World's most powerful LED light - 5kW (1kW module build part 2)

[@MrTuffarts]

I remember a guy at a 'party' that had an inverter the size of a small fridge in the back of his mini van, it was running an old arc light from a theater. the huge light was mounted to the roof racks and it was rated at 20 K. The inverter was on fire and I told him, he didn't seem to worried as this was happening periodically. He did put the fire out, but did not stop running the light.

[@RiDankulous]

Did he look like Doc Brown from Back to the Future?

[@theCodyReeder]

I want something like this! Light up the whole yard and I wont have to stop filming just because the sun went down.

[@midgetman75]

Rip eyes

[@sonicdash3818]

Cody'sLab it also goes into what supplies, even for lighting, that you have available to work with. as a light bulb collector, I have all the bulbs I need, I just need to find myself more sockets, mounting brackets, ballasts for the gas discharge lamps, and whatever other required electrical equipment in which I also have yet to find and save up for

[@janiwirman]

Would be awesome!.

[@tanithrosenbaum]

Uh you can light an entire stadium with that thing.

[@GranVlog]

Get a crane as well, that way the viewers wont even notice

[@dat_chip]

Using manual exposure and then turning the LEDs off, leaving only the normal celing lamps, was a good idea. It really made it clear how wild those LEDs are. Cool stuff!

[@welshspaceagency]

Fabulous. This is why I love the internet. And thank goodness there are people like Tesla500 doing this stuff so I don't have to.

[@thaiexodus2916]

I admire your set up, layout, and workmanship. Most excellent. One feature you must add is the use of coolant instead of water. Should drop temperature about 15%. For 5KW, that is an outstanding array. I rigged a similar array for my wife in her art endeavors. I'd guesstimate 2 to 4 times incandescent power requirement for the same coverage. Here is a trick for you. We needed full or modified spectrum of color in her studio. I painted the entire ceiling with the entire spectrum rainbow. Then reflecting some of the light off the ceiling, six 500 watt portable halogens in my case, we could add some or all of the color spectrum as desired. Absolutely fantastic for getting to proper skin tone and color of the models regardless of their natural skin color.

[@Wooble57]

A few things you might want to think about Water wetter, it's not a type of anti-freeze, but it breaks down the surface tension of water, improving heat transfer Also, by chaining the water blocks like that, some array's will be getting hotter then others, possibly significantly so. Sections of copper tubing in the straight sections could help add some additional cooling and help with the sagging issue if your ever running those cooling lines again in the future.

[@theuncanspan]

bro your invention could be soon adopted in stadiums lightings. 10/10, you're the best.

[@artemiasalina1860]

I love how the normal florescent shop lights look so dim with the LED lights on. The camera is stopped down so far that the FL lights look burned out! Very cool.

[@TheGodGamer55]

Is it just me or is watching the water rush through the tubes calming?

[@meleet5307]

Make yourself a little supply and return manifold so the cooling blocks are piped in parallel. I promise you that you will not be disappointed with your temperatures. Great build!

[@toddanonymous5295]

The future of stadium lighting right there in your garage. Very impressive.

[@joebananatube]

Nice start to a killer grow room.

[@lordstatiik8532]

joe banana exactly!! Controled climate with the power of the sun essentially!.. Grow some indoor monsters!

[@warpatato]

You're right about the "killer" part as it would probably fry the plants into oblivion xd

[@experimentboyTV]

Impressive! I built a 1.6kW myself a few months ago, and I had to abandon the lenses because of that yellow circle. I thought it was an optical "stretch" of the light with the higher angle of refraction on the edge, but thanks a lot for the tip! Also, how did you fix the lens holders in place with the lenses like that? Thanks! :)

[@ChadKovac]

Don't take this negative because I love what you're doing. I would measure the current because if those are cheap Ebays, there is no way they're 1kw

[@tesla500]

I did check, they are running at full current. These are the slightly more expensive, not-quite-garbage ones that actually work reasonably well.

