October 3rd, 2012, 12:19 PM | #1 |
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DIY Kinoflo
Hi. I built a 4 light set from some Home Depot fixtures. Here's what I ended up with.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/11305318...ts/CW4WWyDQvvR Here's the spreadsheet of parts with links. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...QZVZBVlE#gid=1 Cheers Last edited by Kawika Ohumukini; October 3rd, 2012 at 01:55 PM. Reason: spreadsheet link |
October 25th, 2012, 12:23 AM | #2 |
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Re: DIY Kinoflo
Looks great. Are these dimmable?
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October 25th, 2012, 08:20 AM | #3 |
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Very nice! Curious what the ballasts are...I'll look it up later. Are they instant-on, noise free?
I built a different style using cake pans and the 55watt CFL Kino bulbs. Each head is 220 watt (4 bulbs 2 ballasts). The ballasts and reflectors were sourced from a fish tank supply company (ahsupply.com) and work beautifully. All-in mine were about $350 per unit including mounting hardware for the grid. They are not dimmable as they were designed for my green screen. I might try building some of yours for other purposes!
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October 26th, 2012, 11:32 AM | #4 |
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The ballasts came with the Lithonia fixtures and they are instant-on and operate above 42Khz. The actual part is ACCUPRO T8 MODEL AP-332IP-H-UNV. The first '3' is the number of lamps. They have a 2, 3 and 4 version of the ballast. The biggest challenge I had was mounting them to stands. I'd much rather have a ball joint mounting plate but they're $85 each for Kinoflos. I used $15 articulating arms for monitors but there's got to be something better. GL |
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October 26th, 2012, 04:43 PM | #6 |
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Thanks! Might try building on of these!
For mine I just used a simple yoke type mount, bent the aluminum myself. Before the studio was finished I did use them on light stands as the yoke has a standard 5/8" on it. Ahh...and the rectangles are all rigid fiberglass acoustic insulation panels I built. Same materials as in the high end Auralex Elite and SonoSuede panels which cost a fortune. I got to choose my own fabric colors and each 2" thick panel totaled about $30 in materials. A bit more for the 4" thick. Compared to $100 to $150 per panel... worth the effort as I covered about 40% of all the wall surfaces. Room sounds great even with the greenscreen!
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October 26th, 2012, 11:49 PM | #7 |
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About 10 years ago I built a number of dimmable fluorescent "fixtures" using Lutron
Ballasts and dimmers. I'm using quotes here as it wasn't a fixture as such, no housing. Simply the ballast in an enclosure with the dimmer, a detachable head cable essentially like the kinoflo single and the tube with lamp holder. At that time cost of ballast and dimmer was about $400. Not cheap but also not my money. These were for T12s. Very recently I've looked at doing the same for T8s. Price of ballast and dimmer about $130. Don't have part numbers with me but Could get them if someone was interested. Do know however that at least on the T12 version there is a magenta shift when dimming. |
October 30th, 2012, 02:24 PM | #8 |
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@Robert thanks for the details. I'm going to build a couple. Can't have too many props for shoots.
@Jase thanks for the info on the dimmer. I've been thinking about building a dimmable ballast box. I knew some color shift was possible so the slide to magenta will help me. I have some ballasts in mind. Cheers |
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