DIY LEDs with Radion Pro G2 pucks?
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Krazie4Acans
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Does anyone have any data on setting the Radion pucks for specific colors? For example if I wanted to set it for 20k color what percentage are each of the channels? I know they will vary depending on the brightness but if I know the levels at one output I can figure out the rest of it. Maybe there is a thread with all of this info in it already that I just haven't found? Any help appreciated. Krazie :jester:
I believe that if I was to set the K slider to 20k in ecosmartlive, it will move the individual channel sliders to the corresponding positions to create the 20k or whatever color chosen. I'm assuming you don't have the ability to do this. Would you like me to try it with my lights and post pics of my results? Is it just the 20k setting you're looking for?
djmx2002
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Just in case anyone else need it<br />
Preset UV/RB/B/W/G/R<br />
<br />
Day:<br />
5K 17/17/17/37/100/100<br />
7K 68/68/68/87/100/100<br />
10k 87/87/87/100/100/100<br />
12k 100/100/100/100/100/100<br />
14k 100/100/100/45/45/45<br />
18k 100/100/100/25/25/25<br />
20k 100/100/100/17/17/17<br />
Polyp fluorescence 50/100/0/0/0/45<br />
Reef Creation 100/100/100/0/60<br />
Coral Radiance 100/100/100/10/15/35
Preset UV/RB/B/W/G/R<br />
<br />
Day:<br />
5K 17/17/17/37/100/100<br />
7K 68/68/68/87/100/100<br />
10k 87/87/87/100/100/100<br />
12k 100/100/100/100/100/100<br />
14k 100/100/100/45/45/45<br />
18k 100/100/100/25/25/25<br />
20k 100/100/100/17/17/17<br />
Polyp fluorescence 50/100/0/0/0/45<br />
Reef Creation 100/100/100/0/60<br />
Coral Radiance 100/100/100/10/15/35
saltwaterpicaso
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I seen the ones on ebay but for that price I cant get new g3 pucks would make more sense to just go new for that price and I need 4 pucks tottal
Krazie4Acans
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I just ordered a set of G3's from ecotech last night. It's hard to find used pucks with this thread around. 
saltwaterpicaso
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I found a guy locally that has some just waiting on him to decide if hes going to upgrade his or not so until then still looking
Krazie4Acans
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DIY LEDs with Radion Pro G2 pucks?
Looks sweet! It looks like they're just regular G2s, correct? I tried to zoom in n see, No UV or Amber in the center?
I forget who was mentioning it previously, but if they're just G2s, have you considered adding the 5 missing LEDs to each puck?
Again, build looks good! I'm really interested to see this come together.
Got my pucks in and started building last night!
Looks sweet! It looks like they're just regular G2s, correct? I tried to zoom in n see, No UV or Amber in the center?
I forget who was mentioning it previously, but if they're just G2s, have you considered adding the 5 missing LEDs to each puck?
Again, build looks good! I'm really interested to see this come together.
Krazie4Acans
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They are G3 pucks (not Pro). They have the UV but not the single yellow or single azure(?) in the center. So only 2 missing LEDs and they are not colors I will miss at all.
I have my controller board that O2 helped me make to drive them and the whole thing fits on the heatsync. two small cables is all that runs to each light.
I have my controller board that O2 helped me make to drive them and the whole thing fits on the heatsync. two small cables is all that runs to each light.
STRANGEOBJECT
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I started my build yesterday, I'm putting it into a biocube 29. I have 2 gen3 pucks, mounted to the hanging kit(the one with the rimless fan) from corallux, and I'm using a meanwell with 4 700's and 2 1000's(for blue and white), and a storm x controller. For my PSU I used a DM1-3613 (36v 13a). and to wire everything nicely I put my driver into a watertight box from Home Depot, and have all of my power, pwm inputs from my storm going through a rubber grommet I put on the side. and as for the LED outs, I decided to pin them into Cat 5 jacks, then I ran a Cat5e cable to the top of my tank, and then from there I put the Radion Pigtail I got from a group buy into another jack, so it sort of makes my tank lid and my driver box modular, because I can just unplug the cat5 cables and do what I please. I am also running my temp probe and my fan controls through another cat5 jack and cable, so it makes for a relatively clean looking wire set up.
Krazie4Acans
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Two 72 watt pucks over a 29? Good lord that is a ton of light you will be running it at 3-6% to keep from burning everything. One puck (equivalent to the XR15W) is plenty for that tank.
Krazie4Acans
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I got them done. They have been running for a week now. I'll see if I can get a couple of pics posted in just a few minutes. They turned out awesome. No PAR readings (don't have a meter) I started out with a Radion graph that seamed to be popular. I had to turn them down after the first day. They were WAAAAYY too bright.
Krazie4Acans
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Here are a bunch of pics that I took. So far I'm loving the lights!
Krazie4Acans
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Here is my current Lighting schedule (I'm sure it will change). The Orange highlighted line is the Royal Blue and UV channels. The original graph had the everything running at about 15-19% higher max levels so I had to turn them down. I have a few test frags in the tank to see how things do under these lights running this schedule.
Wow...your fixture is really cool! Is there a splash guard that I can't see in the pic. I think some pages back you were highly recommending them. The reason I ask about par is my tank is 42" deep. I have rockwork up to 24+- tall and want to end up with a mixed reef so I would like to grow some nice SPS's higher and LPS's lower as the par drops off,...anyhow thats the plan. Are your pucks the pro...if not are you adding a couple leds to them...I forgot which ones you bought. I have some O2 boards and parts that are the A6211 design that have been collecting dust for quite sometime now :lmao: I would like to put them to work.
Anyhow thanks for the input.---Rick
Anyhow thanks for the input.---Rick
