96w DIY LED Grow Light - How to build it for $57

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11 жыл бұрын

I built a 96w DIY LED grow light with off-the-shelf parts. This is how.
It cost me about $57 - see the plans on my facebook / realvince.samios.1
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Parts required:
8 x GU10 light sockets
8 x 12w LED Down Lights
2 x Choc Boxes with Terminal Blocks
about 3m of Electrical Cable (3 core)
1 Piece of wood
Screws
1 Power Plug
4 x Hanging Hooks

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@sacson3727 7 жыл бұрын

This video makes it so easy to understand how to connect everything!! Thank you bro

@lighthead6275 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The best DIY explanation for led grow lights

@skybike89 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Vince, thanks for sharing.

@paqmanm3305 8 жыл бұрын

thanks for the instructions.. explained very well.

@DoubleDeckerDream 10 жыл бұрын

Can you share some results from these lights or do an update? I have been looking to build some panels but I really like how simple this design is. Thanks for sharing!

@primomate7198 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing...I just built my one like this, but using E 27 fitting

@cobra646 9 жыл бұрын

What did you find for sockets?

@Kendrick1961 11 жыл бұрын

thanks for the video, will be getting on this right away.

@GrowWithKit 7 жыл бұрын

Just subscribed to your channel, really liked this video and I think I'm going to make one of these. Thanks

@NLMountainMan-me9rg 5 жыл бұрын

Great build. Your the only fella,except for me that used an electric box for connections. Two things. One mount the light sockets on a metal box/frame. Electricity get hot and Sparks, mounted on wood equals fire And you got a ground going nowhere. If you had a metal frame, you would have a ground for safety. And a fuse isn't necessary but would be nice. I built 3 light bars. Check it out. These pointers aren't to criticize, but for people's safety. ✌

@PrincessAloeVera 9 жыл бұрын

Hi. I love your instruction here. Great demo. I have a question. If I were to use the old fashion full spectrum light bulbs and not LED for just 4 to 6 plants in the first 4 weeks veg...can you advise me as to if they will work good enough? Is thter a wattage to look for? THANKS

@honeybacres 11 жыл бұрын

Nice system. Very simple. Glad it finally loaded for you Vince :)

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

I've taken them offline because the bulbs kept blowing, so I need to diagnose the reason. But I started the seedlings under the LED grow light, and they grew very nicely with tiny node spacing, which was excellent to see.

@FawadRizvi 10 жыл бұрын

You are a real life hero...MY leggy seedlings will thank you for this!

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry - I will do an update shortly.

@andrewa312 9 жыл бұрын

Hey Vince, any updates regarding the DIY grow light videos?? I'm about to try making my own grow light, some updates and tips regarding the ones you tried would be most helpful!

@deleon7486 10 жыл бұрын

I like the simplicity of your design. I'm interested in a design like yours that is solar/battery powered. 12 or 24 volts. Do you know if they make similar type bulbs and sockets? If not, I'll do the research. I just thought I'd ask.

@uttaraka 11 жыл бұрын

Excellent video - thank you. I'm hopeless with electricals but this is accessible. You mentioned an improved version at end of the video, just wondering if you completed it? Thanks again.

@jessepoopoo 9 жыл бұрын

if I wanted to triple this amount of light (96 x3) should I just extend them with wire like you do connecting the boxes or do the 3 sets with individual power supplies? I have a 6ft 90 gallon tank and want 3 watts per gallon.

@RedRockFilmFestival 6 жыл бұрын

Does is matter what the sockets are "rated" at 120V or 220V? If they don't have any electronics in them, is there really a difference between '120V' and '220v' socket. In America with '220V' sockets with 120V lamps and 120V electricity.

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

I would agree save for one point, and that is if something at the terminal block goes a little bit wrong. ie. if a wire comes loose. In that sense, I think it's quite important to have the grounding there. (although by that point it would make little difference)

@jimbolecat 10 жыл бұрын

hi buddy nice video, would i be able to run this off solar panels and a 12 volt deep cycle battery? i live in spain and were i grow we don't have mains electricity and my idea would be to use this system for a winter grow. we get 9 hours good sun in the winter. i would leave the plants outside during the daylight hours and let the batteries charge then put the plants into a grow tent under your light system for the remaining 9 hours of light that they need in veg mode. what do you think? any help much appreciated!! thanks

@gary9732 5 жыл бұрын

hi are these bulbs full spectrum 6500k daylight white bulbs if not what kelvin are there ?? (i like your video you made it very easy to make up thumbs up)

@frodemolland6249 9 жыл бұрын

Great video! Just wondering about what kind of 12w led lights you used? Any link to them?

@matthias_lang 8 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to grow with only 1 light spektrum? Lets say we use 6000K during vegetative growth and 3000K during flowering. Will it work?

