T5/LED hybrid build

[Dowtish]

Very nice clean build Kevan. This will very impressive once over the tank. I must say I am jealous. What bulbs did you end up going with?

 

[ToXIc]

4x ati blue+
1x ati purple
1x ati coral+
1x guiseman 10k or maybe it was 6.5k can't remember.


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[ToXIc]

Did a lil bit of wiring.

And I know I'm dragging my feet on this. But that's because I can really do any final wiring until I get the fan kit and cut the opening for it. But I plan to power up the LEDs tomm and wire them in Saturday and have the fixture hung by Sunday.


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[bknapp]

Thats going to be sweet. Looking real nice Kevan.

 

[ToXIc]

Getting ready to power up the LEDs and tune the driver........

......where's the wire nuts!?!?!?!

Dangit. I forgot to get wire nuts!!!


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[ToXIc]

Ok how heck do I put my meter on mA

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[ToXIc]

Ok the craftsman meter is out. At the bottom at the leads it states 200mA max




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[ToXIc]

Dangit!!! And I don't see a mA symbol by the flukes leads.


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[ToXIc]

Anyone got a meter I can borrow?



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[mixer911]

The craftsman one should work. You will be using the 10A Max with the red connected to that. Black connected to COM, then set the meter to Adc (Amps DC) and try that. You are testing amperage essentially.

 

[ToXIc]

Awesome I'll try that. Thanks.


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[ToXIc]

Of course it is. The reason I can't read it with my craftsman meter is that is has blown Fuses. :/


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[ToXIc]

woot!!! fan kit is in... got a dual 92mm kit with the optional digital controller

[video=youtube;2hvq4JC5bHk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hvq4JC5bHk[/video]

 

[ToXIc]

Chopped up the fixture for the fan and the temp controller.

I'm gonna have to create a spacer to raise the fans higher. They sit too low into the fixture.

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[bknapp]

Looking good, I want one!!

 

[creefer]

Great work!!

 

[ToXIc]

Put the fuses into the meter and got a reading, finally! I can tune the drivers.

So needless to say the whites and blues are running beautifully! Tested the moonlights also and the 4 of them are super bright.
So I'll either do the pot mod or wire them all parallel. But I'm worried if I do wire them parallel they still be too bright. So I'll probably just do the pot mod.

The other bad news I won't have the fixture done Sunday. Have to wait for some wire grommets for the power cables.
They should be in Monday.



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[ToXIc]

Just did the moonlight driver mod and it works great!!!!



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[ToXIc]

Got the fan spacer made. Pic of it drying.

Drilled the holes for the power cords; dimming cable and potentiometer.

Taping up the holes on top since the fixture isn't gonna be cooled by convection any more.

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