I needed this to take my 8K flat picture of the mobo I got for my workstation for aliexpress. Mobo is obscure so I want to take the best pic on the internet prob.
I took a big enough cardboard box sitting around outside. I took an old unused roll of RGB LEDs sitting around from a project 7 years ago. I tested out the $70 2KW ex-mining power supply I got from ebay for my workstation. It’s working, could power my fans. But 12V wasn’t enough for the blue LEDs and it’s likely not bright enough.
I taped the strip all around the box with scotch tape. So I took an old 24V power supply I had in my closet. (The LED strip is 24V.) Wired it up.
Works. Took more than 3 hours.
Nice
You use a 2kW PSU for your PC? I hope your electricity costs aren’t as high as in many other countries
In total everything should draw less than 1KW. We have a 16KW solar array. But the gov hasn’t given us our battery array yet so that’s a bit of a problem. I’ll do a low power mode at night tho…
2KW rating is for efficiency and safety margin and stuff like that.
Very cool. I wish I could have solar panels but I live in an urban apartment. Did you order the equipment from the government (through private contractors, I assume)?
Yes probably. I live with my parents but the contractors (I think it’s Tesla) were supposed to put the battery wall in a while ago and they haven’t. And we were supposed to get rebates for it.
Anyways if I have money left over I might go about getting a bit of solar panel and battery for my room specifically. (or maybe just battery since we have so much solar panel already.)
pssst, what does it do?
You put stuff in it. Then take picture of said stuff. Helps control the lighting so the pictures come out better as long as you know what you are doing.
it’s meant to get the most uniform lighting possible. no shadows or reflections, just the right amount of light at ever spot. global illumination. it’s necessary for electronics. necessary to make functional photographs of products like electronics.
