T5 and LED's canopy build for my 20gl high

[slugwall]

Since I ordered my new lighting for my 55gl, I stripped down some canopy lights and in the process started to build my own canopy for my 20gl high.
The LED's I am not sure what they are. LED's came from an electrician that was installing LED's for coolers at one of the sites and I was talking with him about Saltwater tanks. He grew up with Saltwater tanks in his house as a kid, so one thing lead to another and he gave me 6 LED strips to play with.

So here is what I did last night there are 42 LED's per strip... I will check the strip tonight and find a part number.
2 of the T5 Bulbs will be swapped out with Actinic Bulbs soon...
Wiring is not completed yet.

 

[Blake11rebel]

thats a nice fixture. Im looking to add some LEDs to my t5 too for my 30g tall. what kind of mixture do you have in the leds?

 

[slugwall]

Here is the information that I got from the guy that was installing this in a cooler door for one of our new stores... not my store the companies
Make: Quanta Crossfire
Model: 6160-120-CP
Link to the site http://quantacrossfire.com/downloads/Lighting/SCHOTTGemtronCrossFire01-10MM04a.pdf

 

[slugwall]

Was a good weekend for some more work on the DIY lights

Here are some pics of the lights...

Putting everything together

Here is the lighting leds make and model numbers... I don't know what to look for except that all this was free.

Here is the controller board for the LED

I was soldering and testing

Looking good so far!

 

[slugwall]

Testing everything...

the other side of the box

Adding the ballast and the controller

creating the wiring highway

Looking great so far

 

[slugwall]

I will post more pics once I am done with the wood putty and stain.

 

[slugwall]

Lighting finished and here is what it look like with full lighting:

 

[slugwall]

This is my favorite lighting so far and almost everything was free... the T-5 bulbs I had to buy. Some of the wires came from an old PC power supply.

Let me know what you think cause this is my first LED/T-5 setup.

Thanks

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Wow well done!

 

[bige]

Very nice and clean.

 

[theronsta]

Looks great. IMO with the amount of white Leds you are using Id just use all actinic t5s if you arent already

 

[slugwall]

T-5 are all blue, didn't want to white it out... Thank you

 

[VicZ28]

its nice to know our LEDs have other uses

 

[mrwhopee]

How is the coral growth and color? Also what is your lighting schedule?