@TheLazyGarden3r 10 жыл бұрын

How did this work? Was thinking of setting up something like this for my vegetable seedlings to get them off to a good start.

@ENRIQUEGOITIA 10 жыл бұрын

which of your videos show plants growing under these lights

@ENRIQUEGOITIA 10 жыл бұрын

those plastic thingies with that help bind the wires (i dont know what theyre called but they kinda became dust on my fluorescent setup, must ahve been the heat of the wire, what seccion of wire is needed to wire these gu10 leds together? what size screws did you use to fix the gu10 sockets

@farnorthweaver7793 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you...nice job!

@bonifazius45 11 жыл бұрын

i think the way to go is vertical growing with large led panels or lightchains that are waterproove put very close to the plants ( like salades) so u could also install a sytem that waters that plants constantly with smoooth raindrops that at the same time are cooling the leds. or for bigger plants like tomatos led cob modules that have higher light penetration.

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

I've found the post and I'm interested to see your version of the grow light :-)

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

I did, I just need to do a video on it - its fairly minor, just neater and I placed the bulbs closer together, I hope to do a video update on it soon. :-)

@ENRIQUEGOITIA 10 жыл бұрын

hey vince, i finally have the budget to buy the bubls necesary for this fixture. i didnt know, or remember that the gu10 base was screwed in. make my life 100x easier, i was looking for thermal glue. how strong are your leds? i found 5w=50w at 500lm each, (with one diode and another with 4 smaller diodes) all high power do you know what lens angles your leds are using? i dont know if 60 or 45 degress is better.

@chainer2322 10 жыл бұрын

If I did this with smaller wattage bulbs, or fewer bulbs, would it still be a normal wall plug-able device?

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

Yup, starting my chillies with them now. I'll do an update with version 2 and grow results.

@IsraelLazoPlus 10 жыл бұрын

have you compared how good is this system vs the CFL you made?

@johnarizona3820 9 жыл бұрын

WTG kid! Good job. You probably already considered or added this but it should have an inline fuse

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

I'm planning a CFL grow light with a similar setup you'd described. 6 x 45w CFL's. They should be in the post :-)

@kitsmith2666 6 жыл бұрын

I am using both grow GU10 LED and LED daylight GU!) bulbs.

@elmochilerocanadiens 11 жыл бұрын

Great video. Can you provide an online source for those LEDs at such a great price? I can't find anything...

@kewkew2 10 жыл бұрын

WHat have you been able to grow with that any videos?

@davidcml1363 3 жыл бұрын

Question: I have a light fitted in my bathroom, its round with cover , when cover is off it holds 36 ( non replaceable L.E.D's-), lamp 16w l.e.d ,would this 250-Hz?????

@IsraelLazoPlus 10 жыл бұрын

are you using 12w power consumption leds or they light like a 12w bulb? I can only find 2w and 3w of those lights here

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

If you're talking about growing drugs, I believe (if I understand correctly) the final yield is dependent on the total wattage. ie. something like 1gram/watt would be a very excellent yield.

@bonifazius45 11 жыл бұрын

10 real Wattage per bulb that is pretty nice for this price. Are they available in blue and in red? With HPS light higher penetration( lux/distance) is achieved with reflectors cause of the point of scource effect and 360° emitting.

@jlk103144 9 жыл бұрын

Vince, I first watched this video some time ago, and found it very interesting. But I was new to all the indoor growing hobby. But I now have my own self-made grow station, which is set up for the 1020 tray system. The frame is 48"w X 20"d X 80h". I now have two four foot T5 systems(one 4 lamp, and one 6 lamp). But I want to try out the led growing way as well. Stupid phones(pun intended) can take pictures, but cannot spot metre a dark portion, and then allow me to shift position and come up with a decent picture. I'll have to use a dedicated camera later. My problem is that I have limited height allowances and must make the light system only take up a few inches in height. Have you tried setting up a grow system, which uses either the flexible led strips, or the 3 watt individual lights, and making a larger system? Either would be the perfect way to save on height. I know it is a bit more complicated to do, but would be a real feather in your hat if you could come up with a 2 foot, or 4 foot, led grow lamp. Again, I could just double the length of your project here, but I would still have the height disadvantage. Incidentally, Great job on this project.

@eddieyu80 9 жыл бұрын

The GU10 LED look like having silver plastic, not alumuminum. Can you confirm it?

@toanhamy 11 жыл бұрын

Have you considered rotating the lights with a motor to get even coverage?

@blunty562 11 жыл бұрын

when is your next update and where did you buy the light bulbs i can find dem

@ProSkimf 10 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool

@emersnake2 11 жыл бұрын

SOOO GOOD!

@slitter101 11 жыл бұрын

how are those doing for you as far as growing? have u done any tomatoes or anything like that with them?

