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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.

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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.

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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.

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Great thanks for the advice! Update:

LEDs:
2x Vero10 BXRC-40G1000-B-03
4x Luxeon K LXK0-PR04-0008
8x Hyper Violet V3.0
4x Luxeon ES Lime
2x Luxeon ES Cyan
6x Luxeon ES True Cool Blue

Drivers:
1x LDD-6 Driver board
1x LDD-2 Driver Board
2x Meanwell 350H LDD Driver
4x Meanwell 700H LDD Driver
2x Meanwell 1000H LDD Driver

PS:
1x Meanwell SE-350-48

Heatsink:
1x 6" x 20" Black Anodized Heat Sink

Controller:
Storm

Based off the requirements:
Looks like I will run 1 Vero on each 350
2 Luxeon K's per 1000
Rest running on 700s

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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.

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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.

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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
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SpencerShepard

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.

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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. ;)

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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

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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

 

 

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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