16in Black Box LED Lights (with 3w LEDS)

[ZoWhat]

Need everyone's help....

I'm into customizing 16in Black Box lights with soldering my own 3watt LEDs ..... choosing the colors (nm) I want.

Two of my four black boxes fell into the tank destroying them yesterday ;Dead

Looking to buy replacement 16in black boxes off Amazon or Ebay.

HERE'S THE KICKER: seems like black box Mfgrs like Viparspectra and MarsAqua GLUE GLUE GLUE their LEDS using thermal paste glue.

Not a workable fixture if I'm wanting to remove (unsolder) factory LEDs and resolder my own nm of choice.

Anyone know of a 16in black box light where LEDs are not glued down? ....and are simply soldered at the +/- contacts with soft thermal paste backing?





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[shwareefer]

I've chiseled them off and then buff the heatsink shiny with some sandpaper. Either drill and tap or use a thermal epoxy again for the new leds.