big diy multichip led lighting with realtime weather
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The idea to use a the info from a weather station in a tropical area to run your lights is fantastic. One of the brightest ideas since the invention of the wheel.
I was wondering about that for a long time. I dont know why the big manufacturers dont implement that..
Sorry, i have no tank thread. On the technical side the tank is really simple. Just an undersized skimmer, a calcium reactor and phoshpate filter, thats it.
virtually its exactly that
heat problems depend strongly on the power of the used leds and the heatsinks of course.
No. The timeshift for the chosen location fits perfectly for germany
But thats not so important, because the weather is only taken into account in daylight mode. It is possible to shift the sunrise/sunset times to any location you live and when its night (the time after the desired sunset time), only the moonphase is taken and when it's daylight, then the current weather data controls the cloud simulation and moon plays no role. So it works for any location in the world :bounce3:Hope I could explain that a little bit.. My english is not that good.
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Hi, are you using flat alumi panel for the heatsink ? is it cool enough for high power led 100W ? Thanks
Hi,
no, of course i am using pretty massive heat sinks with fans (speed controlled by led temp).
with this the temperature of the leds never exceeds 45 degrees celsius.
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No. The timeshift for the chosen location fits perfectly for germany
Hope I could explain that a little bit.. My english is not that good.
I think you explained what I was asking
There is data coming from the Cayman Islands, a timeshift is applied to bring this data in line with your tank lighting period, desired sunrise / sunset. So it uses real data, at a different time to suit your time zone.
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