DIY LEDs with Radion Pro G2 pucks?
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djmx2002
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Another question which I can't seem to find an answer to... The g3 spec say 8 cool white cree xp-g2 (40watt)... That's 5 watt per led... The data sheet for these LEDs say max forward voltage of 3.15 @1500ma... Which is around 4.6watt... Are they over cloaking those LEDs?
PeteStewardson
Member
Oh now I hadn't considered that some of the extra pins on the Puck could be temperature monitoring. That's possible.
On a Gen1 Puck the connections are
Pin1 - White +
Pin2 - Royal Blue +
Pin3 - Blue +
Pin4 - Red+
Pin5 - Green +
Pin6 - Royal Blue -
Pin7 - Blue -
Pin8 - White -
Pin9 - Green -
Pin10 - Red -
Then pins 11-14 must be puck ID ( to determine which pucks are fitted to the board ) and possibly temperature monitoring.
In the UK we can buy the pucks to do the upgrades ourselves so access to the old pucks isn't too bad. Sadly everyone is upgrading Gen1 to Gen3 right now so they are the only pucks readily available so my information is only available for Gen1.
Interestingly the white, red, green, and blue are linked in the loom from the pucks to the main control board, so they are each made into a single string of each colour. The Royal blue however has two strings of 5 connected to the main board and they run on separate channels on the main board.
On a Gen1 Puck the connections are
Pin1 - White +
Pin2 - Royal Blue +
Pin3 - Blue +
Pin4 - Red+
Pin5 - Green +
Pin6 - Royal Blue -
Pin7 - Blue -
Pin8 - White -
Pin9 - Green -
Pin10 - Red -
Then pins 11-14 must be puck ID ( to determine which pucks are fitted to the board ) and possibly temperature monitoring.
In the UK we can buy the pucks to do the upgrades ourselves so access to the old pucks isn't too bad. Sadly everyone is upgrading Gen1 to Gen3 right now so they are the only pucks readily available so my information is only available for Gen1.
Interestingly the white, red, green, and blue are linked in the loom from the pucks to the main control board, so they are each made into a single string of each colour. The Royal blue however has two strings of 5 connected to the main board and they run on separate channels on the main board.
dwolson2
New member
I want to know why UK can upgrade their own, but the US can't. Do you get a new wiring loom with the upgrade kit?
PeteStewardson
Member
From Gen1 to Gen2Pro yes there was a new wiring loom. I don't know about the Gen3 upgrades.
Also I have just tried a Gen1 main board to power it up connected to Gen1 pucks. No luck it doesn't work. At the moment I'm guessing it's due to the missing buttons, LED, or fan but not sure which. I don't know what the connectors on the back of the main board are for sadly.
Also I have just tried a Gen1 main board to power it up connected to Gen1 pucks. No luck it doesn't work. At the moment I'm guessing it's due to the missing buttons, LED, or fan but not sure which. I don't know what the connectors on the back of the main board are for sadly.
nly04
Active member
Upgrade kit from Gen1 to Gen or Pro will need one fuse, one Y hardness cable to connect two pucks to the controller, 2 pucks (G2 or Pro) and 2 TIR lense.
Anyone have the fuse type, rating or spec?
Anyone know the difference betweenn the Gen1 and the Gen2 Y hardness/cable? If I have the Gen2 hardness cable, I can find out the difference and how to make it?
below is the Gen2 but not in English.
http://www.acquaticlife.net/product_info.php?products_id=3361
Anyone have the fuse type, rating or spec?
Anyone know the difference betweenn the Gen1 and the Gen2 Y hardness/cable? If I have the Gen2 hardness cable, I can find out the difference and how to make it?
below is the Gen2 but not in English.
http://www.acquaticlife.net/product_info.php?products_id=3361
PeteStewardson
Member
I take this back. The board works fine without the buttons
It took me a while to get everything up and running but I now have a set of pucks running off a Radion main board and it shows in ecosmartlive etc. Radion sump light 
As another test, I tried to run the radion board with just one puck and it doesn't work. Shame as I could have run the Nano Radion off it too :lol:
PeteStewardson
Member
By ballast do you mean power supply?
If so I used an Ecotech power supply as I managed to find one on ebay a couple of months back.
If so I used an Ecotech power supply as I managed to find one on ebay a couple of months back.
dwolson2
New member
By ballast do you mean power supply?
If so I used an Ecotech power supply as I managed to find one on ebay a couple of months back.
Yes, thats what I meant. It would be nice to figure out how to use their board with a DIY driver.
PeteStewardson
Member
If you mean the LED boards then it's no problem, I've run them with LDD's connected to the PUCK. I used a meanwell 48v PSU into LDD's and then connected directly to the JST-PH connector on the pucks. I posted the pinout for the Gen1 pucks earlier.
The ecotech PSU is 36v to the main board, it says on the screen printing you can input up to 42v though.
dwolson2
New member
I meant to their main board, only real benefit for me is not have to buy a vdn to confirm the lights.
PeteStewardson
Member
Well any 36v psu over 4.2a ( the rating on the ecotech psu ) would do the job into the main board.
PeteStewardson
Member
I think there's a clue in ecotech using a 36v 4.2a supply
dwolson2
New member
You can wire one board off of a 24v 4a if you don't put the blues together and don't run them at 1.5a. Otherwise you'd need closer to 5a(4.2 like he said)
