Krazie4Acans
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If you wanted to replace some of the stock LEDs with blues and UV you would need to make sure that the ones you use to replace them are the same wattage and you would need to un-solder them and put them on the same strip that the stock whites are on. It would also have to be a 1-1 replacement. I thought about going that route first but I wanted the ability to be able to switch back to the stock look if there was any problem with my corals not dealing well with the change.
Putting the driver in the stand would help some with the heat but I don't think the heat is completely from the heatsync and driver. I believe that some of it is radiant heat just from the light transmission because I can feel the heat when I open the hood and the lights are shining on my face.
I still think I will be adding more colors or more LEDs to my hood. I will also be adding dimmers to the stock white LEDs and replacing some of the whites with natural whites to improve colors even more.
I'll let everyone know how things go with that. FYI, after making all these mods I still think that the LEDs are too white, so I unplugged the center strip of whites from the driver board inside the hood. Doesn't seem to have effected the brightness of the tank but did help with the color!
Krazie:jester:
Putting the driver in the stand would help some with the heat but I don't think the heat is completely from the heatsync and driver. I believe that some of it is radiant heat just from the light transmission because I can feel the heat when I open the hood and the lights are shining on my face.
I still think I will be adding more colors or more LEDs to my hood. I will also be adding dimmers to the stock white LEDs and replacing some of the whites with natural whites to improve colors even more.
I'll let everyone know how things go with that. FYI, after making all these mods I still think that the LEDs are too white, so I unplugged the center strip of whites from the driver board inside the hood. Doesn't seem to have effected the brightness of the tank but did help with the color!
Krazie:jester: