Diy led

[jrizo1]

what dimi

First off for your tank size I would only do about 48 LEDs and I would use 4 dimmable Meanwell drivers. Its very important to be able to adjust the lighting, trust me on that. You will be using less LEDs but you will be running at full power if you need to. You will also need one dimming kit from rapidled.

As far as the lenses it will depend on how high the fixture will be from the tank. If its going to be say about 14"-16" above the tank Iwould go with 60 degree lenses.

Good luck with your DIY

what dimming kit?

 

[jrizo1]

does any one has extra led i am liking to buy 50 whites and 30 blue plus a power supply or does any body wants do order some i am trying to place an order but i guess you can only order by 100 each

 

[bigt0706]

what dimi

what dimming kit?

http://www.rapidled.com/servlet/the-150/DIY-2-color-dimming/Detail

 

[bigt0706]

does any one has extra led i am liking to buy 50 whites and 30 blue plus a power supply or does any body wants do order some i am trying to place an order but i guess you can only order by 100 each

many have orderd less than 100 each just shipping still going to cost the same , remember to order extra , and look into the meanwell ballast u will be way more pleased with the out come

 

[Blackhawk007]

When I placed my order last week they said they will only do the 18,000k and royal blues of lots of 100. Even though I only need 80 RB I still had to order 100. I hope you don't run into this same issue.

 

[jrizo1]

Metal Supermarkets
4731 Transport Drive
Tampa, FL 33605
(813) 241-2276
Open Weekdays 7:30am-4:30pm

This is the local store we are getting our c-channel from. Since u r in chicago maybe you can find a similar location.



You can find this 2 bottle thermal adhesive (epoxy) all over the internet, including amazon. Prices vary from $5 - $20.

i when to metal superrmarkets this morning and they are closed
out of business

 

[bigt0706]

When I placed my order last week they said they will only do the 18,000k and royal blues of lots of 100. Even though I only need 80 RB I still had to order 100. I hope you don't run into this same issue.

i already have mine they must fianlly enforcing a min number

 

[Blackhawk007]

Yup I already have mine too.

Been following the thread since Jae started it.

My LED's have arrived and the heat sink from Heatsink USA will be here tomorrow. My 300 gallon tank exploded a week ago and members of my reef club donated me a 210. This changed my heat sink set up but they had no problem changing my order for me, I am now getting 2 8.46"X71" lengths.

 

[jrizo1]

When I placed my order last week they said they will only do the 18,000k and royal blues of lots of 100. Even though I only need 80 RB I still had to order 100. I hope you don't run into this same issue.

yes that is the problem i am tuning into
I only need about 50 white and 25 blues if any one wants the other 50 whites and 75 blues let me know i will pay the shipping .

 

[bigt0706]

yes that is the problem i am tuning into
I only need about 50 white and 25 blues if any one wants the other 50 whites and 75 blues let me know i will pay the shipping .

if know one chimes in ill take the extra bulbs just need a week or so to get the money debatingon doing my other tank now

 

[FLGirl]

Called metals plus and they confirmed. I asked them if they knew anyone else in the area that would carry the same products and they said ALRO. There is one in tampa but they will not do custom cutting. You have to buy the complete piece. Their facility in clearwater will do custom cuts but I don't know the specifics of the metal. I know that it is aluminum c-channel 2" can anybody give me more info on the metal? They said they had c-channel 2"w x 1.5"h.

Alro Metals Plus

12490 49th St. N.
Clearwater, FL 33762-4310
Phone: (727) 572-4344
Fax: (727) 561-7498

Alro Metals
Service Center

10223 Woodberry Rd.
Tampa, FL 33619-8009
Phone: (813) 661-1646
Fax: (813) 661-8353

I'll take some of your spares as well. Forgot to plan for lights for fuge and qt tanks.

 

[bigt0706]

Called metals plus and they confirmed. I asked them if they knew anyone else in the area that would carry the same products and they said ALRO. There is one in tampa but they will not do custom cutting. You have to buy the complete piece. Their facility in clearwater will do custom cuts but I don't know the specifics of the metal. I know that it is aluminum c-channel 2" can anybody give me more info on the metal? They said they had c-channel 2"w x 1.5"h.

Alro Metals Plus

12490 49th St. N.
Clearwater, FL 33762-4310
Phone: (727) 572-4344
Fax: (727) 561-7498

Alro Metals
Service Center

10223 Woodberry Rd.
Tampa, FL 33619-8009
Phone: (813) 661-1646
Fax: (813) 661-8353

I'll take some of your spares as well. Forgot to plan for lights for fuge and qt tanks.

those are the diminsions of the c chanel 2x1.5

 

[jrizo1]

those are the diminsions of the c chanel 2x1.5

how about the thickness?

 

[brassmonkyballs]

i already have mine they must fianlly enforcing a min number

Definitely enforcing MoQ of 100 each...confirmed again last night.

 

[brassmonkyballs]

First off for your tank size I would only do about 48 LEDs and I would use 4 dimmable Meanwell drivers. Its very important to be able to adjust the lighting, trust me on that. You will be using less LEDs but you will be running at full power if you need to. You will also need one dimming kit from rapidled.

As far as the lenses it will depend on how high the fixture will be from the tank. If its going to be say about 14"-16" above the tank Iwould go with 60 degree lenses.

Good luck with your DIY

i agree probably only need 48 if going all whites. Again, my 20x20x20 cube has 20 whites and 10 RB's.

Disagree on 4 drivers...2 will work...each one with 2 strings of 12 at 700ma...thats what I'm doing on that cube.

Rapid kit is nice but back-asswards with the cover design. i chucked the box and cover and used the components....easier than trying to get all the miscellaneous stuff together.

Glad you agree on the dimming...been trying to preach to everyone that will listen.

 

[GUILLO1]

i agree probably only need 48 if going all whites. Again, my 20x20x20 cube has 20 whites and 10 RB's.

Disagree on 4 drivers...2 will work...each one with 2 strings of 12 at 700ma...thats what I'm doing on that cube.

Rapid kit is nice but back-asswards with the cover design. i chucked the box and cover and used the components....easier than trying to get all the miscellaneous stuff together.

Glad you agree on the dimming...been trying to preach to everyone that will listen.

BMB I think having the dimming ability is a MUST for LEDs. If you can get away with using only 2 drivers thats even better.

 

[bucks448]

how about the thickness?

1/8"

FWIW - 3x2" is what Jae and others in the beginning used. Also, a 6' piece of 2x1" channel cannot passively cool 40 of these LEDs at max output.

 

[GUILLO1]

Only point is be careful on that channel gang.

for people using C-Channel and the FEDY drivers no need to worry about heat problems. I'm running 84 LEDs of the 200 watt FEDY driver and I have zero heat issues. I tested the tempature on my C-channel and it was running between 78 and 84 degrees.

 

[GUILLO1]

Im puttting in my order,

Order from Fendy:
60x 3w white 18000-20000K . Price is USD1.27/pc .
8x 3w Royal blue , 450-455nm, Price is USD2.29/pc .
80x degree lens Price is USD0.137/pc .
12x 3w blue , 460-470nm . Price is USD1.29/pc .
1x 200w power supply for 80 or 88 leds circuit . Price is USD39.9/pc


Order from Computer Store:
5x Arctic alumina


Order from HomeDepo
4 x 36" C Chanelle


My question is what degree optics should I get, Should i get the same degree optics for all the leds?

This will light up a 36"x30"x18"high tank. Do you guys think its over kill? Considering the powersupply isnt dimmable. Id really need a rough estimate from people who are actually useing these leds.

The tank will house mostly sps and some lps on the floor.

Just getting some oppnions before I put in the order.

look at my friends PAR readings 12" below the LEDs. He has a tank just a little smaller than yours with 48 LEDs. He has to run his whites like at 30% and RB at like 80% becuase corals were bleaching out.

 

[brassmonkyballs]

look at my friends PAR readings 12" below the LEDs. He has a tank just a little smaller than yours with 48 LEDs. He has to run his whites like at 30% and RB at like 80% becuase corals were bleaching out.

Is that 1886 or 188.6? Hard to tell.

Also, what model apogee and sensor is that? The sensor that was brought to my house I thought was rather huge...do you know how large that one is approximately?