[@ChadKovac]

Awesome. -- I just saw a video where some had been tested and I was shocked at the lack of quality. Keep up the good work! -- Maybe think about running the coolant in parallel and use anti-freeze for better heat absorption.

[@chuckyboy6977]

tesla500 I was thinking instead of using tin foil to mask the edge of the LED chips, why not try a non metallic non stick oven cooking sheet. They are thin, easy to cut to shape and made to sit at very high temperatures for long periods.

[@FrancisZerbib]

If your application is for filming only, you could evaluate synching your camera shutter with a control circuit, which will enable (open) the current to the LEDs only when needed (24, 30, 50 or 60fps) and at a duty-cycle (DC) of your choice. A few opto checks will setup the DC for each shot. That will save a considerable amount of electrical power without compromising the light levels perceived by the camera sensor. You've done a remarkable project. My regards

[@tesla500]

I had thought of that, but these are being used for high-speed filming, with several cameras running at different frame rates. This makes is basically impossible to do this because the shutters never line up due to the different frame rates.

[@redtails]

Derpy Hoves never wore her safety goggles, now she doesn't have to XD

[@Saareem]

750kW of incandescent lighting in the automotive safety lab. That's just crazy amount of light!

[@UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ]

More like a crazy amount of heat energy.

[@RiDankulous]

@@UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ 7000 amps. assuming it's AC power. Even more if it's 12V DC.

[@saradeanna]

i work in a theater with stage lighting. i'm pretty sure this light you've built is brighter than all of our stage lights put together.

[@RODALCO2007]

Great test set up. The charring of the cut out indicates of a lot of heat in the LED chips. Keep up the good work.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

excellent light and excellent camera.......it handled the light perfectly

[@AxelWerner]

WOW! Now THAT is what i call "proper lighting"

[@fibrodad1354]

you deserve wayyyyyy more subs sir.... And that camera will change the face of youtube.

[@edwardsvegan8206]

you should share his videos everywhere....!

[@jmh1189]

Ok, you've officially sent one of your prototype cams to everyone of my favorite youtube channels. I shall take a gander and sub.

[@ZevHoover]

just read a bunch of new articles about your camera! awesome stuff, hope is is a huge success!

[@theCodyReeder]

I've been playing with one, I think it will be. ;)

[@AtlasReburdened]

holy cow Cody, you had a comment fly under the radar for 2 whole weeks. Pretty excited for some wicked high fps shots.

[@mikeselectricstuff]

Stainless stencil would be good for the masks

[@tesla500]

Great idea! Thanks

[@sasobadovinac]

what about fiberglass or something similar that is more like paper but more fire resistant

[@cybersholt]

Perhaps automotive gasket paper could work as a mask too, designed for high temp & might be able to cut it with a laser. This stuff for example is good to 1200F www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/MRG0/77/N0488.oap?pt=N0488&ppt=C0137

[@SeanBZA]

That is mica, but it is not opaque but translucent, but is a good insulator so the led units do not short out with a stainless steel mask.

[@teslacoiler]

Empty cans of beer (or soft drinks) can do the job for free!

[@robertfeost1618]

See people like this guy can change the world

[@colinkraus7139]

Now just hook it up to the slab heating in the floor. Awesome video man.

[@benjithehunter]

That is so freakin cool, his name has Tesla in it!

[@torgo_]

Awesome video, great project. The IIHS video was fascinating too. Also your cat is adorable. :3

[@kyoudaiken]

Thumbs up for the setup and thumbs up for Trixi. :3

[@mnelson10000]

Wow, that's impressive! Maybe an aquarium chiller for the reservoir would be a good next step

[@HobkinBoi]

Now you have the power of the sun in your garage. Cold winter day? Fire up your lights, get your lawn chair, and lay back with a drink.

[@kleetus92]

Oh yeah, one more trick for your water system, try a product called 'water wetter' it's basically a surfactant that helps break the surface tension of the water in the boundary layer of the heat sink and heat exchanger. It's usually used in cars and it does make a difference, it's like 8 bucks for a bottle.

