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Sergei

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Hello everyone

 

I'm planning a dimmable LED light for my custom 36x17x18 freshwater hi-tech planted tank.

 

I'm ready to order components off ledgroupbuy but as it's my 1st experience with build a custom LED fixture I wanted to make sure I'm not missing something important.

 

At the moment my order looks like:

1x Storm-X LED Controller (Jumpers: 12 pack of jumpers for Storm and StormX)
1x MakersLED Designer Heatsink Kit - Professional Grade - Anodized (Length: 36)
1x Coralux 5UP LDD driver board
3x Meanwell LDD-1000H LED Driver
1x Meanwell LDD-700H LED Driver (red and turquoise)
1x Meanwell LDD-300H LED Driver (moon for the night time)
1x 180w 48v 3.75A DC Power Supply
4x Turquoise - 495nm (Optic Angle: 120°)
2x Cool Blue - 470nm (Optic Angle: 120°)
18x CREE XT-E White (Color: Cool White (6000K))
4x CREE XT-E White (Color: Neutral White (4500K), Quantity in Package: Single LED)
18x CREE LED Optics / Lens (LED Type: CREE XT-E Optic Angle: 60)
4x CREE XP-E Red
1x Hanging Kit for MakersLED Heatsink
Thermal grease and wires I'll buy locally. Same for power supply for the controller.
Lenses only used for white leds, no lenses or 120 ones are for the rest to widen light distribution.
Planning to use 5 channels for each led type group + 1 channel for fans.
Will mount in 4 groups each of:
5(4)x Cool white
1x Natural White
1x Red
1x Turquoise
Am I using best drivers for the led set?
Will the driver bord fit on the heatsink nicely?
What am I missing?
Thanks for feedback
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>>Thermal grease and wires I'll buy locally. Same for power supply for the controller.<<


Storm-X comes with a powersupply. Short cord though.


>>Am I using best drivers for the led set?<<


Not well enough educated to answer, hope someone else will. I can tell you that connecting the Storm-X to the 5up with LDD drivers is a SNAP. Very nice to work with.


>>Will the driver bord fit on the heatsink nicely?<<


No, the size/design is different. You would have to come up with a mounting box/board. From other posts, it is not recommended (but possible) because of the proximity to the water. Don't know if saltwater is the only concern as this is my application. I am using a 10 conductor wire to a remote box that will hold the drivers and controller.


The stock fan that comes with the makers heatsink is a 3 pin (+ - tach) and does not use pwm for control and you would have to replace it for full control with the storm. At least that is what I have been told.


What about a box/container for the Storm-X


My 2 cents

Don

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Nice. Didn't find power supply mentioned anywhere in Storm-X descriotion. I get it you're using it already? What's your opinion on it?

 

I was planning to keep power supply with controller (no case) in the second section of a stand, away from canister and other "wet" stuff. Looks like will have to place 5up there as well. I understand 10 conductor wire should be enough to connect the fixture with LEDs than? Plus extra 12v cable for fans.

 

Controlled FANs are nice to have but are not too important. From Storm website looks like it requires some add-on to convert voltage/frequency for the fans too. Will run them by timer for now with an option to upgrade in the future.

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I get it you're using it already? What's your opinion on it?

 

I was planning to keep power supply with controller (no case) in the second section of a stand, away from canister and other "wet" stuff. Looks like will have to place 5up there as well. I understand 10 conductor wire should be enough to connect the fixture with LEDs than? Plus extra 12v cable for fans.

 

Controlled FANs are nice to have but are not too important. From Storm website looks like it requires some add-on to convert voltage/frequency for the fans too. Will run them by timer for now with an option to upgrade in the future.

 

The Storm-X is VERY nice, works as advertised and is easy to setup. All in all a nice piece of equipment. I have not put into day to day operation yet but am temporaily putting a single Lumia on a Makers sled, 5up with 3 LDD 700H and 2 LDD 1000H and storm-x above my tank this weekend (all bench tested and work properly) and will use a PAR meter to measure output. I plan on setting up a single unit first and prototype/tweak until I get what I want and then add two more identical units in a hood (I have 1 72" 150G Reef)

 

The DC + - goes from the power supply to the 5 up

 

The jumpers go from each channel (1 signal 1 ground) on the Storm-X to the 5-up. The jumpers are about 12" long and have 2.54mm connectors on each end. I just cut one end off the jumper tinned the wire that goes into the screw terminals on the 5up. The end with the connector goes to the pins on the storm-x.

 

Now, you gotta get the 10 leads, 5 + and 5 -, 1 pair from each channel on the Lumia to the 10 (5+ and 5-) screw terminals on the other side of the 5up. This is where the 10 conductor wire comes in (or you can connect the leads from lumia directly to the 5up, this is what I did to bench test).

 

I have two DIN5 plug/flush mount socket pairs comming with 5 conductor wire and I am gonna use one of the DIN for the 5- and one for the 5+ then down to the 5up. This way I can flush mount the DIN5 sockets in a box that will hold the 5up and storm-x and have removable cable(s) to get down from the hood to the box with 5up. The 5ups (I'll have 3) will go into a project box along with the storm-x and under the tank mounted to the door.

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