PeteStewardson
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Yes but you don't need the RF chip. All Radion main boards have one soldered on. I've run a Radion main board and pucks without the buttons etc and it worked perfectly fine.
DIY LEDs with Radion Pro G2 pucks?
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sfsuphysics
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Curious about how these are holding up for people who made them, things growing well, looking nice in the tank?
djmx2002
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Can't pm you. Send payment info please.
djmx2002
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K no problem. They are 10$ each with 5 dollar shipping cost (only within the us). You can PayPal me the money to motti@horesh-studios.com or just write me there if you have any questions
I seem to have blown the blue, red and green channels playing with a 600mA driver, didn't realise it was minimum 18v
Anyone have success replacing diodes? If so, does that mean it's possible to upgrade to a pro version by yourself?[/QU
I sent my G2's to Steve's Leds. They upgraded them to pros for me. The G2 has 5 missing leds...4 on channel six and the center one. I had them add 4 Semi Hyper Violet V3.0 for channel six and a RB for the missing center led.
I thought about trying to solder them myself with the suggested ways in the thread but ended up deciding against it after talking with Jeff (Steve'sLeds) here was his message to me > Richard,
We end up fixing a lot of fixtures from customers who attempt to reflow themselves. Most people don't realize how much a 10° overtemp can reduce the lifespan and radiometetric output of an LED. Sure it will look right and reflow correctly using a heat gun, etc, but heatguns usually aren't accurate, with no way to measure the correct reflow profile.
Anyhow they had a quick turnaround from the time I shipped the pucks to Steve's and the time they returned them to meI was very happy with their service. If your interested, contact Jeff,...he was very quick answering all my email questions.
Hope this is helpful---Rick
I did some reflow soldering on some driver boards I had with a heatgun but I was afraid I would maybe affect the original near by leds on the puck. On my driver boards I set all the parts in place with the low temp solder before I hit them with the heat gun,...didn't do them one at a time.
Maybe someone else will chime in that has added leds on the pucks,...good luck :thumbsup:
Maybe someone else will chime in that has added leds on the pucks,...good luck :thumbsup:
shark boy
New member
I seem to have blown the blue, red and green channels playing with a 600mA driver, didn't realise it was minimum 18v
Anyone have success replacing diodes? If so, does that mean it's possible to upgrade to a pro version by yourself?
I upgraded my gen2 to gen3 pro.
low temp solder and a $6 hot plate from Goodwill.
Watched a vid from sparkfun I think about how to do it.
You just put a small line of solder to the traces on the pcb, set the leds on them. Don't push them down. Put them on the hot plate and watch until the solder paste turns silver, give it another 5 seconds and pull it and put it on a heatsink or something to cool it down and that's all there was to it. About $25 bucks per puck.
It was really that easy. Oh yeah, you have to remove the 0 ohm resister in the middle to get the center led to light up.
Fantastic will give it a try!
mmaisonneuve
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Radion Pro Gen 2 Puck
Radion Pro Gen 2 Puck
Anyone interested....I'm upgrading from Gen2 Pro to Gen3 Pro....I have 4 Gen 2 Pro Puck and 4 TIR lens....make an offer.
Radion Pro Gen 2 Puck
Anyone interested....I'm upgrading from Gen2 Pro to Gen3 Pro....I have 4 Gen 2 Pro Puck and 4 TIR lens....make an offer.
