sangheili Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Working on my custom CNC 618 LED fixture (Ill update this post later with all the details). For now I have a question... I'm using two Lumia 5.2 pucks and 4 3-up stars with 2-Lime and 1-RB on each. I have some options for how to mount the stars, which layout (side) do you guys think I should do? I had CNCReef pre-drill the fixture so the layout on the left I can do with screws whereas the right Ill need to use some thermal adhesive (which I have). Pic: Some build details, CNC Reef ASIS 618 with White Powdercoat and Gooseneck mount 2x Lumia 5.2 Pucks 4x 3-up Steve's LEDs with 2x Lime and 1x Royal Blue Coralux 6-up LDD Board with: 3x 1000 LDDs 3x 700 LDDs O2Surplus 4 channel 0-10v to PWM Board Apex VDM Module Meanwell 350w 48v PSU Link to comment
disaster999 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I wish i can have that fixture...shipping international would burn a hole in my wallet. Link to comment
farkwar Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Put some TechFlex on that loom? I wish i can have that fixture...shipping international would burn a hole in my wallet.Just buy a bunch more Jebao stuff at half off, then you can afford it with the money you saved. Link to comment
nanosaurus Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Since neither option would be permanent, try em both. It doesn't look like much of a space difference; basically you just want to make sure you don't get funky disco Link to comment
TJ_Burton Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I'd personally try the setup on the right side first (closer together) since it will likely lead to better color blending. Link to comment
sangheili Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Amazed... Home Depot doesn't carry 4-40 screws. Looks like I have to wait another day or two before I can fully assemble this thing. Link to comment
sangheili Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Progress thus far: Link to comment
sangheili Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Finally made some time to run the wire and get it all soldered up. I'm missing techflex for the wire coming out of the gooseneck that runs to the LDD driver box though so I can't finish it until tomorrow when I stop by frys. Heres what it looks like right now. Link to comment
farkwar Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Great idea on the heatsinks! Link to comment
sangheili Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 All wiring is done. Everything works amazingly (holy crap this is brighter then the sun) except my blue channel (lumia channel 2) wont light past a tiny faint glimmer. Also one of the 5 Blues on the left puck is dead. The dimmer is working well as its outputting the right dimming signal into the LDD. But no matter what it seems the LDD is outputting 48v and the lights stay at a really low level regardless of dimming level. Do you guys think the led that won't light is dead and killing the string? Edit: Just took a closeup pic and it looks like the wire inside the LED is blown. Link to comment
farkwar Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 One LED killing string? Exactly! Jumper it out until you can replace the puck. Cant wait to see this running. Link to comment
Orchard Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Hi, hos is your lightbuild going. Did you get a new lumia chip? I like the lock and dimentions of the asis, wondering If this is the way too go. Link to comment
sangheili Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 Build is mostly done and the light has been over the tank for about a month now. I have a problem with the gooseneck, the tubing is too flexible and doesn't support the weight of the light so it sags down. CNCReef is getting me a more "heavy duty" gooseneck so hopefully that alleviates the problem. Kind of frustrated I will have to re-run the wiring but such is life. Moving to a 100g tank soon and waiting to see if the new gooseneck fixes the problem. If it does, ill be building a copy of this fixture. The LEDs and colors are great. I have way too much white as I keep the white channel at like 20% vs 80% on the others. Some colors in my corals are coming out that were not visible with my Reefbreeders fixture so that's pretty cool. Link to comment
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