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Matt's Boxes 2020 Apr 8, 2020 16:21:56 GMT WildlifePaul likes this

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Post by matt on Apr 8, 2020 16:21:56 GMT

Apr 8, 2020 13:53:41 GMT petesbox said:

Yes i think i agree with Paul try less LED's next time, i have the same bulbs as paul and some of the others on the forum the 'GREEN FEATHERS' lights but in my GT's box there only 1 - 2 of those led's shining through a small aperture in the false ceiling towards the front of the box about 15mm square which is enough light to turn off the infrared lights on the camera and also light up the box.
Last year i made my own light system which lit up most of the ceiling but ended turning the lights off cos i thought it was to bright, i think the light setup was similar to yours.
So what i'm saying is next time try one point of light coming from the ceiling like i have done this year.

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Interesting idea Pete, but I am not convinced - I think the Green Feathers lights are a lot brighter than mine, even though I have more individual LEDs. Hard to say for sure, because the tech spec on the GF lights is definitely wrong, since they quote 12v/40mA and 1300 lumens, which would be about 2600 lumens per watt and about 10x the most efficient LED ever made!! So assume they got the power draw wrong but the lumens correct, then they are about 3x as bright as mine. The one point of light thing might make a difference, although I'm not sure why. At the moment I have an opal plastic diffuser between the LEDs and the box, so it looks more like a light "ceiling" than a load of individual LEDs.