RSM130D DIY LED Retro fit (With Profilux SimuSpots)

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In the hope of helping others with DIY LED Builds here is one I done a few months ago from start to finish: (Along with installing 2 Profilux Full Weather Simulation SimuSpots LED units also)

For the Main LED my objective was for a 3 channel setup independent control of Whites, Blues and Royal Blues all with dimmable drivers which will be connected to the Profilux.

The shopping cart consisted of the following: (Please bear in mind I had no clue on how LED lights worked, or how to set voltage, check voltage and never soldered anything in my life before either)

4.25" x 16" Aluminum Heat Sink (Shorter than what I would like but should give me room for some additional fans in the hood.)
3 x ELN-60-48D Mean Well ELN-60-48D dimmable driver (0-10V Control)
3 x 3-Prong Power Cord
6 x Wire Connectors/Nuts
AA Battery LED Tester
Arctic Silver Premium Thermal Adhesive
8 x CREE XP-E Blue 3W LED on star
8 XCREE XP-E Royal Blue 3W LED on star
8 x CREE XP-G R5 Cool White 3W LED on Star
Pre-cut/stripped Wire
Soldering Iron and Solder
Multimeter

Lets start with the Full Weather SimuSpots Install. These are used for sunrise/sunset, moon phases and thunder storm simulation connected and diming controlled by the Profilux 3ex. As I've got 2 I'm using a splitter cable so only using 1 on the L ports on the computer. Once I run through the lighting scenarios later tonight when its dark I'll take some photos of the effect.

So firstly I had to take apart the hood. (Out with the PC's also to make space for the main DIY LED which I'll get to later)

While the hood is off I wanted to measure up everything to ensure I get the correct sized heat sink

For the spots to go in I needed all the space I can get so firstly off with the PC's connection.

4 screws later, job done

I then started to play around with placement to figure out size, and how to secure

Quick measure for heat sink space with spots temporarily in place

More fat to be removed, the PC ballast. Held in with only 2 screws

Disconnecting the ballast is pretty easy

Next task was to start checking for how to mount the spots onto the hood. I was checking under the metal sheet for option
When I decided, why not just use the metal sheet and attached direct to it.
4 holes later

A couple of nuts and bolts on each

and voila

Hood reassembled & Splash guard put back on again

Back in place on the tank and happy with the result so far

 

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So heavy picture time again

The entire LED build cost about $300, including the multimeter to fine tune the drivers and also the soldering iron.

Any questions please ask. I'm hoping all the pictures are self explanatory.

The basic layout of the LEDs is as follows to get a nice even spread all over the tank.

RB B W RB B w RB B
W RB B w RB B w RB
B W RB B w RB B w

Self labelled, just in case!

Test layout

Measured for layout

In place and glued down with thermal adhesive

Drivers wired up with easy disconnects

Testing blues

Royal Blues

Next post will be to get it into the hood!

 

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To get this bad boy into the hood along side my Profilux Spots which I previously did.

Just Cool White

Hope you enjoyed!

 

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Its driven by 3 dimmable meanwell drivers so each colour (cool white, blue and royal blue) has its own independent control which will be done by the Profilux 3 EX

In the video you can see the dimming functions firstly all 3 together and then I started playing around with the individual channels, all done through the profilux software

[video=youtube_share;YvYL2cMaf-0]http://youtu.be/YvYL2cMaf-0[/video]

I hope you like it as much as I do. I had to wear sunglasses while recording it.

 

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Here is a short demo of the Profilux SimuSports in action during a thunder/lighting storm. Moon phase is set to about 25% at the moment and then the lighting storm kicks off. I still need to program the Tunze pump to become more turbulent when the storm is in effect. You can also see the nice shimmer effect you get during moonlight

Popcorn at the ready.....

[video=youtube_share;4yoakUvuCIw]http://youtu.be/4yoakUvuCIw[/video]
In case your wondering, during this time I had a filter sock in the tank with a decaying shrimp just (right hand side of the tank at the back)

Happy reefing....

 

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Nice build, very clean.