chrishet
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I am still in the process of designing my LED fixture and would appreciate some feedback on this design"¦
My tank is a 40x22x18 70 gal rimless by Reef Savvy, with a goal of mainly SPS corals. I am not that good when it comes to electronics stuff so bare with me"¦Thx!
I currently own a 36 inch MakersLED heatsink that I am having anodized. This array has 111 LED's total using:
40 Royal Blue "“ 3 Up
20 Neutral White - 3 Up
20 Hyper Violet
11 Turquoise - OCW
11 Blue = OCW
11 Deep Red - OCW
My original thought was to use Inventronics Drivers but I've been reading on another thread about Meanwell LDD drivers. The OP posted these are dimmable to 0% using a PWM controller; they are quite reasonably priced, and would save me about $220. They are also quite small and could fit in my fixture easily. I am calculating a max of 7 LED's per driver, using 24v as the driver voltage and 3.2v as the LED voltage
http://www.meanwell.com/search/ldd-h/default.htm
Original Thread
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2222702
I currently have an Apex Controller and would like to use it to control my LED fixture. I found this driver harness on the net and it appears from the specs that it would work between an Apex VDM and the LDD drivers. One question I have is, will one of these support all 15 LDD drivers? i.e. can one channel control multiple LDD drivers?
http://shop.stevesleds.com/Aquarium-Controller-Interface-Harness-for-Steves-LEDs-Drivers-harness.htm
He also has a Power Supply that should support my 111 LED array. I added the total wattage of my LED's (3w per LED) and it comes in under 400w...Did I calculate this correctly? I am assuming I will connect the LDD's in parallel to this ps.
http://shop.stevesleds.com/Switching-Power-Supply-400w-24V-165A-S-360-Switching-Power-Supply.htm
Below is my current LED design:
My tank is a 40x22x18 70 gal rimless by Reef Savvy, with a goal of mainly SPS corals. I am not that good when it comes to electronics stuff so bare with me"¦Thx!
I currently own a 36 inch MakersLED heatsink that I am having anodized. This array has 111 LED's total using:
40 Royal Blue "“ 3 Up
20 Neutral White - 3 Up
20 Hyper Violet
11 Turquoise - OCW
11 Blue = OCW
11 Deep Red - OCW
My original thought was to use Inventronics Drivers but I've been reading on another thread about Meanwell LDD drivers. The OP posted these are dimmable to 0% using a PWM controller; they are quite reasonably priced, and would save me about $220. They are also quite small and could fit in my fixture easily. I am calculating a max of 7 LED's per driver, using 24v as the driver voltage and 3.2v as the LED voltage
http://www.meanwell.com/search/ldd-h/default.htm
Original Thread
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2222702
I currently have an Apex Controller and would like to use it to control my LED fixture. I found this driver harness on the net and it appears from the specs that it would work between an Apex VDM and the LDD drivers. One question I have is, will one of these support all 15 LDD drivers? i.e. can one channel control multiple LDD drivers?
http://shop.stevesleds.com/Aquarium-Controller-Interface-Harness-for-Steves-LEDs-Drivers-harness.htm
He also has a Power Supply that should support my 111 LED array. I added the total wattage of my LED's (3w per LED) and it comes in under 400w...Did I calculate this correctly? I am assuming I will connect the LDD's in parallel to this ps.
http://shop.stevesleds.com/Switching-Power-Supply-400w-24V-165A-S-360-Switching-Power-Supply.htm
Below is my current LED design: