joejoe1055
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hey where is those pics? 
LED build for the 300
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Here is a quick look of livestock under the LEDS.
The tank ended up coming completely down and being completely rebuilt so I have no had any time to work on the LEDs. I did however do some power studies and have been greatly impressed with the power consumption of the LEDs.
Input voltage displays for the whites and blues
Apex amperage graph 1.2 amps being displayed, .7 amps are being used for other equipment running so that is .5 amps being used by the LEDs and that 96 diodes running.
Here are some pics of the rebuild.
Here is a picture of the new silicone seals.
The tank ended up coming completely down and being completely rebuilt so I have no had any time to work on the LEDs. I did however do some power studies and have been greatly impressed with the power consumption of the LEDs.
Input voltage displays for the whites and blues
Apex amperage graph 1.2 amps being displayed, .7 amps are being used for other equipment running so that is .5 amps being used by the LEDs and that 96 diodes running.
Here are some pics of the rebuild.
Here is a picture of the new silicone seals.
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joejoe1055
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well as long it does not smell like a septic tank u should be good
shirley386
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What did you do to cause the cops to come?
shirley386
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Oh, OK; it's kinda like a stake-out then?
Yes it is a DIY, I wanted 10v DC external power and APEX options. I will let my APEX control all four colors of led but wanted to be able to dim the LEDs manually without having to play with the APEX program for bringing in new corals and such. So I have the controller powered externally sending power to the displays and to a DPDT switch, I used the middle terminals of the switch as the output and send that through the voltage display then up to the drivers. 4 drivers for blue 4for white 1 for green and 1 for violet. I am running 240 LEDs total over this 300 gallon display, now to play with colors.
gflat65
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Nice, Mike. I'll want some info on the dual dimming optoin controller you built when I get a chance to build mine. I was thinking of doing around 204 LED's over the 280, but may rethink that a little. I'm now considering putting off the 280 so I can do my other tanks with LED's, then come back to the 280, but keep wavering back and forth. The ones I've converted all only have RB's and CW's, but after seeing the demo, I think I want some additional colors
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.So the LED light fixture is done, all I can say is it is even better then I had expected. The wires are all hidden, drivers cant be seen and there is only two wires coming out of my canopy. First and foremost the power consumption is awesome and here is some cool facts. I use 1.8 amps constant 1.3 is the Dart pump and .5 is the apex itself so when you look at the amp chart below keep this in mind. At peek power the LEDs only consume 2.8 amps and to break that down into daily cost here it is
1 KWH in Huntsville is $0.09 so the formula is this 2.8 amps X 120V = 336 watts. 336 watts X 6 hrs = 2016 watt hours 2016 watt hours/1KW or 1000 = 2.016 KWH 2.016 KWH X .09 = .18 per day for peek power consumption or 5.44 per month. That was the cost of one 250Watt MH and two T-5 bulbs. I was running 3 250 watt MH before and it cost 15.00 a month, I like that savings not to mention no more bulbs to change.
So I have had a ton of questions on how I added the PLEDs to this unit so first here is a PLED
Here is a tinned PLED
Here is a wired PLED
It is a tedious job and very small pinpointed work but once you find your grove it no big deal, so easy a 7 year old can do it…….
and one attached to a LED look at the LED and you will see two green wires coming off of the LED
I added 12 aluminum plates to mount my green, violets and moon lights to the top left and bottom right are Green and the top right and bottom left are violets, the square one is the Neptune’s moon light
Here is the greens lit up
Here is the Violets lit up
Here is both together
1 KWH in Huntsville is $0.09 so the formula is this 2.8 amps X 120V = 336 watts. 336 watts X 6 hrs = 2016 watt hours 2016 watt hours/1KW or 1000 = 2.016 KWH 2.016 KWH X .09 = .18 per day for peek power consumption or 5.44 per month. That was the cost of one 250Watt MH and two T-5 bulbs. I was running 3 250 watt MH before and it cost 15.00 a month, I like that savings not to mention no more bulbs to change.
So I have had a ton of questions on how I added the PLEDs to this unit so first here is a PLED
Here is a tinned PLED
Here is a wired PLED
It is a tedious job and very small pinpointed work but once you find your grove it no big deal, so easy a 7 year old can do it…….
and one attached to a LED look at the LED and you will see two green wires coming off of the LED
I added 12 aluminum plates to mount my green, violets and moon lights to the top left and bottom right are Green and the top right and bottom left are violets, the square one is the Neptune’s moon light
Here is the greens lit up
Here is the Violets lit up
Here is both together
Here is all of then on for the first time for a bench test, and yes I ran through the streets naked in joy…………………………Well almost
I attached all 10 driver to the top back of the canopy and used some touch safe terminal strips to daisy chain the 4 blue drivers 10v signal and the 110v power together that way the run at the same intensities.
I attached all 10 driver to the top back of the canopy and used some touch safe terminal strips to daisy chain the 4 blue drivers 10v signal and the 110v power together that way the run at the same intensities.
The rest of these photos will speak for themselves.
I know the tank is almost void of corals, but keep in mind this tank has all new rock, sand and water. I know some of you think how does he have some many fish in there so soon and then to top it off two bubble tip and one sebae anemone…..
Well that is one for the making of the new 300 display tank build so you will just have to wait for my secret of a “quick cycle”
I know the tank is almost void of corals, but keep in mind this tank has all new rock, sand and water. I know some of you think how does he have some many fish in there so soon and then to top it off two bubble tip and one sebae anemone…..
Well that is one for the making of the new 300 display tank build so you will just have to wait for my secret of a “quick cycle”