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

Because its important that each LED be high wattage for maximum light penetration, ie. minimum 1w per LED. Generally the light tubes use SMD LED's which are far less powerful.

@sugardippedtitz 10 жыл бұрын

How did they wrk for flowering?

@barrel891 11 жыл бұрын

I've looked for those lights without luck. could you tell me how to, or where to get them, please. thanks.

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

White light contains both red and blue wavelengths - so it has all the spectrums necessary to grow.

@lawrencebignell4298 5 жыл бұрын

This would be good for building ur grow area just put them into the wall panels to add light below the top of the canopyto put light on the lower plant growth

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

In light intensity I'd say its equiv to a 400w HPS, but it lights a smaller area.

@siuland 11 жыл бұрын

Hi Vince: have you verified whether power surges could be responsible for the light now outs? I've heard of people blowing out LEDs from other appliances kicking in elsewhere in the house. Seems they need a very surge protector or regulator.

@barrel891 11 жыл бұрын

I made similar. But with 10 bulbs. It just wasn't bright enough.?

@jacekcierpiszewski 11 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, can u check the Voltage consumption because i heard that they take 5W instead of 12W ;) Maybe that's the reason they are not hot.

@jaycee1011 11 жыл бұрын

alot of people say you must have red and blue leds but the reality is you can use cool white and warm white led bulbs and get fantastic results. the fact of the matter is cool white and warm white will produce good results just as good as blue leds. its not as bad as people have been making out. people have been making out as though plants wont grow under any other colour when the fact is they will still grow and will grow well.

@VinceSamios 10 жыл бұрын

absolutely, as long as they are standard GU10's

@MrJpags 11 жыл бұрын

Do you think this build would work for a planted tank?

@bonifazius45 11 жыл бұрын

btw leds really can be a costsaving alterntive for horticulture. But its all about efficiency of the leds and the usage of the light. with single chip led u can get that big of a point of source effect as u will get with a hps so if u dont want to build ur leds around ur plants u have to go for chip on board led modules (up to 200 W). the are really similar to the light densitiy characteristics of hps lights. Or you build large panels and put them around the plants.

@mattycreek384 10 жыл бұрын

What spectrum are they?

@davetozier9235 11 жыл бұрын

is that warm white or cool white?

@almarma 10 жыл бұрын

White light is the sum of all the spectrum, so it contains all the visible frequencies, from red to violet. You can provide the plants with only that specific colours, or all the spectrum, so they take what they need, as they do with the sun (which is not red and blue). I think there is some misunderstanding from some people, because professional greenhouses use white light, and aquarium fans use a mix of cold and warm white colours, which I think is the best approach, to cover all spectrum.

@GrowAce 11 жыл бұрын

The 3w LED watt strength is not enough for deep penetration. You have to make sure that the lenses the manufacture use are 90 degree lenses. Generally, most LEDs use 120 degree lenses which defuses the light and doesn't focus them downward towards your plants. Great DIY setup otherwise. I recommend using an LED with the correct lenses degrees (90 degree lenses, again, is recommended). Thanks for the upload.

@MikeyJL2 11 жыл бұрын

Hiya mate. How much heat do these bulbs put out? And did you figure out why the bulbs kept blowing? Cheers

@googlex3894 11 жыл бұрын

hey how did it work out?

@acj7744 10 жыл бұрын

InvalidCharacter1 I would guess that as there are only 2 contacts on the gu10 bulbs/frittings then they do not require an earth. You're right, the earth is doing absolutely nothing. Should have chopped it at the plug.

@Trichom3 11 жыл бұрын

Was wondering how to find those Choc Boxes on ebay, i was trying to find but nothing appears. Could someone put link where to get them ? Thanks

@ThunderLightenBolt 11 жыл бұрын

Great video but why not just buy the led lightbulbs and screw them into a 4ft socket fixture and plug it in ? Socket fixtures also come in all lengths.

@jaycee1011 11 жыл бұрын

alot of people say you must have red and blue leds but the reality is you can use cool white and warm white led bulbs and get fantastic results. cool white and warm white work fine for plants in non flowering stage. some people talk as though they wont grow at all. its a little exaggerated or made to sound worse than it is

@mironandreilucian 10 жыл бұрын

where did you buy the 12w led down lights from ?

@googlex3894 11 жыл бұрын

Hows the grow coming along?

@fouroakfarm 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Just a note, the equipment ground wire (grn/ylw) serves no purpose in this setup. You can use a 2 wire cable

@Stephen7372 11 жыл бұрын

DOes it work though ?

@bonifazius45 11 жыл бұрын

btw sry for lot of text, really like the way u built the lamp. but i think u should get more red and some blue leds. they are the most efficient especially for growing. Dont look at the lumen thats a scale for human eyes. Btw the most effienct led produced by osram has 67% efficency. red and blues on the market have 40-50% ( the best ones). whites have only 20-30%.

