Diy "Halo" moonlights for Kessil leds!!!

[glweek]

@oseymour : Look at post #37 by SeeCrabRun he lists two links (the blue "here"s) that lead you to the two items you need. incase they aren't showing up on your computer here ya go.

Power Supply: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00068U44I?psc=1&ref_=redir_mobile_desktop&ref_=yo_ii_img

LED Halo light: https://www.superbrightleds.com/mor...e-headlight-accent-lights-black-circuit/1117/

You will need to connect the two together. i cut the tip of the power supply off and just soldered the power supply directly to the led wires.

 

[xcghin]

Been running for a couple of months, my kessils run 100% both channels and they are maybe 100F at most , very cool running, maybe your fan needs cleaned ? As I could not melt wax with mine?

 

[oseymour]

I hooked these up tonight. The pictures are not the best quality but they are a lot dimmer in person.

The cables for the lights are short so you'll probably need extra wire to extend them.

I didn't need to solder them, I simply stripped and twisted them together and held in place with electrical tape.

 

[rckrzy1]

Well mine out lasted the kessil, got some burned out led's in my 350's, kessil sending new 360's to replace so I will have to move my halo's.

 

[akmzero]

http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?nav=item.view&id=151814170855&alt=web

How do you think these would work for a 360? Did you check for a certain spectrum?

 

[Kyl]

Anyone else done this 'mod'? Really thinking about giving my 160's the moonlight treatment, but worried about the exposed diodes and pcb hanging over the tank.

 

[Dvara78]

I did and it's been working fine - no issues at all

 

[SeeCrabRun]

I did, it's been about a year now. I really like it. I got a switch that you can set to different voltage and I keep it on the lowest voltage it can go without shutting off. It gives a beautiful soft glow. The tank is a 20 tall. On 12 volts it is slightly brighter than the lowest my kessil will go. If that gives you an idea of it's potential.

 

[eyalcoco]

SeeCrabRun - Thanks for sharing!

 

[SumptyDumpty]

That's pretty slick.

We have the freshwater Kessil, but the idea is great.

 

[rckrzy1]

I’ve gone away from kessils. I have 2 UV halo led 80 mm rings I’m
Selling, used to be royal blue but switched to UV for more pop, still uses 2 supplies for dual intensity with diode isolation. And extensions like 6’ each. Just looking to get my money back,
Hali’s are only a few months old. $25 shipped