Robert1969
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Wow Snootch that stand is incredible !
Show me your canopy DIY LED fixtures!
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LoJack
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Yeah Snootch I hope my build looks that clean and professional once I get all the wires in there.
Do you have any shots of how you ran your lights to your drivers.
I have 6 of the same meanwell drivers for my build, and was thinking of mounting them right in the back of the canopy.
How are your wires run? grouped together and run through tubing? Curious since its pretty small gauge wire used for the led builds ...
Do you have any shots of how you ran your lights to your drivers.
I have 6 of the same meanwell drivers for my build, and was thinking of mounting them right in the back of the canopy.
How are your wires run? grouped together and run through tubing? Curious since its pretty small gauge wire used for the led builds ...
LoJack
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And not only that but there would be a lot of wires running from the LED's to the drivers, and then to the controller. Just curious how you kept all that chaos so clean looking.
Snootch
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Thank you Robert1969 and LoJack,
LoJack, you'll need a pair of wires running to each string of LEDs.
On my build, I have 4 sets of strings so I made 2 twisted power cables consisting of 3 pairs of 22 gauge wire each, sleeved them in black cable sleeving and terminated with DC Power plugs.
The 2 extra pairs are for the Moon light LED and 120mm Fan.
All 3 MW drivers share a single 120AC power cord so I only use 1 recepticle on the Neptune Energy bar.
As far as the dimmer leads, they run under the black acrylic mounting plate and exit right above the Zener diode regulator.
Have a look at my build tread for more info :beer:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=19765237
Bulldogsteve
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Sir,
You my friend are a craftsman.
steve
You my friend are a craftsman.
steve
. I built the canopy and led setup 
Richard760
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great work snootch, very impressive.
rrasco
Active member
Am I the only one wondering what happened?
MADtanks
Stix Anyone?
HAHA "But nothing serious" nice... lol
I am contemplating redoing my rig right now myself.... currently im running 3 heat sinks at 16X7 with each one hold 40LED's for a total of 120 Emiter, over my 210. The problem im having is huge spotlot effect. I dont watn to run without optics bc im scared i wont get enough light down towards the bottom but im really suffering with spread!
Current PAR Readings say i have 150+ Down in the sandbed(towards the center that is) about 1200 right above teh water 11" below the heatsink. the tank is 28" tall so total of about 38" and still getting decent par.... but again this is just in the Center where the light is really concentrated. So i am thinking of going from this:
To something more like this: 20LED's per C Channel, or do 5 Channels with 24LED's per Channel.
T5----------------------------------T5(coral pro or Blue+ depending on how i like each)
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T5----------------------------------T5(coral pro or Blue+ depending on how i like each)
I am contemplating redoing my rig right now myself.... currently im running 3 heat sinks at 16X7 with each one hold 40LED's for a total of 120 Emiter, over my 210. The problem im having is huge spotlot effect. I dont watn to run without optics bc im scared i wont get enough light down towards the bottom but im really suffering with spread!
Current PAR Readings say i have 150+ Down in the sandbed(towards the center that is) about 1200 right above teh water 11" below the heatsink. the tank is 28" tall so total of about 38" and still getting decent par.... but again this is just in the Center where the light is really concentrated. So i am thinking of going from this:
To something more like this: 20LED's per C Channel, or do 5 Channels with 24LED's per Channel.
T5----------------------------------T5(coral pro or Blue+ depending on how i like each)
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T5----------------------------------T5(coral pro or Blue+ depending on how i like each)
rrasco
Active member
Hrmmm...how bad is your spotlighting? I was planning a similar rig on three 5.9"x16" heatsinks, but with 36 LEDs each. I've already got everything, just need to build it. Hard to imagine they are spotlighting that close to each other. Do the LEDs spotlight, or does each heatsink unit?
MADtanks
Stix Anyone?
its not really that bad, but my tank is 72X24 and there is one heatsink per opening of 24X24. Its more of spot light at the center of each opening lol.... and the reason being bc they are so tightly close together. If you already have all your goods, i would suggest either running them with 80* optics or maybe without just to see how much spread you get.
Here you can see how dark it looks towards the front and back... super bright in the middle of each 24X24 section
Here you can see how dark it looks towards the front and back... super bright in the middle of each 24X24 section
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