Lumina 5.2 in a 29G (120L) Nano?

[selexon]

A few question to LED GB

 

I have been looking at an LED conversion for a while now and still not sure what the best and easiest way to go will be.

 

I have a 30G all in one cube that has display measurements of 20"x20"20"

 

A few important notes about the tank and system.

 

Water lever to lights distance is about 3.5 inch.

 

Tank is a mixed reef. Fish (gobies, clown, wrasse, shrimp) Coral's are zoa's and softies. would like to add a hammer coral in the future.

 

Need to run moonlights as well. (keeps the kids happy at night)

 

I ultimately want a automated light system. ie. Day LEDs come on sunrise then go out a sunset then moonlights stay on till midnight then go out. and repeat 365 times a year.

 

1. Should the Lumina 5.2 be able cover the area of the tank?

 

2. Can the Lumina 5.2 be hooked up to the DIM4?

 

3. If the Lumina 5.2 can't be controlled by the DIM4 can the Storm Controller turn the Day time LEDs off?

 

If the above is unable to work I am open to suggestion on creating my own 24 LED set-up.

[jedimasterben]

A single 5.2 should cover the tank well with softies and LPS, and most SPS will be fine too.

 

If you want to run moonlights, then you'll either need a separate channel with a dedicated driver to dim really low, or you'll need to use one of the Storm controllers, which have 0-255 and 0-4096 resolution. The Inventronics drivers have a minimum value of ~10% compared to the LDD which use PWM and can dim to 1/4096, which is basically off, and can down to 0 and shut off completely - Inventronics need a relay to do that.

 

Frankly, the DIM4 is an old, outdated controller. The Storm and Storm X have many more features, including working with the LDD drivers. With the DIM4, you're limited to using 0-10v analog drivers, which really only includes the Inventronics and Meanwell ELN-D series, both of which are significant in cost compared to the LDD. To run the five channels on Inventronics drivers and the DIM4, the total cost is ~210. Using 4x LDD, the Coralux 5up board, a 180w power supply, and the Storm, your total cost is only ~$150 and you have a much better controller and better drivers.

[selexon]

Thanks for the info jedi.

 

So to keep it all simple and from one supplier. I think I will order the following from LEDGB. It comes in about $320.00

 

1 x Cree Lumi 5.2

1 x Storm X

1 x 180w PS

1 x Coralux 5up

5 x 700H LDD

 

Does LEDGB sell the plastic case for the Storm-X?

[jedimasterben]

I haven't seen it on the site as of yet, not sure if it will or if only Coralux will sell them.

[Milad LEDGroupBuy.com]

we will have the coralux cases in the future, right now we do not carry them.

[Yaman]

Can i run 3x700h ldd and 1000h lddx2 whit 180w ps, or shoud i get a bigger one?

[jedimasterben]

The 180w power supply can power up to ~150 watts of LEDs. Don't go over that.

[donb]

Can i run 3x700h ldd and 1000h lddx2 whit 180w ps, or shoud i get a bigger one?

I am running this combo with 5.2 on 180w and it seems Okey Doke. I have the StormX but in your case I would think the Storm would be a better fit. I don't see any kind of fan/heatsink? If you decide use the MakersLED it comes with a fan but no power supply. The Lumia has 5 seperate channels and the Storm can control 6 IIRC. Unless you want the Storm to control the fan then I think 2 of the 6 get dedicated to fan usage. I just put the heatsink fan on a standard timer that runs from 7am to 10pm. More than what the lights are on but works ok for me.

 

The nice thing about the Lumia/Storm combo is it wires nicely to the 5up board and power supply. Makes it super easy. Then you can use one of the blue channels and dim for moon lights. If you want I have published a link to a walk through I wrote in a thread in this forum here: http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/343275-52-install-documentation-and-ideas/

 

Don

[Yaman]

The 180w power supply can power up to ~150 watts of LEDs. Don't go over that.

 

great....gonna save cash in the long run compare to my aquastyle@110w build+better light.

 

Thx

 

I am running this combo with 5.2 on 180w and it seems Okey Doke. I have the StormX but in your case I would think the Storm would be a better fit. I don't see any kind of fan/heatsink? If you decide use the MakersLED it comes with a fan but no power supply. The Lumia has 5 seperate channels and the Storm can control 6 IIRC. Unless you want the Storm to control the fan then I think 2 of the 6 get dedicated to fan usage. I just put the heatsink fan on a standard timer that runs from 7am to 10pm. More than what the lights are on but works ok for me.

 

The nice thing about the Lumia/Storm combo is it wires nicely to the 5up board and power supply. Makes it super easy. Then you can use one of the blue channels and dim for moon lights. If you want I have published a link to a walk through I wrote in a thread in this forum here: http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/343275-52-install-documentation-and-ideas/

 

Don

Coralux 5UP LDD driver board

Meanwell LDD-1000H LED Driver x2

Meanwell LDD-700H LED Driver x3

MakersLED Designer Heatsink Kit - Professional Grade - Anodized 6"

Storm LED Controller

180w 48v 3.75A DC Power Supply x1

12v powersupply

stranded wire 24 awg

 

this is the setup

[Yaman]

Thx Donb :-)

[Yaman]

Can get a used maxpect razor 120w here in sweden for same cash as this Lumina 5.2

My tank is 22x20x20

Suppose that lumina gives better controll whit storm and better spectrum then razors?

 

This razors are for sale often here in sweden, are they bad or somthing?