ever want to try LEDs but couldn't afford them?

[cee]

I took mine out so I'm offering the whole setup for $110 OBO. It comes with 4 Cree 6 LED strips, already mounted to aluminum, 3 W per bulb with a pin fin heat sink on the back for extra cool operation. There's a 50/50 mix of royal blues and cool whites for a 14 k look, alternating every other bulb. Optics are 70 degrees which tested best for PAR. 2 Meanwell 700 mA constant current power supplies to drive all 24 bulbs (2 strings of 12 bulbs driven by each power supply). I only ran them for about 3 months so lots of life left on them!

Dave

 

[EvilMel]

Dave could it be fitted so that they're all actinics and used for actinic supplements? Like could I buy blue LEDs and replace the white ones with blues then mount them in a 4' configuration for my 120? How much are those LEDs? I could probably buy this from you!!

 

[cee]

You could but it would be difficult without the right kind of surface mount soldering iron. They are pending at the moment.

 

[Wildman]

Mel you could build an actinic only rig for around $150 and space them to fit you tank if these are sold.

 

[EvilMel]

Yeah, but I wouldn't build it myself is the issue. Ding dang.

I have no idea how to do that. I just thought maybe I could take the four pieces and rotate them around to be in one line instead of side by side. Oh well, forget it.

 

[cee]

Mel,

If you want to buy the parts I'll build it for you. One of the online LED DIY etailers is selling Royal Blues for about $3.50 a piece right now, look on the other forum. Royal blues are what you want for the actinic look. If you did them every 4" you'd need 18 LEDs for a 6' tank. Every 6" and you'd need 12 which could be driven by one power supply, so it would actually cost you less than $100.

 

[EvilMel]

No kidding?!? I'd totally buy that! Would that be blue enough? Wouldn't I need more than 12 for heavy actinics?

 

[cee]

You could do as many as about 24 with 2 power supplies. That would be better for "heavy" supplementation.

 

[EvilMel]

I think that's what I'd like to do!

 

[Runner]

This setup is a steal at that price. Sell it yet?

 

[cee]

This setup is a steal at that price. Sell it yet?

Scott
it sold quickly

 

[cee]

OK, $3.40 per LED here:

http://reefledlights.com/shop/cree-xt-e-royal-blue/

X24 LEDs = $81.60. You'll need optics (or maybe not since you're just using it for actinic supplementation, depends on how wide your tank is, you can easily add them later) for $1.45 each. Now you're really close to $5.00 per LED so it might make more sense to order these with optics included:

http://reefledlights.com/shop/cree-xr-e-led-strip/

That what I was offering and you would get them with all Royal Blue LEDs. $30.00 each X 6 strips = $180.00. You'd need 2 power supplies, non-dimmable here:

http://reefledlights.com/shop/mean-well-lpc-35-700/

Some heat sink compound, a heat sink and a plug. There are several options on the heat sink. If you go with one of theirs 6 heat sinks is going to add up on you quickly. You can also check around to other vendors now that you have an idea of what you need.

Dave

 

[Wildman]

Rapid has a 24 LED kit with heat sink for $165. It is just the aluminum channel but seems to work fine with a fan or two which you need anyway with HQI.

 

[cee]

That's a better deal.