[@twocvbloke]

You could use that setup in a large venue to help people who suffer with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD for short), it's as bright as a sunny summers day, that's a given!! :D

[@nathanburton3023]

Luke from linustechtips in 5 years time

[@DoRC]

Looks good. Make sure youre treating the water in the loop to prevent nasties from growing. Thatll be one hell of a mess to deal with if you have to pull it all apart and clean everything:)

[@TommyCallaway]

Seriously great work man. I'm envious of your sun beam!

[@msylvain59]

Did you realise you are probably the only guy in the world having a water cooling installed in his garage ceiling ?

[@burgersnchips]

Linus would love this

[@godfreypoon5148]

He isn't. :D

[@Potatonater-it7gw]

burgersnchips yea he would :D

[@djmips]

Linus and Dave are in the same city too.

[@lazar2175]

I have water cooling system in my basement,using walls as radiator

[@bwack]

Well done! Funny to think about how much energy it takes to make a bright sunny day..

[@BluntForceTrauma666]

Wow. Nice. Although, I should mention that your cooling system should be connected in a "star" configuration rather than in series. The way it's shown in the video, that last set of LED's is going to be running WAY hotter than the first set.

[@Speeder84XL]

That was impressive! Those floureschent lights in the ceiling look like they where off - and those usually give off quite much light compared to "normal" indoor lighting. I also know those tube halogen lamps of 1 kW - now think of LEDs thats so much more efficient. Each module is like 5-6 times that light, LOL! Perfect for high speed filming.

[@RinoaL]

4:40 watching the water go was really cool! but then again this whole thing is pretty cool.

[@godfreypoon5148]

Antifreeze seems to glow very brightly under UV. I suppose they put the dye in it. Extremely handy for finding coolant leaks.

[@bmb49]

This is insane! In a wonderful kind of way :D Love it! Nice to see people out there making practical innovations and putting together tech in new and interesting ways. Keep up the very interesting innovations! You've earned another subscriber. :)

[@Nighthawke70]

The sagging issue with the tubing underlines an potential of it failing or developing leaks. Fiber reinforced Tygon tubing that is rated for hot water applications may be in order for your needs. Also, you may want to consider re-plumbing and making it all parallel instead of series, using a valving manifold. This will also solve your cooling issues as well.

[@Fluffberymoff]

This can also work as a room heater lol

[@maxhollmann1790]

I'd recommend doing what DIY Perks did on his LED. Sand the flat side of the lens to get it frosted, it will still focus the light, but the yellowish ring will be blended into the rest of the light. Your current settup, while also viable, wastes that light for heating the paper.

[@SardonicBastard]

One thing you could do to get a bit more radiator area is to replace some of the tubing runs with copper pipe. It would actually clean up the way that it looks, and the tubing itself would effectively become another radiator.

[@codygores4036]

This is one of the best looking "super" led builds ive seen. I just finished making one this week but mines only air cooled and runs one 100w led

[@MitsumaYT]

You should color the water, would probably look amazing, also film it when put the color in, would be fun to watch it go through the clear tubing.

[@weaponofmassconstruction1940]

"Derpy never wore her safety goggles. Now she doesn't need them!"

[@420kushmaster]

where dud you get the domes covering them?

[@SeanBZA]

Better cooler would be to use a car radiator and plumb it in, with 4 of those large fans to shift air through it. Would improve the performance greatly. Plus add as well to the coolant some antifreeze, as otherwise your thermal transfer will become degraded with corrosion inside the milled blocks. If you are going to leave the coolant in there a long time seal the system as well, as you will get a bacterial film growing inside the tubing and parts, living off the plastic and seals. Seal the system airtight and it will last longer, or do what I did and run around 0.5% KI in solution as a disinfectant, with no antifreeze. Remember as well that that clear PU tubing will degrade with time, better to replace it with the same size nylon tubing which will not be clear and which will be stiffer. Use push in pneumatic fittings to make the bends as well then, they are actually cheaper than the hose barb fittings.

[@NullifidianYT]

Thanks. That was fun to watch.

