ReefUrchin
New member
I have one one those drivers, but I'm too lazy to ship it
Wow, i never thought it could happen, but, I think I have been trumped! :lol:
Minimalistic multichip DIY LED build
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Wow, i never thought it could happen, but, I think I have been trumped! :lol:
Lassef
Member
Hey guys
I've been quiet for a while and it is due to an emergency surgery on Monday afternoon. Has been in the ICU until Thursday night - is now in the hospital and finally got my computer up and running. Will probably be here for a while - at least a few more days. The disease is called Intestinal volvulus - and believe me - it hurts ......
There are some who asked questions I did not answer - will try to answer them later in the week ahead
Sincerely Lasse
I've been quiet for a while and it is due to an emergency surgery on Monday afternoon. Has been in the ICU until Thursday night - is now in the hospital and finally got my computer up and running. Will probably be here for a while - at least a few more days. The disease is called Intestinal volvulus - and believe me - it hurts ......
There are some who asked questions I did not answer - will try to answer them later in the week ahead
Sincerely Lasse
tahiriqbal
Sialkot
Sorry to hear about your illness Sir, I hope you recover very soon and we wish you all the best health in the world. Get well soon......
Tahir
Tahir
mr.wilson
.Registered Member
They don't blend very well in my opinion, but many people are happy with alternating fixtures (blu/wht/blu/wht). The directional nature of LEDs also creates blue & white zones in your tank so unless you are rotating the fixtures on a mover, the corals will be adversely affected.
Hybrid (mixed) chips are the way to go and cost should be about the same.
Michael cicco
In Memoriam
question when your building your fixture why would anyone wanna have over 5 power cords isnt their a dimmable driver that will work many 50 watt royal blue multi chipe or a dimmable driver that will run many 50 watt 10,000 k cool white leds?
get well soon!
There's no need to have 5 power cords - if you select your drivers carefully RE: voltage, then they will dim the channels to the point of being off, and you can put at least several drivers to a power cord. Assuming the wattage/current draw isn't excessive for one plug.. You wouldn't want to put more than 400w to a plug if you plan on switching the lights with an apex or reef angel, for example.
sfsuphysics
Active member
Mr Wilson did you ever post a link to those ones you used? Or is it a hush/hush or ToS violation? 5 channels seems awfully sexy in a mixed chip.
ReefUrchin
New member
Glad to hear from you, sorry it was on such terms, thats crazy! Get well soon and come back when your ready.
ReefUrchin
New member
Well, thats not sounding like I wanted
. I would do a hybrid chip but I would need a 100w-white and 100w-blue independently drivable.get well soon Lasse!
ReefUrchin
New member
hey, well, not really because I would not be runnig both channels on full. It would be maybe 1/2 to 3/4 blue during work hours and normal white blend when I am home and maybe back to blue for an hour before I go to bed.
megadeth72
New member
there's lots of 200w cpu heatsinks
I just got home and the first things I did were test my water with my new red sea kit (ca/mg/kh) and found as expected, levels are all low! Even my KH was low, 7.7 and I have been dosing equivalent of +1 dKH a day. Haven't dosed Ca or Mg yet b/c I didn't have a test kit.
Also got a reef angel and have dosing pumps on order, and I'll be able to hook up my ATO pump now too.
Anyways, the plan is to do some cleaning tomorrow (holiday) and then work on a single dream chip setup, don't know if I'll get it all how I want though. I have my 12 conductor wire, 1 wire temp sensors, 70C cutoffs all here, and good thermal paste too.
Wow Tom,...All you need is auto fish feed, and the only other thing you have to do, is look at it !:crazy1:
Are you going to set the D.C. up in the pvc pipe with your Zalman? I'm curious what temp. the cooler can hold the chip to.
Also what are you using for your 12 conductor wire? Have a Good Day---Rick
