LEDs today

p woodard · Feb 20, 2012

I sould be getting am LEDs today this is it Aquarium 120 LEDs Dimmable DIY LED kit with optics

reef_freak · Feb 20, 2012

I looked at these a couple of times but for someone like me that is a little DIY challenged, those ballast scared me and was worried I would not get it configured right per led. I think you have to wire these in parallel right?
Good luck and look forward to seeing it.

p woodard · Feb 20, 2012

reef_freak said:
I looked at these a couple of times but for someone like me that is a little DIY challenged, those ballast scared me and was worried I would not get it configured right per led. I think you have to wire these in parallel right?
Good luck and look forward to seeing it.

The drivers are mean well it is not hard to do just takes some time

p woodard · Feb 20, 2012

They are here !!!!!!!!!!!

stevenhman · Feb 21, 2012

Awesome! Good luck getting them all together

p woodard · Feb 25, 2012

before LEDS

with LEDS I like alot no MH or T5 all LEDS

p woodard · Feb 25, 2012

better pic

GR808 · Feb 26, 2012

good job. that's a great deal on the LED kit. How big is your tank?

p woodard · Feb 26, 2012

GR808 said:
good job. that's a great deal on the LED kit. How big is your tank?

Its a 180

Dowtish · Feb 26, 2012

Nice! much better on the eyes Keith. good job

stevenhman · Feb 26, 2012

Looks great! Would you mind taking a picture of how you ended up mounting them?

p woodard · Feb 26, 2012

I mounted them on this just like alot of people are doing used the thermal paste to get the LEDS to stay in place. To get it hanging in the canpy I just got some chain S hooks and some small screw in hooks.

NeveSSL · Feb 26, 2012

Looks good! Did you put any fuses or anything on the parallel strings?

Brandon

p woodard · Feb 26, 2012

NeveSSL said:
Looks good! Did you put any fuses or anything on the parallel strings?

Brandon

no fuses

NeveSSL · Feb 26, 2012

Gotcha. You should consider them. Without them, one LED can kill most of the rest.

Brandon

stevenhman · Feb 27, 2012

Keith - Is that just strips of aluminum riveted together? How well does it perform in regards to heat?

Brandon - What kind of fuses would you suggest?

NeveSSL · Feb 27, 2012

Looks like 1000mA fast blow is the usual suspect. Parallel is great in that you can use fewer drivers. Its tedious in that you need to balance the strings and use fuses.

Here's a post with a bit more information from the guy who more or less started a lot of the DIY LED craze: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=272193&view=findpost&p=3381070

Brandon

mrcoffee · Feb 27, 2012

the dimmable drivers here will natrually not work with a controller has any one gotten these working with a controller. Like the higher cost crees?

gmoney243 · Feb 27, 2012

mrcoffee said:
the dimmable drivers here will natrually not work with a controller has any one gotten these working with a controller. Like the higher cost crees?

The maxwellen drivers they sell don't work on controller dimming but I'm not sure about keiths kit because he has meanwell drivers same brand everyone uses for their crees. As I understand it controllers put off a voltage to dim it and the maxwellen don't need a voltage.