[@EdElectra]

Insane in the mem-color spectrum

[@HuskyMachining]

I like to only be a Patreon for my top 3 favorite channels but I went to check your Patreon out and I cant believe you only get $39 donated to you casue (SO I had to throw a few buck your way, keep up the cool videos) ... I love you tear downs and even more your builds like this....

[@aneeshprasobhan]

So this is how you got all those Slo Mo vids with your cam....That cam was awesome btw....I wish I could be an intern in your garage,...lol...im not joking btw

[@fhfffhfhffffhfhfourt]

this has probably been mentioned, but just in case it hasn't, i feel it's important for me to inform you about the importance of bonding your non current-carrying electrical components to ground via that green wire that seems to be cut short, and or hanging loose in the vid. $0.02

[@joohop]

awesome work buddy WOW

[@ExperimentarEnCasa]

How are amazing! Respect!! :D Greetings from Spain

[@hernancoronel]

Awesome project! Wouldn't it be easier to use pc water cooling stuff and equip each light with its standalone cooling system and avoid the water distribution pipes all over the place? Thanks for the great content!

[@drmosfet]

If you add some coloured LED's to the clear cooling hoses that run around your garage, you be well on the of making a Star Trek Borg TV set😉, great project always enjoy watching someone pushing technology to its limit's.

[@tubester4567]

Ever thought about putting plasterboard on the garage? It would probably help with the lighting too with the reflections.

[@Barrybados]

Wouldn't a flat tube radiator be better , great job by the way i like led but you take it to the next level .

[@Spirit532]

Now this, THIS is why you don't tell the engineer to crank it up to 12. Have you considered using more powerful LED modules(500W?) for the man-portable version? They cost a whole lot more, but they can be a lot more compact.

[@tesla500]

Fewer modules would be nice. Are optics available for them?

[@Spirit532]

tesla500 They are in the same form-factor as the 100W ones if I recall.

[@ElectraFlarefire]

They look like much larger modules. Might be good for your floods, but not the spots yet. www.aliexpress.com/store/product/High-Power-LED-Chip-150W-200W-300W-500W-Cool-Warm-White-LED-COB-Beads-Bulb-Light/1913069_32632947360.html

[@droyce4596]

I wouldnt say they cost a whole lot more, for the same watts, they are less than 2x as expensive, and some sellers have them for around 50usd, which is basically the same price as 100w leds at 10usd per chip

[@creepyloner1979]

100w leds are only about $3 each now.

[@DeConATL]

great video man! i love playing around with LEDs too! thanks for the tip about the ring matte!

[@andreas286]

You blinded me through the interweb!

[@kevinl.9471]

YOU ROCK MAN!! Liked and subscribed!

[@WalterLukanowski]

Great video my dear friend!

[@vg5028]

it would be really cool to take this to a stadium or open field at night and see how it illuminates the place

[@sevenpointsixtwo]

@2:50 you could find thin gasket material such as for automotive use. Although it may be to thick for this application. The nice part is the heat range it can tolerate .

[@Jencen]

For the masking, a sheet of mica may work. It's electrically non-conductive and can be cut on the laser.

[@Biokemist-o3k]

God this is Beautiful and so AWESOME!!!

[@sirplantain]

Use a beer flash cooler that has a cold water circulation pump. You'd be able to keep the temperature extremely low. Only downside is that it wouldn't be portable! Either way, you could set up a massive LED rig and not have to worry about it overheating.

[@hoxhaloo]

This is why there are the HID lamps. They don't care about heat and are rated all the way from 35W to multiple kilowatts

[@alexdhayden]

For your ring insulator you can use a Teflon fiberglass sheet for screen printing. They can handle upto 1500 degrees Fahrenheit.

[@whynot9899]

@06:00 The cat is probably wondering why it is being interrogated. Good work @tesla500 this is interesting.

[@PyroChimp75]

Thumbs up for Derpy!

