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Posted: March 07 2011 at 11:03pm |
Here is a sneak peak at my first attempt at building an LED light fixture. Just finished up the mounting brackets tonight and I am off to LA again tomorrow but I hope to get this bad boy wired up this weekend.
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Posted: March 07 2011 at 11:04pm |
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Looks sweet Burt, if you don't mind me asking what was the budget like on something like this?
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Posted: March 07 2011 at 11:06pm |
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It will be a 2 chanel dimmable unit. Total cost should be below $275.00.
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Posted: March 07 2011 at 11:10pm |
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Nice... I am going to build one soon. Where did you get the heat sink? And what are the dimensions?
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Posted: March 07 2011 at 11:23pm |
Thanks, I'll post all the details this weekend.
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Posted: March 08 2011 at 9:04pm |
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Cool, I am looking forward to it.
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Posted: March 08 2011 at 9:43pm |
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Burt, I gotta ask, what is it going over?
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Posted: March 08 2011 at 10:38pm |
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It will be going over my frag tank for now.
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Posted: March 12 2011 at 5:57pm |
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Posted: March 12 2011 at 6:54pm |
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Nice man! Welcome to the LED family!
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Posted: March 12 2011 at 7:15pm |
Thanks Chad,
It's Done!!!
Here are some pics of the finished fixture. 
Specs 24 3 Watt LED's, 16 Blue 8 White
Dual Dimming controls
Dual Cooling Fans for Active Cooling
It all came together nicely today. Got all the wiring done and dimming circuit completed. I got the dimming kit from Rapid LED. You can see it in the front view pic. It comes complete with a transformer, 2 dimming controls and a mounting box.
I also added 2 massive cooling fans for active cooling. They are very quiet for the amount of air they push. Shouldn't have any problem keeping the heat sinks cool.
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Posted: March 12 2011 at 7:33pm |
Thats awesome burt, we are going to have come over and check them out sometime.
How much where the heatsinks?
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Posted: March 12 2011 at 7:51pm |
Thanks Josh,
I am doing some initial heat testing. They have been on full power for about 10 minutes and the heat sink isn't even warm to the touch yet. The cooling fans are easily dissipating the heat at full power.
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Posted: March 12 2011 at 8:20pm |
Awesome, how much for the heatsinks?
I need 2 heatsinks, 24"x1"
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Posted: March 12 2011 at 8:25pm |
I got the heatsinks from Terence over 6 months ago. He bought a bunch of them for a rediculously low price but I don't think he has any left.
It's been almost 45 minutes now on full power and they are still cool to the thouch.
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Posted: March 12 2011 at 11:08pm |
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That looks great. What size of a tank are you putting that on?
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Posted: March 12 2011 at 11:13pm |
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50g frag tank i believe.
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Posted: March 13 2011 at 8:50am |
Yep they're going over my frag tank. It's a 5O gallon rubbermaid stock tank. I just have to pick up the splash shield and mount the fixture.
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Posted: March 13 2011 at 11:27am |
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What do you have worth while in those frag tanks?
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Posted: March 13 2011 at 12:13pm |
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Ready to go I have Chalice, a variety of Zoanthids and Palys, Large 6"+ Monty colonies (Brown with purple rim) Red Monti, Idaho Grape, Bird Nest, GSP, Xenia, Clove Polyps, Nuclear Green Candy Canes, Cabbage Leather, Red Mushrooms, and probably some others I am forgetting about. I am also growing out several different SPS that are not large enough to frag yet. I also have 4 RBTA if you would like an anemone.
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