste

AS5 ?

I know a lil about TIM too ; )




from this THREAD


best to worst is only 2.5C difference.

Good contact and lots of pressure effect temps A LOT more (these days)

I used Ceramique2 BTW

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Building IC a new home

Bag-Seed Pot-Luck






IC a new home in my future





Bottom of a White Siberian







Top of a 4x4x4 cube
(?)






ahhh, MUCH better







I'm going to give the nute mix (3.5 gal 720ppm @ 5.5) 12 hours or so to get up to temp and aerate



that mix is hotter than I wanted but couldn't dilute anymore
been watering this with aerated, 1-1-1 +root @ 350ppm for a week+ so I think she'll be able to take it



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ok Bag-Seed Pot-Luck...

this is a bag-seed plant and I'm a total n00b...

could anyone with more experience take a wild (educated) guess @ what it is.

yes, a pot plant. I got that far myself :p

Sativa ? Indica ? 60/40 ? 80/20 ?

[oh-high-oh schwag @ 100/zip]






thank you

My guess,and it is only a guess is a hybrid Sativa Indica mix leaning to the Sativa side.

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still @ 50% LED







nice FLAT SOG
any of the 12 start pull'n ahead, I hand LST and fan-fold them down even with the rest
/shrug so far so good






the LED and CFL light is a trip to play with:








notes:

LAZY !
start: 1.5" on bottom 1600+ ppm
+3 gal
end: full Bloom 1-2-3 Nute (flora+ , root , nectar)
+koolbloom 0-10-10
830ppm 5.5

12" off
21" tall
(20 days +4")

sure looks full and nice...that light mixture makes for some pretty colors in the shots...well done!!

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Sol2 (@ 50%) warranty update

the LED "chip" should be here tomorrow

they are located in Eastern PA so I cut them some slack with all the snow

















notes:
22" , 25 days
start: 1500+ , 6.2
end: 715 , 5.5

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prepping for that time that's oh-so-close but not nearly close enough...




just some fan leaf I removed days ago











I think checking trichomes should be no problem with this



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is that thing portable or raise and lower ?? how do you use it to check a living plant i guess i mean to ask?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005P40OXY/ref=...p_M3T1_ST1_dp_1




I don't know if I will be able to get that good a picture holding it by hand.
(the tube can be removed from the stand)

It may come down to cutting off a small bud-leaf and placing that on the stand.

once my lights come on (12am EST) I'll try to shoot a few pics of a living leaf but for now more FUN
(and I thought I loved my digi-cam micro setting)

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no good pictures are going to come from handheld shots








small bud-leaf