[@grndkntrl]

More like World's most powerful cat warmer! 😸😺😻🐾💤

[@peepopalaber]

This is perfect for a Photo studio (Yes, sometimes fixed lights are better than flash). I get problems with the Room temp when i run my current setup with 5x 2000 Watt MHL Lamps @250V. Mount it on movable heads (maybe with some servos? :D), perfect. I would buy some ... or try to build it myself.

[@U238lab]

LOVE your videos!!! Great Work! Discovered you from Cody's Lab

[@thejackofalltrades2692]

I need these for working on cars in my garage!

[@VikingPickles]

I would suggest you put a coil of silver in the reservoir to prevent microbial buildup in the cooling blocks.

[@ladanut275]

That must have been extremely satisfying to watch the first time that you turned the pump on and watched the air being purged from the cooling circuit...If you find yourself struggling for thermal capacity, a cheap way to get a stupid amount of cooling might be to use a car radiator? Might find that you can then get away with very little requirement for fan cooling in this case, and you could find one then with an integral header tank to simplify things a bit.

[@jcreedy20]

You have literally made purgatory, like that scene out of pirates of the Caribbean. Also do you notice trixxie bumping into objects randomly since making this video??

[@kevinmalone3842]

Hose should be black to prevent any kind of algae growth. In having ran aquarium algae scrubber for a 4yr run I can attest to that. Maybe stick some propylene glycol (Safe pink rv antifreeze) in the water and try to keep covered the reservoire. Btw you'll get a brighter tighter spread with the Ledil Angelina reflectors and them masks may have better chance to cool on the front side. ;)

[@k1mgy]

Curious as to the power efficiency (light output versus input power) of your array against lighting used in television broadcast or stage work. I know little about either, but imagine with the proper colour temperature that perhaps the LED array might out-perform other types in certain aspects. Would you care to comment on this or perhaps viewers in the know might chime in here?

[@ll1l2l1l2lll]

You should freeze water bottles and throw them into your water tank - you can re-freeze once they melt, indefinitely. Should significantly help with the cooling.

[@TheKrogon]

06:00 the cat, lol

[@routybouty]

Best part of the whole video lol!

[@sevenofclubs]

It is now blind

[@bowzert]

Behold the great and powerful Trixie!

[@gs-nq6mw]

Cats were very sensitive to light(that's why they can see perfectly in the dark)

[@TheSdzisuaf]

Yep - the kitten has gone bat blind at 6:00

[@tanithrosenbaum]

Adding the thermal cutout is a good idea. However, I would not place it on the back plate of the water cooling cavity, but instead either on the side of the front, or on the front between teh LEDs. The way it's placed now will protect you if the water flow stops, but it will complete fail to work if you got a water leak, because then you'll have quite a bit of air between the back plate and the front that has the LEDs on, and it'll take way too long for the thermal sensor to notice the rise in temperatures. Your LEDs will be long dead by that time :)

[@underthetire]

Love the old Tree J425? in the corner.

[@alexandrossotiropoulos5621]

I have an idea. You can use the heating radiators inside the home. You can connect the water cooling system there so that all heating from the leds will be transported to the radiators and warm the home too.

[@andrew1898]

You sir are a very intelligent man

[@andrew1898]

However, I would run individual zones for each light. Better cooling

[@CrimsonHarpLovegoddess_1]

derpy never wore her safety goggles... yessss 6:03... omg you named your cat trixie :D

[@ovi_4]

There is someone in Germany who built a 17.5KW LED setup way back in 2012 so......well ahead of time.....

[@tesla500]

Got any link to this? Eager to see it.

[@ledmk2]

Nice done,

[@scottchalk2707]

It will run allot cooler if plumbed in parallel .Running the lines in series allows the last module to run much hotter than the first.

[@monstercolorfunco4391]

oooh what an exciting lightbulb :) :)

[@MakeTestBattle]

So fucking cool mang. :D Very jelly, we need to update our lighting with more lights and higher CRI. Also Trixy is adorable, I miss my family cats back at my parents place. -Justin

[@tianxizheng6647]

Your idea of mass producing high speed camera is cool. Maybe I don't have the budget nor the need for them, it's still really cool that you though of making them, especially since your channel isn't in the milions.