@ByteBanditBob 11 жыл бұрын

cool this is exactly what I wanted to do

@surfthecentre 11 жыл бұрын

But it also contains blue and green which the plant doesn't need so surely its inefficient use of energy? chlorophyll A and B only absorb red and blue dont they?

@chriscricks9806 11 жыл бұрын

More important than the lens degree is the optics mine are ground optical lens grade glass

@ctrey8395 9 жыл бұрын

hey how much would you charge for one of those i got money at the same time if you can or have the time let me know was up ,also im can i get a reasonable deal i know shit aint cheap or free

@randybuttigieg6776 11 жыл бұрын

They'll grow under any light yes, I'm not trying to say they won't, I'm just pointing out that plants need light in different spectrum for chlorophyll production and photosynthesis. Vegetative plants need more blue light to produce chlorophyll than flowering plants. Flowering plants need more red light to make use of the chlorophyll. That said most lights will put out some light at both points in the spectrum anyways. I think this best route is the one that works for you.

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

You'd be surprised. In a smaller area (this bit is key) the light intensity is similar. We're talking about a 20cmx20cm area for each bulb, as opposed to a 120cm x 120cm area for a 400w hps. the HPS lights 4x the area, but the light intensity is similar. Which is interesting because with the above figures, the HPS covers 36 times the area, 36 x 12w = 432w. So there must be some truth in what I'm saying.

@jamegumb880 10 жыл бұрын

5500K light?

@jameshunter5944 8 жыл бұрын

awsome awesome

@wisdomoflips 10 жыл бұрын

have you grown anything using these lights? i've read that you need red and blue lights and such.

@chibzilla26 10 жыл бұрын

You'll be able to grow like an ounce or so. 95 watts is like piss all if you wanna grow weed

@olivergarsideconeron 10 жыл бұрын

Chibzilla 96watts is enough to have a decent grow if you use a HID or a decent LED panel that has been designed to grow plants with. Try using a Watt metre on a 600w High pressure sodium; it'l use ~600 watts for about a second or so after the bulb has first ignited - then the electricity usage will begin to rapidly fall down - My "600" HPS only uses about 200 watts per hour - once its reached optimal operating temperatures - I have a 250w HPS which uses about 85watts per hour. It grows big shtenky nugs! This LED panel uses 96w per hour - which is a considerable amount of power drain. The problem is that this lamp will have a very poor PAR value - most of its light will be in the oranges,yellows and greens - because these lights where designed to create the maximum bang for the human eye - with the smallest amount of energy use. From my experience I can say that this will grow plants - but probably not as well as 96watts of CFL (a mix of 6400k and 2700k) It'l need lots more indigo, blue, red and most importantly Far red, Far red light has more energy (per quanta) than any other wavelength of visible light - and this is the reason why most growers favor the red hue of the HPS.

@barrel891 11 жыл бұрын

Surely, you do not need the earth connected? do you?

@iamdatdude1619 10 жыл бұрын

oooo ok theres a lot of mislead out there huh haha.I used fluros before that were daylight colors but not with LED.I don't know maybe real vince can show us the outcome?TO be true I still love my sunlight and hps haha.

@blitzo24 10 жыл бұрын

should calculate in par not wattage, if you like to get the best spectrum for growing. even the question part 2 you can´t answer with watts! You should use also temperature for explaining the specific life cycle usage. 2300k flowering, 5500k vegetating.

@Hitech82 3 жыл бұрын

That's about the same price as a Viperspectra P600 light. They work great in a 2x2.

@VishwanthRamesh 11 жыл бұрын

Heyyy!!!did u post this video on squidoo????

@VinceSamios 10 жыл бұрын

Do a little calculation on watts per square foot of a HPS - this grow light packs about 48 watts per square foot (or the V2 does anyway, this one more like 36 watts) - a 250watt HPS usually grows in about 9 square feet which is 27.7 watts per square foot. Simple maths :-)

@VinceSamios 11 жыл бұрын

I got them on eBay - keep your eye out for some good deals.

@bonifazius45 11 жыл бұрын

The best available high power leds have around 100 lumen/watt (cost around 5-10 dollar per piece). So ud have around 3600 lumen total brightness. Hps have around 150 lumen per Watt. If u want to grow 0.2m*0.2m/bulb u want to liught 0.32 squaremeters with that lamp. that makes around 11 250 lm/m^2 which is just enough light to grow plant in vegetative phase, but to flower plants like tomatos u need at least 30 000 lm/m^2. So the plants grown will 1. stretch 2. only prodce small fruits on the top.

@ThunderLightenBolt 11 жыл бұрын

Yes that is true . I appreciate the video and meant no harm..Peace :)