Ehnohsee Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Been running a D120 led over my 40b for awhile and I've decided it's time for an upgrade. The leds I had in mind were to make 2 clusters with the following: 2x Vero 10 4k 90CRI 4x Luxeon K 4x Hyper Violet 4x Luxeon ES Lime 4x Luxeon ES Cyan 8x Luxeon ES True Cool Blue Drivers: Not entirely sure on these which would need a 700ldd or a 1000. PS: Meanwell hlg-240h-48a Would this be the kind of PS I'd be looking to use based on above? Controller: Any suggestions between reefll, storm, and bluefish? Im going to be building a canopy for the lights. They'd most likely be about a foot above the water. Thanks for any input. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 That's a lot of light for a 40b. Link to comment
Ehnohsee Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Each cluster would be half of listed leds. Now that I reread it, looks like total of 4 veros when I was meaning 2 total split. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Ahh. That's more sensible i guess. Link to comment
Paleoreef103 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Been running a D120 led over my 40b for awhile and I've decided it's time for an upgrade. The leds I had in mind were to make 2 clusters with the following: 2x Vero 10 4k 90CRI 4x Luxeon K 4x Hyper Violet 4x Luxeon ES Lime 4x Luxeon ES Cyan 8x Luxeon ES True Cool Blue Drivers: Not entirely sure on these which would need a 700ldd or a 1000. PS: Meanwell hlg-240h-48a Would this be the kind of PS I'd be looking to use based on above? Controller: Any suggestions between reefll, storm, and bluefish? Im going to be building a canopy for the lights. They'd most likely be about a foot above the water. Thanks for any input. I'd cut two cyans and two cool blues to add four more HVs. You probably don't need a full 1A LDD for the Vero10. I don't know much about the reefl controller, but you can't go wrong with either storm or bluefish controllers. The storm cheaper and harder to program. The Bluefish adds phone support and could eventually become a full controller. Link to comment
farkwar Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Get the 350 watt power supply, its the same price. With your shopping list you may need it. If not, it will run cooler. Thats 7.2amps at 48v. So you can have 7 1000LDDs or 10 700 LDDs, etc You have to read the spec sheet of your particular LEDs to find max voltage. For example http://www.philipslumileds.com/uploads/366/DS102-pdf Puts the multi Ks at 1050mA max power. Link to comment
Ehnohsee Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Great thanks for the advice! Update:LEDs:2x Vero10 BXRC-40G1000-B-034x Luxeon K LXK0-PR04-00088x Hyper Violet V3.04x Luxeon ES Lime2x Luxeon ES Cyan6x Luxeon ES True Cool BlueDrivers:1x LDD-6 Driver board1x LDD-2 Driver Board2x Meanwell 350H LDD Driver4x Meanwell 700H LDD Driver2x Meanwell 1000H LDD DriverPS:1x Meanwell SE-350-48Heatsink:1x 6" x 20" Black Anodized Heat SinkController:StormBased off the requirements:Looks like I will run 1 Vero on each 3502 Luxeon K's per 1000Rest running on 700s Link to comment
gus6464 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 You can also run the Vero 10's in parallel on a single 700H. Also Luxeon K 8-ups are very powerful. One can easily push as much light as 2x Luxeon M @1000ma so you could get away with 1x per cluster. Since a 40B is shallow you can do: 2x Vero 10 in parallel on a single LDD-500H. 2x Luxeon K 8-up in series on an LDD-1000H. For fans I recommend these: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YSONMO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Dead silent @ 12V and push a ton of air. Sure they can be costly but hard to find better ones. Plus they also have 6 year warranty which is unheard of for a PC fan. Link to comment
farkwar Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Veto the Meanwell SE. You want a waterproof power supply. Its worth the extra $100, any day of the week. Meto vote for Noctua fans.Ugly to look at, nothing to hear. Link to comment
Ehnohsee Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Veto the Meanwell SE. You want a waterproof power supply. Its worth the extra $100, any day of the week. Meto vote for Noctua fans.Ugly to look at, nothing to hear. Do you have a link to that 350 you mentioned above or a model number to look for? I couldn't seem to find a 350. Unless you meant the ldd Link to comment
SpencerShepard Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 If you wanted to go with the Bluefish controller and save a bit of money, I have a few units that I can discount. They have aesthetic defects on the case, but nothing major. PM me if interested. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Veto the Meanwell SE. You want a waterproof power supply. Its worth the extra $100, any day of the week. Or the power supply could be mounted away from the water like i did. Link to comment
farkwar Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 320, goofed. http://www.trcelectronics.com/View/Mean-Well/HLG-320H-30B.shtml https://www.trcelectronics.com/View/Mean-Well/HLG-320H-48A.shtml https://www.trcelectronics.com/ecomm/ProcessItemSearch.aspx?topbarsearchvalue=hlg&itemquantity=1 Do you have a link to that 350 you mentioned above or a model number to look for? I couldn't seem to find a 350. Unless you meant the ldd Link to comment
Ehnohsee Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Received all the materials and I'm now trying to trouble shoot LEDs not lighting up. I think the soldering is alright but I could be wrong first time soldering. Also I think I have the wiring of the PS and LDDs correct. V+ from PS goes into the V slot on the Coralux board and the V- goes into the Ground on the Coralux board. Then for the LED star is it the LED- from LDD to the + on the star? Attached link for soldering and PS wire. Thanks http://imgur.com/a/leVd0 Link to comment
farkwar Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 You need 2 of those Luxeon K 8-Ups per LDD for 48v, right? You dont have pic of LDD. Link to comment
Ehnohsee Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Added in pics for the board with drivers. From my understanding you can run up to 2 K 8-Ups per LDD for 48v. Trying to troubleshoot with just one then move on to having both connected. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Tune the power supply to 52Vdc. The LDD drivers use about 4Vdc. Link to comment
Ehnohsee Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Thanks. I've tuned it to 52Vdc but still no luck. I am only connecting the Coralux 3-Up board with 2 1000 LDDs to the PS currently and am only wiring the one 8-up Luxeon K to the Coralux board. Link to comment
gus6464 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Thanks. I've tuned it to 52Vdc but still no luck. I am only connecting the Coralux 3-Up board with 2 1000 LDDs to the PS currently and am only wiring the one 8-up Luxeon K to the Coralux board. You need to ground your PWM input as well. Your controller should have a ground pin, connect that to the ground next to pwm inputs on the coralux. Where are the PWM inputs on the coralux going to? Link to comment
Ehnohsee Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 You need to ground your PWM input as well. Your controller should have a ground pin, connect that to the ground next to pwm inputs on the coralux. Where are the PWM inputs on the coralux going to? DIdn't think I needed to connect those(pwm inputs) yet if I'm just trying to get the led to light. I hooked up the bluefish controller connected the ground and pwm channels on the coralux to it. Still no luck with lighting. Link to comment
gus6464 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 DIdn't think I needed to connect those(pwm inputs) yet if I'm just trying to get the led to light. I hooked up the bluefish controller connected the ground and pwm channels on the coralux to it. Still no luck with lighting. Coralux boards have pull-down resistors. No PWM signal, no power to LEDs. It's a failsafe. Link to comment
Ehnohsee Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Got it working, now to move on to the rest. Thanks a bunch Link to comment
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